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Tomasz Poręba in EP: It’s time to end the discrimination of Poles in Lithuania.

During the debate summing up Lithuanian presidency in EU Tomasz Poręba referred to the recent instances of discrimination of Polish minority in Lithuania. “It is totally unnecessary and it destroys
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Lithuanian presidency in the shadow of discrimination

Today, on 14th January, the European Parliament in Strasbourg summarized the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The President of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaite and the European Commission
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The vice-chairwoman of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania: “The prime minister should partly

As we have informed, today, in the Defenders of Lithuania’s Freedom Day, the members of  the EAPL’s faction left the Parliamentary hall on the solemn session of Parliament, during Vytautas
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Draconian penalty for bilingual signboards with street names in the Vilnius Region

Šalčininkai District Municipality Administrative Director, Bolesław Daszkiewicz, has to pay the penalty of 43 400 litas (12 569 euro), or 100 litas (about 30 euro) for one-day delay in executing the court
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Mer Maria Reksc: “We’re going in the right direction”

– Another year behind us. We will remember it as an important one, a year of big achievements, inaugurations, with many public buildings commissioned. And all these achievements have led
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The finale of the contest “Talents of Vilnius 2013”: A real sensation

Christmas concerts in Nemenčinė and Rudamino, which took place on 28th and 29th December 2013 in Versatile Culture Centre (“Wielofunkcyjny Ośrodek Kultury) in Nemenčinė, were the summing-up of the contest
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Will’N’Ska wins “Metro Rock Battle”

Yesterday, on December 27th, the final of a competition “Metro Rock Battle” took place. The winner was a punk group “Will’N’Ska,” in which Poles play. The prize is 2 thousand
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The Seimas Committee on Human Rights accepted the project of an act on Minorities

Today, the Seimas Committee on Human Right debated on a project of an Act on national minorities. Members of the Committee accepted the proposal. The first reading of the project
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Her surname was Lithuanianed. The Court did not notice that it’s an act of discrimination

The Community Court of Vilnius dropped the non-Lithuanian’s lawsuit against making her surname Lithuanianed. The woman stated that the ending –inne was added to her surname after she had got
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This is the best Polish book of all time that was translated into Lithuanian (PHOTO)

A book of Wiesław Myśliwski entitled “Traktat o łuskaniu fasoli” was considered the best Polish book of all time that was translated into Lithuanian. It was decided by Lithuanian readers
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