A new section of the website of the European Foundation of Human Rights: https://media.efhr.eu was launched. You can find there translations into English of the most important articles, related to the issue of the Polish minority in Lithuania. The articles are coming from “Kurier Wileński”, website www.wilnoteka.lt, “Tygodnik Wileńszczyzny” and a radio station “Znad Wilii”.
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Are the issues relevant to national minorities forgotten in Lithuania?
After the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance (EAPL-CFA) became a part of the ruling coalition, the proposals on taxing bank profits, medication reimbursement to seniors,…
Phot. BNS/Lukas Balandis
Could ‘Anna’ appear in a Lithuanian passport? The Ministry of Justice will refer to the Constitutional Court
The Ministry of Justice will ask the Constitutional Court for an interpretation on the spelling of non-Lithuanian names in identity documents and is considering the possibility of changing the legal…
Phot. smm.lt
Polish-Lithuanian declaration on education of national minorities
The declaration on education of the Polish national minority in the Republic of Lithuania and the Lithuanian national minority in Poland was signed on Wednesday, November 20 in Warsaw by…
Phot. Roman Niedźwiecki
The 25th “Best School – Best Teacher” Ranking Summed Up
A summary of the last edition of the “Best School – Best Teacher” competition took place today at the House of Polish Culture in Vilnius. It is the 25th-anniversary edition…
![After reports in the media, Jarosław Wołkonowski dismissed from the University of Bialystok [UwB]](https://i2.wp.com/kurierwilenski.lt/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/wolkonowski-21.jpg?w=750&ssl=1)
Dr hab. Jarosław Wołkonowski no longer lectures at the university. Phot. Marian Paluszkiewicz
After reports in the media, Jarosław Wołkonowski dismissed from the University of Bialystok [UwB]
Dr hab. Jarosław Wołkonowski, who seemed to be inseparably connected with the Vilnius branch of UwB, no longer lectures at the university. As one of the branch’s employees informed the…
Phot. BNS/Julius Kalinskas
Conservatives: It is sad when children in Polish schools do not know the basic Lithuanian words
MP from the fraction of the Union of Homeland-Christian Democrats of Lithuania Laurynas Kasčiūnas together with the city councillor of Vilnius from the same party Kamilė Šeraitė addressed the Minister…
Józef Kwiatkowski/Phot. Joanna Bożerodska
Finally here! New Polish textbooks have arrived in Vilnius
Textbooks for students of Polish schools have arrived in Lithuania. – We talked about this problem for years, but we couldn’t find a solution. We were like in a dark…
Phot. wilnoteka.lt
Ana or Anna? The Ministry of Justice initiates discussion
The Ministry of Justice of Lithuania has initiated a discussion on the spelling of non-Lithuanian names in documents. There has been a lot of talk about this lately, among others,…
Inauguration of the academic year at the Faculty of Economics and Computer Science in Vilnius, a branch of the University of Bialystok, 1st October 2019. | Phot. Kurier Wileński
Problems of the Vilnius branch of the University of Bialystok
The Faculty of Economics and Computer Science in Vilnius, a branch of the University of Bialystok [UwB], did not gather a group of students for the first year of master’s…
Emilis Vėlyvis and Mindaugas Papinigis | BNS
Fines for ‘Zero Live Show’ creators lower than expected
On Tuesday, the Šalčininkai Chamber of the District Court of Vilnius Region fined actors and the director promoting ‘Zero Live Show’ at the Turgeliai St Church, but released them from further…
