The bulldozer of the conservatives and the liberals vs. minority schools

As we have mentioned, today there was a meeting of the local government in Vilnius, on which the draft projects, which are unfavourable for national minority schools (Polish and Russian;
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Legendary Polish school “No. 5” moves out to the other side of the river (31)

On the 1st of September 2016, Joachim Lelewel High school, legendary “No. 5”, has to leave its building in Antokol and relocate to the one in Żyrmuny, where is a
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Decision of the capital Council: “Lelewel” to Żyrmuny

The liberal-conservative bulldozer drove around the schools of national minorities in Vilnius. The High School called after J. Lelewel has a chance to obtain the status of a secondary school,
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„We won’t allow Polish schools to be closed down!” – parents’ protest in front of

“We are fighting for justice in education”, “ We won’t allow Polish schools to be closed down!”, “No to the bulldozer policy” – posters in Polish, Lithuanian, and Russian with
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Parents of children belonging to national minorities write to president

As we have been already informing, on Monday, 13th July, outside the Presidential Palace in Vilnius. the communities of Polish and Russian schools functioning in Vilnius organised a picket protesting
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Remigijus Šimašius: It’s a mistake that monuments in Vilnius do not speak Polish.

We have great problems in Vilnius in reorganizing a chain of schools’ –as the mayor of Vilnius, Remigijus Šimašius admits. The guest of today’s political broadcast added that the municipality
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Parents take matters into their own hands. Protest in front of the Presidential Palace.

The parents of children from Vilnius schools do not want to watch idly the situation created by the Government of Vilnius. This time they protest in front of the Presidential
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The Members of the European Parliament insist on the respect for the rights of the

In June 2015, 60 MEPs from 13 countries, representing various political factions, wrote a declaration to the Prime Minister of Lithuania about respectability for the rights of national minorities in
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Valdas Benkunskas: Schools in Vilnius should be rearranged now, not in two years’ time.

Although the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania delayed the education reform for two years, central authorities intend to reorganize all schools before the 1st September 2015. Valdas Benkunskas, who
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Tourist Jamboree of Poles in Lithuania: the youth train not only their fingers

“It’s been going smoothly and safely”, said Zbigniew Głazko the commander of the 27th Tourist Jamboree of Poles in Lithuania (Zlot Turystyczny Polaków na Litwie) in the beginning of the
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