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60 finalists of the contest: “My child in front of the camera”

A session of such a committee is absolutely extraordinary. One should see, with what an extent of love the photographs are selected and with what a deep regret put away,
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Drėmaitė: Names we wrote ignoring the law The presentation of the Polish edition of the

At the headquarters of the Polish Institute in Vilnius, was presented the Polish edition of the book “the Bernardine cemetery in Vilnius, Lithuania, 1810-2010”. The edition presents a detailed analysis
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Vivat Juwenalia! Juve juvenalia!

The Juwenalia of the Vilnius branch of University of Białystok finally drew to an end. The Intellectual Battle inaugurated this exceptional student celebration and the lectures for the graduates of
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Minister Sikorski: We are waiting for hard facts as regards Polish minority issue

“Polish-Lithuanian relations will improve if Lithuania fulfils its obligations resulting from the Polish-Lithuanian treaty signed in 1994,” said Radosław Sikorski, the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the pages of
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Lithuanian linguists: the state discriminates, and yet, expects integration and tolerance

Today the government of the Republic of Lithuania has announced that it will have a close look at the issue of the original spelling of non-Lithuanian names and surnames next
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Juozas Bernatonis: Linguistic issues should be settled by linguists

Minister of Justice Juozas Bernatonis announced that the government would return to the issue of the spelling of non-Lithuanian surnames in official documents the following week. Minister Bernatonis expressed his
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Polish ambassador met with prime minister of Lithuania. Comments by J. Skolimowski

Polish ambassador in Vilnius whose term is ending soon describes the relations between neighboring countries and nations as very good. During the meeting with the prime minister A. Butkevicius, the ambassador
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Sikorski: on Polish minorities waiting for specifics

Relations between the two countries can become better if Lithuania will perform its obligations recorded in the Polish-Lithuanian Treaty of 1994, declared the head of Polish diplomacy, Radosław Sikorski. A
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Wołkonowski: A number of inaccuracies in the Lithuanian university ranking occurred

The Vilnius University still leads in the nationwide ranking of the best universities, which for the 16th time has been published by the weekly “Veidas”. The Vilnius branch of the
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This week there will be a decision on names

Today (20 May) the Government Algirdas Butkevičiusa took the solution to the problem of the spelling of names and non-Lithuanian names. Proposals presented by the Government of the justice minister
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