Lithuania

Foreign government offices

2013-02-17 00:00:00

For tourist information about foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. Several no longer list phone numbers, so information is available only through their websites. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at...

PASSINGS: Lilian Jackson Braun, Harry Bernstein, Adolfas Mekas

2011-06-08 00:00:00

Lilian Jackson Braun Author of 'The Cat Who…' mystery series Lilian Jackson Braun, 97, an author who wrote 29 books in the "The Cat Who …" mystery series, died of natural causes Saturday at a hospice center in Landrum, S.C. Braun, who...

Traveling abroad? For information, check with the country's tourist office

2011-02-27 00:00:00

For tourist information about foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. Several no longer list phone numbers, so information is through their website only. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-...

Team USA vs. Lithuania chat

2010-09-11 16:34:59

Foreign tourist boards

2009-02-08 00:00:00

For tourist information on selected foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. mission or...

Bohdan Paczynski, 67; a key figure in the search for dark matter and planets

2007-04-26 00:00:00

Astrophysicist Bohdan Paczynski, who was the first to suggest that gamma-ray bursters lie outside the Milky Way and who revolutionized astronomy by using gravitational lensing as a tool to search for dark matter and new planets, died April 19 in his...

What's NATO worth?

2008-08-28 00:00:00

Today's question: How far east should NATO expand? Should the United States concede Russian dominance over the Caucasus in exchange for admitting, say, Ukraine into NATO? Previously, Moynihan and Meier discussed Russia’s membership in G-8 and...

PASSINGS

2009-01-16 00:00:00

Willard W. Scott Jr. Superintendent of West Point Willard W. Scott Jr., 82, an Army lieutenant general who led West Point through the aftermath of a cheating scandal and the introduction of coeducation, died of Parkinson's disease Jan. 1 at his home...

Underrated destinations recommended by Times readers

2009-04-19 00:00:00

Nature in the Eastern Sierra Nevadas. Art in a deep Polish salt mine. A friendly Wisconsin town. A hike with views of the Tasmanian coast. Readers have spanned the globe and discovered adventure, history and in many places, peace. Here are some of their...

Foreign government tourist offices

2006-01-22 00:00:00

Official foreign tourist offices

2004-02-01 00:00:00

Here is a list of selected government tourist offices. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234; dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. delegation. Anguilla: Anguilla Tourist Board, (800) 553-...

Rivalry Brews in Russia's Backyard

2004-12-04 00:00:00

The Cold War may be over, but U.S. and Russian soldiers are expanding outposts in this mountainous former Soviet republic about 3,200 miles east of NATO headquarters in Brussels and nearly 2,000 miles from Moscow. The U.S. opened its base three years ago...

A Google Street View car drives through Vilnius, Lithuania, in June.

2013-03-08 16:54:48

For the Christmas season, Lithuania's capital city of Vilnius gets covered in colorful garlands of electric lights and the country's largest "Christmas tree" (the Vilnius television tower under a vale of lights) is lit up. In the Old Town Christmas Markets, taste festive treats and mulled wine.

2012-11-30 19:30:00

Alexey Shved, center, of Russia attempts to move the ball between Renaldas Seibutis, left, and Darius Songaila, right, of Lithuania in the first half during the Men's Basketball quaterfinal game on Day 12 of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

2012-08-08 00:00:00