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For carnival pancakes – to Šalčininkai!

The tradition of the carnival, i.e. the sumptuous celebrations of the last days of the carnival, is consistently maintained by Šalčininkai. It did not matter that there were cold outside
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Remigijus Šimašius on the spelling of names: Respect for another human being will still knock

A member of the parliament Remigijus Šimašius on the social networking site commented on the decision of the Constitutional Court concerning the original spelling of names in passports. “All the
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Leokadia Szalkowska: I’ve been in a constant search for creativity

She belongs to that category of authors that are in a constant search for something, not able to satisfy with what they have already achieve. She likes to experiment and
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Lithuanian linguists about original spelling of surnames

As we wrote before, on Thursday Constitutional Court declared that after receiving the proposal from linguists the Parliament can change current regulations, which state that in identity documents of Lithuanian
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Kwaśniewski in Vilnius speaking about Ukraine and Polish ethnic minorities

Staying for a few days in Vilnius, former president of Poland Aleksander Kwaśniewski was supposed to discuss with former president Valdas Adamkus the issues of reciprocal interactions in a context
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Kwaśniewski: Treaties, which we signed, are still in force

Previous president of Poland, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, came to Vilnius yesterday. He wanted to participate in a round-table meeting prepared by Gediminas Kirkilas, vice chairman of Sejm. Its main subject was
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The Court Leaves the Way For Polish Names Clear?

The parliament, at the request of the linguists, can change the control regulation on spelling of names on the Lithuanian citizens’ identity cards, decided on the 27th of February the
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Jerzy Baczyński: We resent Lithuanian authorities’ lack of empathy with the Polish minority

“Small countries and small European nations have a problem with their own identity” – Jerzy Baczyński, the editor-in-chief of the Polityka weekly said to zw.lt. Yesterday Jerzy Baczyński took part
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Jewish entrepreneur supports Polish postulates in Lithuania

The son of well-known Israeli writer, Grigorij Kanowic and the Canadian businessman Dmitrij Kanowic do not understand why Lithuanian authorities do not allow bilingual street signs. Kanowic was born before
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Over 67 thousand litas for Polish organizations’ projects from Ministry of Culture of the Republic

Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania announced results of the competition on grant-aid for organizations of national minorities in Lithuania in 2014. 288 thousand litas were divided and
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