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It is not without pride that Lithuanians have cultivated their reputation among Estonians and Latvians as ‘southerners’ and ‘Italians of the Baltics’. By Baltic standards, they are more relaxed and easy-going - even if this can be described as reserved by Central European standards. Lithuania is also architecturally southern European: many of the façades in the capital city of Vilnius were designed by Italian baroque artists, and in summer in particular, the cafés are characterised by a southern lightness. The national sport of basketball, in which the country is one of the top international teams, is also a source of heated emotions. Lithuanians are proud of their language, which has hardly changed for centuries and still retains many
which still contains many elements of the Indo-European language family that have been lost elsewhere. The largest country in the Baltic region has Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys are other important industrial centres. Important sectors are important sectors alongside the laser industry are metal processing and mechanical engineering, the building materials, food, electrical and chemical
chemical industries as well as the wood, paper and furniture sectors.