Kaunas was the interwar capital of Lithuania. Jews fought for Lithuanian independence. They brought their talents and assets and built Kaunas into a remarkable city of art and culture. The uniqueness ...

Kaunas has had numerous rulers over time, from the Teutonic Knights to the Russian Empire. Nonetheless, throughout the years, Lithuania’s second city (the fourth-largest in the Baltic states) has ...

This property testifies to the rapid urbanization that transformed the provincial town of Kaunas into a modern city that became Lithuania’s provisional capital between the First and Second World Wars.

With its medieval Old Town and baroque monastery sitting alongside a modernist ensemble recently awarded World Heritage status, Kaunas is the perfect place to unravel the architectural paradoxes of ...

For me, an invited Jewish journalist from Israel, most prominent in my mind is how this Lithuanian city would relate to both the multiple achievements of its Jewish community and its Holocaust memory ...

The 1941 Lietukis garage massacre in Kaunas, Lithuania, was among the Holocaust’s most heavily photographed “aktions” against Jews, but many of the city’s current inhabitants have never heard of the ...

The Lithuanian city of Kaunas marked the start of its programme as European Capital of Culture 2022 on Saturday, with the performance 'The Confusion', the first part of the Contemporary Myth of Kaunas ...

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A railway track will also be constructed on the sections Palemonas–Kaunas–Jiesia and Palemonas–HES–Rokai–Jiesia. Credit: RB Rail AS. The specific solutions have been approved for the Kaunas railway ...