Kurier Wileński

Exhibition game between “Polonia” and “Žalgiris” ended in assault

An exhibition game between “Polonia Wilno” and “Žalgiris” ended in 8:1 win for the Lithuanian team. This season is the first time in years that Polonia plays in First League
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Will the new Language Law allow the use of Polish?

It is possible that very soon Poles in Lithuania will be at least partially able to use their mother tongue in public space and topographical naming. For this to occur
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Will the new Language Law allow the use of Polish?

It is possible that very soon Poles in Lithuania will be at least partially able to use their mother tongue in public space and topographical naming. For this to occur
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OSCE HIGH COMMISSIONER PREPARED A REPORT ON MINORITIES IN LITHUANIA AND POLAND

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe High Commissioner on Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, has prepared a confidential report regarding the situation of ethnic minorities in Lithuania and Poland, Lars R.
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WHEN THE “CHOSEN ONE” IS A FOREIGNER…

Not only is summer a time of long-awaited vacations but also when most weddings take place. Lithuanian statistics show that more and more couples is getting married lately. Though most
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MIDAS CONFERENCE IN BRATISLAVA

XII Conference of European Association of Daily Newspapers in Minority and Regional Languages MIDAS – of which Kurier Wileński has been an associated member since 2005 – took place from
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Latvia/ the chief of the Parliament hopes that Polish and Lithuanian problems will be solved.

On Wednesday Solvita Aboltina the chairman of the Latvian Parliament voiced hope that Poland and Lithuania which are Latvia strategical partners will solve problems in their bilateral relations. Ewa Kopacz
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‘Moskowskije Nowosti’: Lithuania took part in the partition of Poland in 1939

While criticizing Lithuania for its financial claims against Russia for the Soviet occupation, ‘Moskowskije Nowosti’ pointed out that in 1939 Lithuania was ‘the third country – alongside the Nazi Germany
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The community of John Paul II schools visited Vilnius for the first time

Friday afternoon, great and sunny weather. Vilnius, the schoolyard of the John Paul II Grammar School, from which several hundred smiling people – pupils, parents, choristers, scouts and journalists set
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XIII Congress of the Association of Poles in Lithuania

Standing up for Polish education in Lithuania, struggle for public use of minorities’ languages, spelling of names and of Poles, land return, culture issues, preservation of monuments, supporting of the
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