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Apolonia Skakowska nominated for the Government Culture and Art Award

The Ministry of Culture has announced a list of 40 people nominated for the Government Culture and Art Award. Among the candidates in the discipline of music, theatre, art, literature
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Professor Wołkonowski: The UwB branch in Vilnius is going through tough times

The university, which is supposed to educate the future elites of the Polish community in Lithuania and constitutes the finish line of the slogan ‘learning in the mother tongue from
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Day in a nutshell: Remembrance Day for the Victims of the Jewish Genocide

Monday will be sunny in Vilnius and the surrounding area, although thermometers will show a maximum of 12 degrees above zero. There is no forecast of rain. In Vilnius, on
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Vilnius Region 2040: Where we would like to be in 20 years

What will the Vilnius region be like in 20 years? Will Polishness survive and develop? Will the Polish community be an educated and wealthy part of the Lithuanian society, or
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Warzecha: The problem with maintaining Polishness in Lithuania lies somewhere deeper

“There are many social processes that cannot be steered by law, they cannot be shaped from above. When it comes to the development of the Polish culture and language in
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President presented Crosses of the Salvation of the Dying. Poles among the awarded

President Gitanas Nausėda awarded Crosses of the Salvation of the Dying [Lithuanian: Žūvančiųjų gelbėjimo kryžius, TN] to people who saved Jews from extermination during World War II. Crosses were awarded
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Tadeusz Romer – the Lithuanian Pole who saved Jews in Japan

“It was a chain of help that reached half the world” – said the Polish ambassador in Vilnius, Urszula Doroszewska, during the opening ceremony of the exhibition ‘Polish Ambassador in
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Ludkowski: Plans for a joint Polish-Lithuanian government meeting

“There are plans for a joint meeting of Polish and Lithuanian governments,” says Artur Ludkowski, director of the House of Polish Culture in Vilnius. A guest of our ‘Political Salon’
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Radczenko: Polish Discussion Club like Deus ex machina

“I am not persecuted, we don’t call it like that. It’s about the legislative problems related to the rights of minorities” – said Rita Tamašunienė in an interview with the
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Next to the seat of the Lithuanian Jewish community – a swastika drawn with soil

A photo of the swastika swept away from the sidewalk with a few flowers was shared on the Jewish community’s profile on the social network “Facebook”. The chairwoman of the
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