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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kurier Wileński 2024-04-01

Renata Cytacka | Fot. Marian Paluszkiewicz

Issues of Polish education have been raised in front of parents and teachers.

The discussion on current issues in Polish education in Lithuania was initiated by the Forum of Parents of Polish Schools in the Soleczniki Region. Parents and teachers raised many pressing

Kurier Wileński 2024-03-27

"We have plenty of Poles who have diacritical marks in their names and surnames, and as we see, courts do not accept their spelling," says Jarosław Wołkonowski. | Photo by Marian Paluszkiewicz.

He was a Jarosław for barely a year. The court took away the letter ‘Ł’

Jarosław Wołkonowski sought the right to the original spelling of his name since 1992. The District Court adopted a sentence on the 1st of June 2022 (judge Skaistė Cinkutė) that

Kurier Wileński 2024-03-15

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