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fot. wilnoteka.lt/Bartosz Frątczak

Appeal to Polish authorities: “We are determined to fight for fair treatment of Polish students!”

“We are determined to fight for the good of our children. Please, take immediate action in the defence of the Polish schools and Poles in Lithuania,” representatives of the Polish
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Wilnoteka 2015-12-07
"We’ll be picketing, signing petitions and appealing to court until we succeed," wrote authors. © L24.lt (W. Jusiel)

An appeal in defence of Polish schools in Vilnius

At the end of last week Polish authorities were addressed an appeal in defence of Polish schools in Vilnius. The appeal was sent to President of the Republic of Poland
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L24.lt 2015-12-06
Fot. BFL/Vygintas Skaraitis

Polish deputy demands the theatre on Pohulanka

Artur Górski, a member of the Polish parliament, filed an interpellation concerning the reclamation of the former Polish Theatre building on Pohulanka for the Polish community in Vilnius. Below we have
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Znad Wilii 2015-12-04
Fot. wilnoteka.lt

A general teachers’ strike is to take place

On Tuesday December 8th a general teachers’ strike is set to take place. More than 350 schools and around 10 thousand teachers are going to take part in the strike.
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Wilnoteka 2015-12-02
The ceremony of awarding the Jerzy Giedroyc Prize, fot. urm.lt

Tomas Venclova received a Jerzy Giedroyc Prize.

Tomas Venclova, poet, essayist, translator, and the Great Lithuanian Duchy Institute from Kaunas have both won a Jerzy Giedroyc Prize, which have been awarded for the 15th time. The Editors
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Wilnoteka 2015-12-02
After the eviction of the Lelewel school, there will be no Polish schools in Antakalnis. Photo: Marian Paluszkiewicz

The Lelewel school community keeps fighting in courts

In November 2015 the District Administrative Court in Vilnius decided not to help Joachim Lelewel Secondary School, also known as the famous “school number five”.  On 30th November, the school community
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Kurier Wileński 2015-12-01
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