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Recruitment for studies has finished
On the 1st of September, nearly 23.5 thousand first-year students will start their studies at universities of Lithuania. 14 832 of them are this year’s graduates from high schools and…
Slowacki’s „Hymn” on the Vilnius streets
It has been 25 years since on 27th of August, 1991, in Brussels, the declaration regarding resuming diplomatic relations with the Baltic countries – Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia- was signed. The…
Muslims want a mosque in Vilnius
A dispute between the Lithuanian community of Muslims and the Vilnius government regarding the construction of a mosque in Vilnius has been going on for years already. The community is…
Wisdom not always comes with age…
… but sometimes age comes alone. This accurate quote seems to match the recent comments of Prof. Vytautas Landsbergis on the situation of Lithuanian Poles. On the occasion of the…
The less Poles are allowed, the more they are expected to do
The end of the world did not happen. And I do not mean the apocalypse foretold by the Mayans. The Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania [Polish: Akcja Wyborcza Polaków…
In defence of fundamental rights
In March 2011 I submitted a petition concerning the language rights of Poles living in Lithuania to the European Parliament. The document addresses the problematic issue that Lithuania does not…
The first significant success
On Tuesday, December 11, 2012, after the first reading, the Seimas accepted the project of the governmental policy which included the fundamental proposals of the Electoral Action of Poles in…
Political chauvinism echoes through primitive provocations
On November 24, 2012, at the Rasos cemetery vandals conducted another anti-Polish nationalistic attack and vandalized the Mausoleum of the Mother and the Heart of her Son. About 11.30. am….
State decorations for people cultivating Polish identity
The day before the celebration of Polish Independence Day twelve Poles from Vilnius Region received prestigious decorations of the Republic of Poland for the contribution to the development of Polish…
Tribute to the creator of independent Poland
On November 11 at noon the delegation of Polish embassy led by Janusz Skolimowski, an ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Lithuania, as well as representatives of Polish social…
