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Fot. salcininkai.lt

Andruszkiewicz says to American diplomats: We do not agree to standardized Lithuanian languageexams

American diplomats visited Šalčininkai District Municipality on 30 July. According to information issued by the local government of Šalčininkai, among those who came to Šalčininkai were: ambassador’s Economic and Political
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Znad Wilii 2015-07-31
© DELFI (K.Čachovskio nuotr.)

The Board of Migration: None ‘w’ in a passport.

When issuing passports and identity cards, letters from other alphabets than Lithuanian are not used, as Edita Prilepskienė, the head of the Passport Department of the Board of Migration  informs.
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pl.delfi.lt 2015-07-31
Remigijus Šimašius© DELFI (Š.Mažeikos nuotr.)

Mayor of Vilnius: Vilnius Civil Registry Office will write surnames with the notorious letters “w,

Vilnius City Council see no reasons to contest the Vilnius City District Court judgement regarding the change of the surname of a Lithuanian woman and putting the “w” letter in
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pl.delfi.lt 2015-07-31
Fot. BFL/Šarūnas Mažeika

Sabatauskas: The decision of the court regarding the letter “w” might cause anxiety

Yesterday the Vilnius Regional Court obliged Vilnius Civil Registry Office to allow a Lithuanian woman married to a Belgian man to write their surname in the marriage certificate with the
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Znad Wilii 2015-07-31
Gabrielius Landsbergis © DELFI (K.Pansevič nuotr.)

I was surprised by the “w”

The new leader of the Lithuanian conservatives, the MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis, was totally surprised by the judgement about the letter “w” in the act of marriages. He could not understand
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pl.delfi.lt 2015-07-31
Fot. BFL/Vygintas Skaraitis

Poles judge Šimašius

During the press conference in celebration of one hundred days of Remigijus Šimašius taking the office of Mayor of Vilnius, he was convincing others that he had already reduced the
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Znad Wilii 2015-07-31
Phot. zw.lt

Šimašius: ‘Syrokomla School will preserve the status of a high school for the time being’.

‘Yesterday we decided about the reorganization of numerous schools in Vilnius’ – states Remigijus Šimašius, the mayor of Vilnius. The guest of today’s Political Lounge informs that central schools were
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Znad Wilii 2015-07-30
© DELFI (R. Rotkiewicz nuotr.)

Zbigniew Balcewicz: “Lelewel” in the face of eviction. Difficult questions without answers (1)

How could it happen that in Vilnius, a progymnasium that has above 800 students still does not have its own dedicated building while a smaller school has two that are
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pl.delfi.lt 2015-07-30
Fot. wilnoteka.lt

School reorganisation: There will be appeals to the court, parents don’t give in

Parents of students attending Sz. Konarski High School are going to appeal to the court about the matter of the capitol city council’s decision to degrade the school to the
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Wilnoteka 2015-07-30
The most shocking is the ferocity shown by the city authorities in their fight to take over the building in Vilnius city's district of Antakalnis. The worried parents pointed out in their motion that execution of the earlier mentioned resolution will conclude in liquidation of the last school for national minorities in Antakalnis. Fot. the school's archives

Parents continue their fight in court to keep High School under the name of Joachim

Despite the objections, pleas and mass meetings organised by Poles and Russians living in Vilnius, the Vilnius city council continues its strict actions which greatly limit the opportunities to educate
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L24.lt 2015-07-30