Kurier Wileński

Poles of the Year 2012 – awarded

This year’s edition of the Readers’ Plebiscite – “Pole of the Year” promoted by “Kurier Wileński” magazine was characterised through two anniversaries. On the one hand, it was the 15th
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Is it difficult to be Polish in Lithuania?

On Sunday 27th January at 4 p.m, the final of the jubilee – the 15th Readers’ Poll of  ‘Kurier Wileński’ (Courier of Vilnius), our daily’s popular competition ‘The Polish of
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The representatives of the Vilnius District Local Government were granted the Prince Gedimanas Award

On January 18th, the Prince Gedimanas Award giving ceremony took place in Kiernów. The Awards have been granted to 27 entrepreneurs and social workers from the Vilnius District Municipality. The
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The visit of Vilnius district municipality delegation in Biała Podlaska County

On 10-12 of January 2013 the delegation of Vilnius district municipality, together with the deputy director of administration Robert Komarowski and specialists from Wydział Ekonomii i Majątku (the Department of
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Edward Trusewicz: „This title belongs to the people who I worked with”

The interview with Edward Trusewicz, Deputy Minister of Culture, secretary of the Association of Poles in Lithuania and the winner of the 15th competition for “The Poles of the Year
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Venues in Vilnius: cafes and restaurants

Rudnicki’s café is also associated with a particular event of which Witold Rudziński tells in Wileńskie Rozmaitości (“Vilnius miscellany”):   A caricature drawn by Dangel was once published in Słowo.
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Police stops Rev. Dariusz Stańczyk

As “Kurier” posted, on 22 January at 150th anniversary of the outbreak of the January Uprising Rev. Dariusz Stanczyk along with scouts of WHM (Mary Troop of Vilnius) and the
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Polish in Vilnius commemorated the 150th anniversary of the January Uprising

Yesterday, i.e. 22nd January, on the 150th anniversary of the outbreak of the January Uprising, the March of Freedom ‘For our freedom and yours’ marched along the streets of Vilnius
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The Museum of January Uprising – only in the world

In a few days – January 22 – Lithuania is going to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the outburst of January Uprising. In that year The Temporary Government in Warsaw
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Venues in Vilnius: cafés and restaurants

Before the First World War and during the interwar period Vilnius was famous for its good and cheap cafés and restaurants. Alfred Kalantor, a Polish resident, and Rapolos Mackonis, a
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