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Surnames – norm in Europe, in Latvia… against the Constitution

The Constitutional Court is again about to state if Lithuanian Poles are allowed to use their Polish surnames or if they will be still forced to use their lithuanianized version.
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Tomaszewski’s candidacy: a positive step or self-promotion?

Waldemar Tomaszewski’s candidacy for the President’s chair proposed by Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (EAPL) was a surprise for many. It was rather said that EAPL would focus mostly
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Non-Lithuanian surnames could become a part of the language

The Constitutional Court investigated a case in which it had to discuss the role of linguists in establishing the rules of spelling names and surnames on ID cards.  The Court
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Waldemar Tomaszewski: “We need more honesty in the politics”

The head of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (EAPL), a Member of the European Parliament Waldemar Tomaszewski will take part in the presidential elections that will be held
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Valdemar Tomaševski: the Law on Ethnic Minorities will be passed, there is no other option

Valdemar Tomaševski, the leader of Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (EAPL), has no doubts that the Law on Ethnic Minorities will soon be passed. “I think it is only
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Well-earned promotion of Stanisław Radewicz, the veteran

A ceremony during which Stanisław Radewicz, the reserve lieutenant of Polish Army, was promoted to captain, took place in the Polish Embassy in Vilnius. The newly-promoted Captain and his closest
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Sikorski feels indignant at the behaviour of the Lithuanian authorities

“I am full of resentment over the penalty for bilingual street signs which was imposed on Boleslav Daškevič. It is incomprehensible.” – said Radosław Sikorski, the leader of Polish diplomacy,
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