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1920: the citizens of Vilnius in the victorious war

Exactly 95 years ago, Polish troops commanded by General Lucjan Żeligowski entered, or rather returned to Vilnius. The citizens of the city received them as warmly as 1,5 year before,
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Polish Junior High School in Trakai

The community of the Polish school in Trakai has reasons to pride and satisfaction: owing to the resolution of parents, headmasters and pedagogical staff the institution gained the status of
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Minibuses for Polish schools in Lithuania

Local governments’ authorities of the Vilnius district municipality obtained funds from the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to buy 4 minibuses for the Polish schools. “This is a symbolic moment
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Lithuanian newspaper accuses, Polish embassy rectifies

Pac Palace in Vilnius, building in Vilnius Old Town, Šv. Jonų street has been a Polish property for almost 8 years. Ultimately, the building will be allocated to various diplomatic
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Vilnius – bilingual writers’ creativity

In Vilnius, academics from Poland and Lithuania discuss the cultural and historical background of bilingual writers’ works, the problem of identity in the literary achievements of bilingual authors as well
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Prosecutor’s office will tackle labels on T-shirts

Equality Service has submitted complain to the Vilnius local prosecutor’s office regarding the controversial label on the shirts, which were worn by some of the participants of the Family Reunion
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Courts are to be impartial! A picket for defense of Polish schools

Another picket for defense of Polish schools took place in front of the Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Court edifice. Why exactly there? Because the representatives of the Forum of Parents from
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Alicja Klimaszewska nominated in the competition „The Guard of the National Heritage”.

Alicja Klimaszewska who is the chairwoman of the Social Care Committee of the Old Rasos Cemetery, was nominated to the award and the title of ‘Mieczysław Gębarowicz Guard of the National
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What St. Francis Church’s relics portray?

In the porch there is the Way of the Cross leaning against the wall, plaster crumbling from fragments of frescos in the vault of the church and in aisles there
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Double names in Lithuania –perhaps soon

Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania prepares amendments to the civil code, by virtue of which a child could have both names: its father’s and mother’s. It would
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