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Commission of truth and success

Are the results of the work done by the education commission, appointed by the Polish and Lithuanian prime ministers, surprising in any way? Absolutely not. Many observers had stressed out
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Lithuanian patriotism = Polish radicalism

The Lithuanian Parliament Irena Degutiené said something absolutely extraordinary as for a politician. She publicly admitted there were things in this world she couldn’t understand; for example how anyone can
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‘No’ for nationalism and radicalism

The chairman of the Committee of Foreign Affairs in Lithuanian government Emanuelis Zingeris expressed his worry because of the damaging of the tables with Lithuanian names of places in the
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Linguistic rights of Poles in Lithuania

This year relationships Polish – Lithuania, which were strained and complicated provoked many reactions worldwide. Some people just comment on this situation, others are organizing protest actions. There are also
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Another punishment for Polish language

The First Vilnius District Court has punished the director of Vilnius Region  Local Governments’ Administration – Lucyna Kotłowska with 500 litas fine for not removing the boards with Polish street
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The parents of the Polish students are ready to strike

The strike committees of Polish schools in Lithuania announced the readiness to strike. It is a form of pressure put on the Lithuanian authorities in order to make them drop
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Or patriotism, their chauvinism?

Article name: Szukiszki, Source: Wikipedia “In times of independent Republic of Lithuania, Vytautas Landsbergis, the symbol of independent Lithuania, exercised the reprivatisation reform, which allowed to replace a land in
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Nights in Augustow. Chilly.

Maybe Lithuanian Poles really do not know the Lithuanian language, since they cannot read, how great and perfect the new Education Law is… This is one of the “revealing” conclusions
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Anna Krepsztul – government prize winner

A well-known folklore painter from Taboryszki Anna Krepsztul, deceased in 2007, was posthumously shortlisted for the Lithuanian government prize  in culture and art in 2012. As the Lithuanian daily “Respublika”
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Kubilius appeals to continue dialogue

Prime Minister of Lithuania, Andrius Kubilius, proposed to appoint a special committee on social and economic matters, with the main aim of working out the ways to provide support for
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