Latvia vs Lithuania

Latvia is a Baltic state in Northern Europe with a coastline of sandy beaches and dunes on the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Riga; Riga, the capital, is the largest city in the Baltic states. Riga's medieval old town and its Art Nouveau districts form a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Latvia declared independence in 1918, was occupied by the Soviet Union from 1940 to 1941 and again from 1944 until 1991,...

Lithuania is a country on the Baltic Sea coast and the largest of the three Baltic states, with Vilnius as its capital. It restored independence in 1990 as the first Soviet republic to declare it, having been occupied by the Soviet Union after brief interwar independence, and joined the European Union and NATO in 2004. The baroque old town of Vilnius and the Curonian Spit are UNESCO World Heritage...