Despite being Lithuania's third city in terms of size and population, few would disagree that Klaipeda is in actual fact its second. More cosmopolitan than Kaunas thanks to a thriving port and dynamic, forward-looking local government, Klaipeda and its two satellite holiday destinations Nida and...

Vilnius Old Town A good starting point for any tour of the old city is the Gates of Dawn, at the southernmost point of the old city. This last remaining part of the old city wall (much of the fortifications in Vilnius were destroyed by the Czar’s army in the 1800s) was converted into a chape...

If someone had predicted right after the Baltic states regained independence that they would soon experience rapid growth and a notable rise in living standards, the guy would surely have been strapped into a white coat and carted straight off to the nearest funny farm. But, alas, that’s what h...

News Highlights from June 29—July 6, 1998 Ex-KGB need not apply to a wide range of jobs in Lithuania after the country's parliament passed a law imposing severe restrictions on where former agents of the Soviet secret police can work. The bill, which the Seimas adopted by an overwhelming 68...

News Highlights from November 2—November 9, 1998 * Latvian President Guntis Ulmanis on November 3 named Vilis Kristopans as his candidate for prime minister, asking the centrist politician to begin forming a new government. The nomination of Kr...