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Polish Diaspora Day, phot. PAP/Valdemar Doveiko

New Law on National Minorities. Loophole filled?

Lithuania has a new Law on National Minorities. Its supporters claim that an important legal loophole has finally been filled. Critics, however, argue that the law regulates practically nothing and
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TVP Wilno 2024-11-08
The Seimas of Lithuania has adopted the National Minorities Act and is now awaiting the president's signature | Phot. by Apolinary Klonowski

Who Are the Poles in The New Law of National Minorities? The Principles of the

On November 7, the Lithuanian Seimas passed the Law on National Minorities. It is now awaiting the president’s signature, if signed, it will come into effect on January 1, 2025.
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Kurier Wileński 2024-11-07
phot. ELTA, Ervin Rauluševičius

The draft Act on National Minorities passed second reading

In the Seimas, there is only one step left before the adoption of the Act on National Minorities. On Tuesday, October 1st, the draft bill passed its second reading. 72
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Kurier Wileński 2024-10-03
Customer service, photo by BNS/Saulius Žiūra

The Parliament undertakes to consider amendments to the law that will make it compulsory to

In autumn, the Seimas (Parliament) will consider amendments to the State Language Act, which obliges service providers and vendors directly serving customers to use the Lithuanian language. This initiative, put
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TVP Wilno 2024-06-09
Photo: The editorial team of "Kurier Wileński"

Arūnas Šileris: “There is no obligation to open Lithuanian language classes in minority schools”

At the beginning of this year, the capital’s minority schools received controversial guidelines from the local government. They were to increase the number of Lithuanian lessons by 2 hours per
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Kurier Wileński 2024-05-23
The school building has been renovated beautifully thanks to support from Poland | Photo Marian Paluszkiewicz

Polish education in the Trakai district in decline

A bitter ”gift” for the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Polish-Lithuanian Treaty of Friendly Relations and Good-Neighbourly Cooperation was prepared by the councillors of the Trakai district local
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Kurier Wileński 2024-05-03
An important feature of our Polish studies is its focus on developing competences necessary for our region. Photo: Marian Paluszkiewicz

Polish studies on Vilnius University are multifaceted studies

In the interview for “Kurier Wileński” prof. Krystyna Rutkowska ( doktor in humanities and the research and teaching worker of Polish Studies Centre (Centrum Polonistyczne)) talks about Polish philology studies
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Kurier Wileński 2024-04-27
This year, for the first time, high school graduates will take the state exam in Polish, which results will be also taken into account when recruiting for university

The intermediate exam in Polish will be taken into account during the Matura Exam

“11th graders who took the intermediate exam in Polish last year can rest assured – its result will be included in the high school Matura Exam in this subject”, the
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Kurier Wileński 2024-04-16
National minorities in Lithuania / Fot. D. Umbrasas / LRT

‘Half a loaf is better than none’? New national minorities bill.

Up until now, the Lithuanian national minorities’ rights have been regulated partially by special laws (e.g. about education), and government orders. However, national minorities have been waiting for 14 years
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Other 2024-04-11
| Fot. Marian Paluszkiewicz

White-and-red march through Vilnius and a rally in schools’ defence. ‘Poles want normalcy’.

A two thousandth white-and-red march passed through the streets of Vilnius on Saturday, March 23. Participants of the march at the rally near the Presidential Palace emphasized that they do
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Kurier Wileński 2024-04-01