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„I know even less about Lithuania than about China” – relations between Poland and Lithuania

Out of all Polish neighbours, Lithuania seems to be the least known. Today, even though we are connected by a process of a united national creation lasting few hundred years,
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Ministry of Justice is waiting for the next explanation from the Constitutional Court in the

Ministry of Justice will wait for another explanation from the Constitutional Court and then will continue the work on the Regulations on Spelling of Names and Family Names in Documents
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Another fine for bilingual street signs

Vilnius Regional Court has decided that the Administrative Director of the Local Government of the Vilnius Region, Lucyna Kotlowska, will have to pay a fine of 2 thousand Lithuanian litas.
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Linguists: In documents names only in Lithuanian

The State Commission of the Lithuanian Language stated on Monday that they cannot accept a document which allows to write down names and surnames in documents using letters which don’t
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Polish Parents appeal to the government for cancellation of the Education Act

Forum of Polish Schools’ Parents in Lithuania issued a statement with the claim for cancellation of the amended Educational Act. In the Forum’s opinion Lithuania fails in its duty to
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Aušrinė Burneikienė: Lithuania signs but fails to meet international contractual commitments

Aušrinė Burneikienė, an ombudsperson of Equal Opportunities, declared that Lithuania is very keen on signing and ratification of any international conventions and directives, but fails to perform contractual commitments. ‘What
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This year’s exemptions from the exam in Lithuanian withdrawn

Next year, students from Polish and Russian schools are going to take the same exam as the Lithuanian schools’ students – Dainius Pavalkis, Minister of Education informed. Waldemar Tomaszewski called
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“We were even supported by the MP Gražulis”. The coalition’s decision on the National Minorities

After the cabinet council of the governing coalition, Waldemar Tomaszewski said that he didn’t see any major obstacles to passing the National Minorities Act. Coalition partners informed they would have
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Zdzisław Palewicz: Our youth speak Polish, Lithuanian and Russian correctly

‘We know such cases when an unemployment person lives in a beautiful house and has a great car. The flats in Soleczniki are expensive but the rate of registered cars
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Virus has infected Polish-Lithuanian dictionary

LIETPOL is the first Polish-Lithuanian online dictionary. For 12 years it’s been helpful for people working in different fields, such as translations or diplomacy. Unfortunately, the web page hasn’t been
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