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A Lelewel School picket by the central government © DELFI (fot. R. Rotkiewicz)

Lithuanian – foreman, but another – workman. A way to nowhere in the Polish education

What made me come back once again to the topic of the Polish minority in Lithuania was upsetting statistics of the children from Polish families attending the schools with Polish
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pl.delfi.lt 2015-11-30
The play “Ladies and Hussars” by Aleksander Fredo directed by Inka Dowlasz was performed at stage a of the former Theatre at Pohulanka Fot. Marian Paluszkiewicz

Polish Theatre in Vilnius celebrated its golden jubilee

 Last weekend, the Polish Theatre in Vilnius, which is celebrating a glorious jubilee of its existence, got back to where it all started. On the stage of the former Theatre
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Kurier Wileński 2015-11-30
The play “Ladies and Husars” directed by Inka Dowlasz was performed on the former Pohuliankos Theatre stage. Photo: Marian Paluszkiewicz

The Polish Theatre in Vilnius celebrates its golden jubilee.

The Polish Theatre in Vilnius, which celebrates its splendid jubilee, has gone back to its roots. The play “Ladies and Husars” directed by Inka Dowlasz was performed on the former
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Kurier Wileński 2015-11-30
About 19% of citizens of Lithuania are going to vote in new constituencies in the Seimas election in 2016. Fot. Marian Paluszkiewicz

Two new electoral districts to be created in Vilnius

Election to the Seimas is going to take place in autumn 2016. During its session, the Central Electoral Commission presented its project of change of single-member constituencies’ boundaries for the
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Kurier Wileński 2015-11-30
bp. M. Valančius, fot. lt.wikipedia.org

News from Liaudė: unique historical materials found in the Polish Library in Vandžiogala

The readers from Poland and Lithuania keep sending various historical materials to the Polish library in Vandžiogala. The documents concern the town, the parish church and even the area of
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Wilnoteka 2015-11-27
One of papers was delivered by a world-renowned expert in linguistic rights, dr Fernand de Varennes, the Dean of the Faculty of Law at the Université de Moncton in Canada. Fot. Marian Paluszkiewicz

The international conference about linguistic rights of national minorities

World-renowned experts talked about international and European standards of protection of linguistic rights of national minorities during the international scientific conference. The conference “Integration and Exclusion: Linguistic rights of national
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Kurier Wileński 2015-11-27
Decision of the Council adopted on the 29th of July, a month before the beginning of the school year, and the degradation of the nine schools to the level of primary schools is unacceptable in the democratic country. Photomontage Marian Paluszkiewicz

Polish schools in Vilnius: reorganisation or disorganisation?

By definition, the aim of every reform is to improve the quality of many aspects of life. The approved educational reform and its slogans such as “reorganisation”, “accreditation” or “optimisation”
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Kurier Wileński 2015-11-20
© L24 (fot. Marian Paluszkiewicz)

Why do we need Lithuania?

Supporters of the conciliatory policy in relations with Lithuania who currently dominate the public discussion say that the “hard” policy did not help Polish interests in Lithuania in any way.
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L24.lt 2015-11-19
Michał Dworczyk, fot. wilnoteka.lt

Michał Dworczyk: Issues concerning Poles abroad are a very important matter for the government and

Michał Dworczyk, PiS Member of Parliament, has been elected as a new chairman of the Contacts with Poles Abroad Committee. “All Poles living abroad should be the main interest of
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Wilnoteka 2015-11-18
J. Lelewel High School in Vilnius, fot. wilnoteka.lt

Another negative decision of the court for a Polish minority school

The Vilnius Regional Administrative Court has rejected a complaint of the parents of children attending J. Lelewel High School in Vilnius. The parents do not agree for the school to
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Wilnoteka 2015-11-17