  I review the status of knowledge about the dwarf galaxies in the Virgo
Cluster (VC) concentrating on work published after 1995. I explain the present
ideas about the nature and history of the dwarf elliptical galaxies and
emphasize the major increments in understanding achieved in the study of the
dwarf irregular population. Special attention is given to the samples of
late-type dwarf galaxies in the VC studied at the Wise Observatory(BCDs and
dIs), and to a comparison of their properties.
