VILNIUS - Lithuania celebrated on Monday the Statehood Day, or King Mindaugas Coronation Day, with official ceremonies, concerts and other festivities that culminated in the traditional singing of the national anthem all over the country and abroad.
Lithuania on July 6 commemorates the coronation in 1253 of Mindaugas as the first and only king of Lithuania. The day been officially celebrated as the Statehood Day since 1990 when the country regained its independence after almost 50 years of Soviet occupation.
President Gitanas Nauseda said on Monda...
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