Kurier Wileński

Vilnius market stalls — earning a livelihood and … surviving

Market stalls, little booths and kiosks are still alive with trade. All those trading places offer a wide range of souvenirs from Vilnius and Lithuania – religious paraphernalia, handicraft, amber
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9 contests in 3 days that is XXIV Touristic Rally of Poles in Lithuania

Friday morning. No clouds in the sky – the weekend forecast is very good. Quick review of necessary items: tent, sleeping bag, clothes, insect repellent, sunblock. And wellies just in
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The Central Electoral Commission’s decision unfavorable to the Poles

The Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Lithuania implemented a new adjustment of boundaries of electoral districts in the Vilnius region. The adjustment is unfavorable to the Electoral Action
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To commemorate with a deed, not a banquet or a speech

On the 6th of July, that is the day before operation “Gate of Dawn”, patriotic youths from Vilnius in cooperation with combatants, renewed six graves of the polish Home Army
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Polish street signs still a problem

Polish street signs do not allow to rest easy neither Lithuanian media nor government officials, who are prepared to combat every Polish word in Wilno area as though the independence
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Suspect found in an act of vandalism on Józef Piłsudski’s tombstone in Rossa cemetery.

The suspect is a drug addict Vitalijus Celikas, who for many years has been living in the chapel at the cemetery. Celikas himself denies being responsible for the act. On
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Radio by the Neris: so Polish, so homely…

On Sunday July 1, it will be exactly 20 years since listeners inLithuaniacould for the first time hear the Polish language and the music of Polish artists on their radios.
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Historians on Polish-Lithuanian relations

“Concessions are not always a sign of weakness, sometimes it’s worth to concede in order to show that we’re smarter,” the historian Eligijus Raila said about Polish-Lithuanian relations during a
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Anti-monumental pre-election rhetoric of the right wing

Lithuanian nationalists from the extreme right Lithuanian Nationalist Union (Lithuanian: Lietuvių tautininkų sąjunga, LTS) and the Union of the National Youth (Polish: Związek Młodzieży Narodowej, ZMN) demand removing the Mother
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A Statement by the Press Office of Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania

The recent provocative statements made by Gediminas Grina, head of the Security Department, and the leader of parliamentary National Security and Defence, Arvydas Anuszauskas,accusing the minorities in Lithuania of being
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