Music of Lithuania Origins of Lithuanian pop music are in music of the cafes and restaurants of temporary capital of Lithuania - Kaunas in 1930s. It was called "estradinė muzika" (estrade-music), "lengvoji muzika" (light music) and the phenomena sometimes named as "mažoji scena" (the little stage). Pop music bands "Kopų balsai" "(Sounds of the dunes)" (in the beginning influenced by Juozas Tiškus orchestra), created in 1957 and band "Nerija", which started activity in 1970 became very popular in Lithuania. From 2000s on, the most popular band in Lithuania is SKAMP. Happyendless, Freaks on Floor, Ten Walls, Jurga and Leon Somov & Jazzu became
Capital punishment in Lithuania Capital punishment in Lithuania Capital punishment in Lithuania was ruled unconstitutional and abolished for all crimes in December 1998. Lithuania is a member of the European Union and the Council of Europe and has signed and ratified Protocol 13 of the European Convention on Human Rights on complete abolition of death penalty. From March 1990 to December 1998, Lithuania executed seven men. The last execution in the country occurred in July 1995, when Lithuanian mafia boss Boris Dekanidze was put to death. In the Lithuanian SSR, the criminal code provided for death penalty in 16 articles. After the declaration of