Gates no longer richest

Ingvar Kamprad, the Swede who founded furniture retail chain IKEA, has overtaken Microsoft's Bill Gates as the world's richest man more »

The highways of European significance

Roads in Lithuania are among the best in EU accession states more »

King of chess in Lithuania

Anatolij Karpov chess school was inaugurated on May 30 in Vilnius. The school is established in “Santara” Vilnius secondary school. more »

New beer jam to hit Czech market

A family brewer in Chodova Plana, in the western Czech Republic, has invented a new way to enjoy the lager flavour on a slice of toast more »

EU expansion draws attention to 'new Europe'

Upstairs from a McDonald's and across the hall from a casino, Prague's latest attraction greets visitors with a hulking iron statue of Lenin more »

Vilnius is a better place to live than Riga or Tallinn

Quality of life in Vilnius is higher than in Riga or Tallinn, says a recent poll by Mercer Human Resources Consulting more »

European Year of Education through Sport 2004

High tech jumpers and classical philharmonic sounds to welcome the European Year of Education through Sport 2004 more »

A world record in drinking

Latvian police said a drunk picked up with around twice the blood-alcohol level considered deadly had probably set a world record but would wake with a hangover to match more »

Beethoven manuscript fetches $2.7m

Ludwig van Beethoven's original manuscript for the scherzo movement of the string quartet in E flat sold for more than Ј1 million ($A2.73 million) at auction early today more »

Swedish model Nordegren snares a prized catch

Tiger Woods is to marry his Swedish girlfriend Elin Nordegren, the 23-year-old former model’s father has confirmed more »