"[N]ot only militiamen were patrolling, 'but also school teachers are being used to diffuse anti-Soviet feeling before it flows into the streets'."

Soviet damage control.

Skin Deep

"Lithuania’s Embassy in London has said the use of Lithuania’s name at a beauty pageant Miss USSR in the United Kingdom and invitation of Lithuanian girls to take part in it shows disrespect for Lithuania’s independence."

A Guggenheim in Lithuania?

City of Vilnius contemplates purchase of Guggenheim designer's blueprints.

"Vilnius has not established itself as a bachelor party capital"

"We are positioning Lithuania as a country of high quality service for a good price. Bachelor parties and drinking sprees have not quite yet taken root here. Our capital is distinguished as a place where tourists are elegant and calm."

Okay. But please don't mess with the Cepelinai: