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The boardroom of the Lithuanian Parliament, phot. wilnoteka.lt

Are Polish institutions saved? Schools have two years to acquire the status of junior high

Schools which did not manage with the accreditation of secondary education program have yet 2 years to perform it. The Parliament has accepted the amendment to the article 41 of
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Wilnoteka 2015-06-30
Fot. FB/Tomasz Samsel

“Żółw” against Šimašius

I reacted to the voting of Vilnian local councillors about the accreditation for the Lelewel school with great disappointment. The biggest, and, what’s worse, an unpleasant shock for me was
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Znad Wilii 2015-06-28
Fot. zw.lt

Spelling of surnames. Will it be the same as in 2010?

On Tuesday (30 June) the Seimas is to consider again the issue of the original spelling of non-Lithuanian names and surnames in official documents. On the same day the honoris
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Znad Wilii 2015-06-27
Fot. Tomasz Otocki

“We don’t need bilingual plaques in Kłajpeda”, says The Russian Alliance’s (Alians Rosjan) politician

I’ve never been in the situation in which someone says to me “you’re not Lithuanian so go away”. “No, there’s never been something like that. I just hear such stories
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Znad Wilii 2015-06-26
W. Tomaszewski, fot. wilnoteka.lt/Bartosz Frątczak

Waldemar Tomaszewski – an Honorary Citizen of the Vilnius district

The MEP and a long-term leader of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (AWPL), Waldemar Tomaszewski, received the title and the badge of an Honorary Citizen of the Vilnius
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Wilnoteka 2015-06-26
Fot. BFL/Tomas Lukšys

Deliberations in the Seimas on spelling surnames have been adjourned

The Seimas has adjourned deliberations on a bill allowing to spell surnames in their original form because an alternative bill, submitted by Conservative politics, has not been included in the
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Znad Wilii 2015-06-25
photo. BFL/Tomas Lukšys

Graužinienė: The act on the surnames spelling is “incidental”

The law on the original spelling of names is incidental, says the chairman of the parliament, Loreta Graužinienė, and encourages to approach the case constructively. “I think this bill is
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Znad Wilii 2015-06-25
Bronisław Komorowski, fot. wilnoteka.lt

Bronisław Komorowski to become Doctor Honoris Causa of the Vytautas Magnus University

Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) in Kaunas granted the title of Doctor Honoris Causa to President Bronisław Komorowski. The President was awarded the honorary degree for „enhancing democracy, improving good international
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Wilnoteka 2015-06-25
photo Marian Paluszkiewicz

Institutional discrimination

Lithuanian Ministry of Justice is proposing explicitly discriminating way of changing the Lithuanian Constitution. As we informed many times, Lithuania once again raised the issue on the referendum concerning the
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L24.lt 2015-06-24
the Semais of the RL, photo. wilnoteka.lt

The spelling of names: the case of common fatigue

The case of names spelling is not so easy to solve. It is also really exhausting, as one can notice after today’s meeting of the parliament. In the morning, during
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Wilnoteka 2015-06-23