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Ponary Diary by K. Sakowicz in Lithuanian

In Vilnius the official presentation of Lithuanian edition of ‘Ponary Diary, 1941 – 1943’ will be held in celebration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. A shocking account of the Nazi
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Another verdict: Remove plates with Polish inscriptions!

Once again the District Administrative Court in Vilnius ordered the director of administration in Šalčininkai district municipality to remove the plates with Polish street names, as they are considered illegal.
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Danuta Narbut a new vice-director of the Administration of Vilnius

Danuta Narbut , so far an employee of the Education Department of the Self-Government of Vilnius is to be a new  vice-director of the Administration of the Self-Government on AWPL’s
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Vilnius commemoration of the January Uprising – finished in the police station!

Quite an unexpected ending of the only commemoration in Vilnius of 150th anniversary of the outbreak of the January Uprising, which were organized by WHM (Mary Troop of Vilnius). It’s
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Exhibition, conference, coin…

In Lithuania, the year 2013 was proclaimed as “the Year of January Uprising”. In order to inaugurate the Sesquicentennial Commemoration of the January Uprising, the Polish Institute in Vilnius and
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The Grand Duke of Lithuania Gedimanas’ Awards

The last Friday, the Prince Gedimanas Award giving ceremony took place in the State Kernavė Culture Reserve. For the past 10 years, the Awards have been granted to the people
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Real problems or manipulation of facts?

The Sword of Damocles has hung over Lithuanians in Poland – Lithuanian media informed this week. Polish authorities are demanding from the publishers of a Lithuanian newspaper “Aušra” – from
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Too late? And then what?

Will EAPL’s success in the election and its participation in governance of the country benefit Poles in Lithuania?  So far it seems that neither the larger representation in the Seimas
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Šalčininkai: less weddings, more births

Register office in Šalčininkai gives the statistics for the year 2012 – more births, less weddings, divorces and deaths. 394 infants were born in Šalčininkai region in 2012. 377 births
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“Marzenia dzieci 2012” (Children’s dreams 2012) came true

The social project called “Marzenia dzieci 2012” was carried out for the first time in Lithuania during Christmas. 27 local governments, together with  Vilnius district municipality, took part in this
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