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Folk Dance Ensemble “Zgoda”, fot. the ensemble’s archive

Ensemble “Zgoda” in the Final of “Duokim garo!”

This year’s edition of the TV music talent show “Duokim garo!” [Let’s Rock!], which is just drawing to an end, has been exceptional. For the first time in the programme,
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Wilnoteka 2016-06-23
The Old Synagogue in Vilnius between 1914 and 1918, fot. pl.wikipedia.org

Remnants of Old Synagogue in Vilnius Scrutinised by Scientists from Canada, USA, and Israel

Today, by Ulica Żydowska in Vilnius, there are a kindergarten and playground. Not everyone who lives in this corner of Vilnius knows that up to 1948 the unique Old Synagogue,
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Wilnoteka 2016-06-22
Wreath was laid as a tribute to the insurgents by defence attaché at the Polish embassy in Vilnius Colonel Mirosław Wójcik. Fot. Marian Paluszkiewicz

Polish-Lithuanian Commemoration of 185th Anniversary of Fights for Vilnius

The ceremony commemorating the fight of Poles and Lithuanians in 1831 against the Russian annexationist was held on 20th June by the November Insurgents’ Monument at the Paneriai Hill. Just
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Kurier Wileński 2016-06-20
Celebration of the 55th anniversary of Polish philology at LEU. Phot. by Edwin Wasiukiewicz

55 years of Polish philology in Vilnius

In the last 55 years, about 2,000 students have graduated from the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences with a degree in Polish philology. Now, they work  as teachers, lectures, journalists, tour
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Wilnoteka 2016-06-20
Ceremony of the 55th anniversary of the Polish philology at LUE, fot. wilnoteka.lt

55 Years of Vilnian Polish Philology

Within 55 years Polish philology at Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences (LUE) has been completed by approximately two thousand students. They work now as teachers and lecturers, journalists, guides, translators/interpreters,
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Wilnoteka 2016-06-20
The ceremony in Paneriai on the 185th anniversary of the Battle for Vilnius, fot. wilnoteka.lt/Bartosz Frątczak

Ceremony in Paneriai on 185th Anniversary of Battle for Vilnius

Poles and Lithuanians commemorated together the 185th anniversary of the Battle of Paneriai, also known as the Battle for Vilnius or Battle of Vilnius. It was one of the biggest
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Wilnoteka 2016-06-20
Fot. Bożena Mieżonis

Department of National Minorities Announces Contest for Students

The Department of National Minorities, functioning within the Lithuanian government, is going to fund three prizes for authors of the best BA, MA, and PhD theses whose subject matters will
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Znad Wilii 2016-06-16
Znad Wilii

USA Protect Our Rights: Rally by the Embassy of the United States

„USA protect our rights,” „Give the land back to its rightful owners” – under such slogans a mass meeting took place in front of the Embassy of the United States
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Znad Wilii 2016-06-16
For the second time the representatives of national minorities called for the protection of their rights outside the USA embassy building Fot. Marian Paluszkiewicz

National minorities called for USA support

A demonstration in defence of national minorities’ education and against discrimination in the return of land in Vilnius Region took place on 16 June outside United States embassy building in
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Kurier Wileński 2016-06-16
Fot. BFL/Inga Juodytė

Will the palace of the Tyszkiewicz family in Landwarow be saved?

The palace of the Tyszkiewicz family in Landwarow was bought years ago by a private investor, however it yet has to see any refurbishments, as both the palace and the
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Znad Wilii 2016-06-15