2012 in Lithuania

Events in the year 2012 in Lithuania.

Incumbents

• President: Dalia Grybauskaitė
• Prime Minister: Andrius Kubilius (until 13 December), Algirdas Butkevičius (starting 13 December)

Events

January

• January 10 - Anykščiai took the title of a cultural capital of Lithuania.

October

• October 14 – Election to the Seimas and the referendum on the construction of a new nuclear power plant in the Republic of Lithuania.
• October 28 – The second poll of the Election to the Seimas.
• October 29 – switching to digital television

Art and entertainment

• Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Sports

• 2011–12 Lithuanian Football Cup.
• 2012 European Track Championships

Deaths

• 19 February – Stasys Stonkus, basketball player (born 1931).
• 3 November – Eugenija PleÅ¡kytė, actress (born 1938)
• 21 November – Algirdas Å ocikas, boxer (born 1928)
• 26 November – Juilius Veselka, politician, former minister of economy (born 1943).

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