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The original spelling of names and surnames – ”To be or not to be…”

The aim of today’s sitting of the Committee on Education, Science and Culture and the Lithuanian Seimas was to examine a draft Law on the spelling of names and surnames
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Projects spreading the culture of national minorities will be financed

Lithuanian Ministry of Culture announces the competition for financing projects connected with spreading the culture of national minorities The projects are supposed to concern: 1. Spreading the culture of national
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The invitation to a conference about bilingualism for the teachers of Polish diaspora

The Association “Polish Community”, Teacher Training Centre and the Centre for the Development of Polish Education Abroad invite to take part in the conference devoted to the problem of Polish language teaching
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There will be the Department of National Minorities again

In July next year, the Department of National Minorities that was liquidated 4 years ago in Lithuania will start to function again. On Monday, the Strategic Committee of the Lithuanian
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The 100-year-old soldier of Home Army from Tabariškės was appointed a Sub-Poruchik

The participant of the September Campaign 1939, the soldier of Home Army, the prisoner of Łukiszki, forced to migration to Syberia from Šalčininkai District Municipality, Stanisław Wierciński received the act
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The palace in Pawłowo on the list of the historic buildings protected by National Law

The ruins of the palace in Pawłowo close to Turgiele are protected by national law. Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania added three buildings to the list: synagogue
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Journey around Vilnian streets: Story about the deserving family of Sawicz

Sawicz Street (Savičiaus g.) begins by Town Hall Square and runs towards Bakszta Street (Bokšto g.). It used to have different names: Sawicz the second or Aleksandrijewskaja. Finally, it was
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Romuald Mieczkowski: Young people do not want to be a part of a national minority

 “They will not respect us, unless we will be important. When Polish people will be professors, people of success, the talks will be different. In the meantime we are excluded
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Lithuanian plates on poles, bilingual on houses

In Ejszyszki all streets already have new labels. At the beginning and at the end of every street there are now poles with the street name in Lithuanian. Similar boards
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Remembering January insurgents on Rasos

Graveyard on Rasos in Vilnius is a silent proof of the history of a nation fighting for one’s independence. Grave plates, containing concise information about the deceased, however aren’t able
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