Thirty-five years of “Świtezianka”

An audience of about one thousand witnessed an amazing performance, which presented the rich history of the Vilnius Region. The big event took place in “Ūkio banko arena” in Vilnius,
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National Communities Council is protection against provocations. On 10th December a new chairman is to

On 10th December there will be elections for a new chairman in The National Communities Council, which is associated with the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture. Representatives of Polish community think
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Janczys: Poles are not afraid of any work

I am pushing a button. With a quiet buzz, the computer switches on. On the monitor, there appears Windows logo and, after a while, current news from the country and
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Exodus of Kresy one of the ”Geneologies of Remembrance” themes

Over one hundred scholars from around the world debated for three days in the University Library in Warsaw on violence and trauma of the twentieth century in the collective memory
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Full room on “Świtezianka’s” jubilee

“Kaziukas Fair”, repression, war, victory and patriotism— it was all included in a jubilee concert dedicated to 35th anniversary of the Song and Dance Group “Świtezianka” from the Vilnius High
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What next with the petition about Poles in Lithuania?

The petition’s commission of European Parliament will open again soon the case of petition about language laws for Poles living in Lithuania(petition nr 358/2011). After intense deliberations in April of
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A group of young nationalists has desecrated the mausoleum of Marshal Józef Piłsudski. The police

The police has detained five members of an informal nationalist organization. They are suspected of desecrating the mausoleum of Marshal Józef Piłsudski and his mother in the Rasos Cemetery in
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Too Few Poles in the National Communities Council

At the beginning of December a new composition of the National Communities Council will start their activities. Poles will have three representatives there. Grzegorz Sakson, the chairman of the Polish
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Impotence or Unwillingness – the EU on Poles in Lithuania

The EU willingly fights for the human rights in Belarus but not in Lithuania. The European Commission does not enforce the rights of national minorities guaranteed in the Framework Convention
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Powerlessness or aversion – UE attitude towards Polish people living in Lithuania

UE eagerly fights for human rights in Belarus, but at the same time passes over Lithuania in silence. The European Commission does not enforce the rights of national minorities guaranteed
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