Kurier Wileński

Two secondary schools in Jaszczuny acquired the gymnasium status

Two gymnasiums will be open in Jaszczuny in the Šalčininkai region since the beginning of the 2014/2015 school year. Michał Baliński Secondary School, at which Polish is the language of
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EAPL defends its undersecretaries to the last one

The process of formation of the new government is underway. The secretaries sworn in last week will finish the picking of their number twos this week.  The Electoral Action of
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Alexander Balinskiy: Following my great-great-great-grandfather from Saint Petersburg to Jašiūnai

Interview with Alexander Balinskiy, a descendent of Baliński and Śniadecki families living in Saint Petersburg  Anna Pieszko: What brought you to Jašiūnai?  Alexander Balinskiy: I’d known for a long time
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Summer Camp of Centre of Disabled Persons in Niemenczyn

This year, from 7th  to 11th July,  patients of Day Care Centre of Disabled Persons in Niemenczyn visited the yard  “Antalakaja”, established in a regional park Labanoras, located in the
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St. Peter’s Church – on the track of Pope

In 2007, according to the act of Lithuanian government, was approved the program of adapting  to the needs of tourism and pilgrimage sacred objects of Lithuania, which in 1993 had
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Old Believers from Gaj were celebrating the 300th anniversary of their community’s existence

Old Believers community from Gaj, in the Solcininkai region, was celebrating the 300th anniversary of its existence on the Solcininkai land. On this occasion, on Saturday of 12 July, there
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Law on minorities to be postponed again

After long and emotional debates on how to write non-Lithuanian surnames in Lithuanian documents the Parliament eventually approved two projects of the law in the first reading. The authors of
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Journeys through the streets of Vilnius: following in the footsteps of famous Lelewel

The street named after Joachim Lelewel is one of the shortest in Vilnius – it has around 200 meters. It is situated in the center of the town. It is
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The Government will start the regional developmnent from the Vilnius Region?

”The economic regional growth constitutes the underlying condition for any further improvements in Lithuania”- such was the message of the PM Algirdas Butkevicius who, yesterday on July 8th , visited
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Deliberations on the Law on National Minorities once again adjourned. Critics on the offensive

The Seimas started to examine the Law on National Minorities, however because of the end of time allocated to this law the chairman of the meeting  Algirdas Sysas proposed to
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