Vilnius
Ukraine to Mark Independence From Soviet Union With a Massive Rave
This week is 31 years since Ukraine became independent from the USSR and 6 months since Russia invaded. Ukraine’s biggest DJs are holding a huge rave in Lithuania to mark the occasion.
Rural Puritans Are Trying to Ruin This Urban Party Scene
Lithuania's new government is strongly anti-alcohol, and has sent armed police to raid clubs in the hope they'll find a spliff's worth of weed.
Russian Spies, Suspicious Books, and the New Cold War Emerging in Europe
Russia appears to be challenging NATO by unleashing spies and propaganda on at least one member country. Experts worry it's a prelude to the next Ukraine.
Meeting Hardcore Drug Users at a Four-Star Hotel in Lithuania
I’m at the four-star Radisson Hotel in Vilnius, Lithuania's capital, for one of the world’s most cosmopolitan gatherings of former and current drug users. There are heroin injectors from the slums of Nairobi, opium eaters from the streets of Nepal, and...
In Vilnius, Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
Lithuanian women are by far some of the most beautiful women in the world. There is something about the severity of cold climates that creates terrifyingly hot women.