Kurier Wileński

Harvest Festival: ” We are carrying crops , we are carrying crops …”

“The ceremonial, ritual, traditional cutting of the last ears of grain , usually entwined in a wreath and transfering them with the participation of the singers and music to the
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Walking through the Vilnius streets: Antoni Wiwulski – the creator of Grunwald monument and Three

Antoni Wiwulski’s Street is located in the city center. It  runs parallel to the Big Pohulanka’s Street (now Basanaviciaus). It is located close to the several objects which are worth
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Spelling of Polish names is (not) an important issue

“Problems concerning original spelling of names and surnames or bilingual street plates should be solved, but currently we have more important issues in bilateral relations to discuss” – said the
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The maintenance of the ruins of the Oginski’s chapel

The walls of the Oginski’s chapel had been strengthened, the roof has been fixed in order not to fall  Photo Marian Paluszkiewicz The problem of the Oginski’s chapel at the
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Stroll around streets in Vilnius: following Szymon Konarski

The Szymon Konarski street (Simono Konarskio street) is one of the longest streets in the New Town District (Naujamiestis). It starts at the Basanavičiusa street (former Wielka Pohulanka street), crosses
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Łukasz Niesiołowski-Spanò tracing his ancestors

Interview with Łukasz Niesiołowski-Spanò, PhD, descendant of a famous family of Vilnius. He is a grandson of a great painter Tymon Niesiołowski. Why are you here? It is my second
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President Dalia Grybauskaitė took part in the Polish-Lithuanian celebration of the beginning of the new

This year Knowledge and Science Festival will be remembered for a long time by the residents of Lavoriškės in the Vilnius region. For the first time the Polish school and
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“It is not possible to make a magazine for all”

Romuald Mieczkowski. Journalist, specializing among others on issues of Polish-Lithuanian and Polish neighbors in the East problems, as well as Poles abroad. Writer, journalist, cultural animator. Active in Vilnius and
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Stroll around the streets in Vilnius: Kalinowski – unmatched conspirator

“One of them, Zygmunt Sierakowski, called Sierakauskas by Lithuanians, was a Pole born in the Ukraine, Antanas Mackevičius (Antoni Mackiewicz) was a Lithuanian and the third, known as Konstanty Kalinowski
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Residents of Poznań will again take care of the Rasos cemetery

Restoration works at the Rasos cemetery which is the oldest necropolis in Vilnius will start soon. Roof of the Jeleński family grave chapel, Radziewicz family grave and the monument of
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