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Rzecznik prezydent RP - Krzysztof Łapiński © Krzysztof Sitkoweski/KPRP

Łapiński: we expect Poles to be treated as full citizens in Lithuania

“We expect the Lithuanian side to respect all standards regarding national minorities that are in force in the European Union”, said on Monday Krzysztof Łapiński, a spokesman for the President
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L24.lt 2018-02-12
Fot. Joanna Bożerodska

# LT100: Poles and Lithuanians celebrate together

The Centenary of the Republic of Lithuania – can there be a better time to forget about all the problems, conflicts, bury the hatchet that still divide Poles and Lithuanians
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Znad Wilii 2018-02-12
Having double citizenship is gaining more and more proponents Pic. Marian Paluszkiewicz

Double citizens and Lithuania – jealous homeland

Double citizenship is an issue that has long been reoccuring in the work of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania and has also been an unresolved issue for a
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Kurier Wileński 2018-02-08
Fot. Joanna Bożerodska

‘Macierz Szkolna’: The Prime Minister carefully listened to our arguments

The Prime Minister assured that satisfactory education of young people in Lithuania, including youth from national minority schools, is what he aims for – says the statement of The Polish
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Znad Wilii 2018-02-07
Fot. Joanna Bożerodska

Kwiatkowski met the minister regarding textbooks

“I met Minister Jurgita Petrauskienė regarding textbooks today (February 6)” – informed zw.lt Chairman of the Association of Polish Schools Teachers in Lithuania ‘Macierz Szkolna’. Józef Kwiatkowski in an interview
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Znad Wilii 2018-02-06
Fot. Eastbook

Warsaw’s Polish Discussion Club: Unfulfilled promises draw Poles living in Lithuania towards Russia

Russia skillfully takes advantage of problems of the Polish minority to deteriorate relations between Warsaw and Vilnius: according to panel debate “Polityka zagraniczna RP a Polacy na Litwie” (TN: Poland’s
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Kurier Wileński 2018-02-01
Fot. Roman Niedźwiecki

Polish Discussion Club debates issues with textbooks: We can’t back down

Will Polish students living in Lithuania study from textbooks appropriate for the twenty-first century? On Thursday, January 25, this problem was discussed in the Polish Discussion Club. The debate took
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Kurier Wileński 2018-01-26
Fot. zw.lt

EFHR: Parents can apply for a refund for incorrectly translated workbooks

The Education Act of the Republic of Lithuania (RL) stipulates that education is an activity aimed at providing a person with the foundations of independent living and helping them to
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Znad Wilii 2018-01-24
Aleksander Radczenko

Radchenko: Young Poles choose lithuanisation or frustration

I have repeatedly written that in my opinion there is no problem with discrimination of national minorities in Lithuania. There is no state policy aimed at systemic and absolute assimilation
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Znad Wilii 2018-01-24
Participating in the proceedings of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Rita Tamašunienė, the starost of the parliamentary fraction of EAPL–CFA and the Lithuanian representative in PACE, stressed that there were few voters against the progressive resolution. Thus, the majority of PACE members were in favor of protecting regional and minority languages.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe calls for the protection of the rights

On January 23, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a draft resolution by a majority of votes. The draft resolution was prepared by the Hungarian MP
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L24.lt 2018-01-23