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A Pole as the Mayor of Vilnius, everything is possible. The parliament put into effect

After the ten years long discussion about direct election of mayors the parliament finally put them into effect. After having signed the act by the President of Lithuania, the direct
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Lithuanian political scientists: it is a bad time to adopt laws on national minorities

National minorities organize pickets again – the first protest in a long time took place on Wednesday outside the German Embassy. Meanwhile, adopting laws on national minorities and on spelling
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19th “Polish Children at Polish Schools” Conference

Many guests came to the 19 “Polish Children at Polish Schools” Conference held at Dom Kultury Polskiej (Polish Cultural Centre) in Vilnius, including teachers, representatives of local governments, and social
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The new Director of Administration inherited fines for bilingual street signs

The newly appointed Director of Administration at Šalčininkai District Municipality, Józef Rybak, inherited horrendous fines for failure to implement a court ruling to remove bilingual Lithuanian-Polish street signs off private
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