WHEN THE “CHOSEN ONE” IS A FOREIGNER…

Not only is summer a time of long-awaited vacations but also when most weddings take place. Lithuanian statistics show that more and more couples is getting married lately. Though most
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Stundys: new version of the law will boost the position of Lithuanian language

According to the head of the parliamentary Committee on Education, Science and Culture, the conservative Valentinas Stundys, new version of the Law on the State Language will boost the position
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MIDAS CONFERENCE IN BRATISLAVA

XII Conference of European Association of Daily Newspapers in Minority and Regional Languages MIDAS – of which Kurier Wileński has been an associated member since 2005 – took place from
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Vilnius Wanderers: journey makes man better

Almost all continents. By sea, air and land. Through mountains, steppes and woods. On foot, by bike, plane, train or kayak. For over 20 years now, the Vilnius Wanderer has
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Latvia/ the chief of the Parliament hopes that Polish and Lithuanian problems will be solved.

On Wednesday Solvita Aboltina the chairman of the Latvian Parliament voiced hope that Poland and Lithuania which are Latvia strategical partners will solve problems in their bilateral relations. Ewa Kopacz
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‘Moskowskije Nowosti’: Lithuania took part in the partition of Poland in 1939

While criticizing Lithuania for its financial claims against Russia for the Soviet occupation, ‘Moskowskije Nowosti’ pointed out that in 1939 Lithuania was ‘the third country – alongside the Nazi Germany
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Komorowski takes over patronage of scouts

President of the Republic of Poland Bronisław Komorowski took over the honorary patronage of scouting organisations in Poland and abroad, among them of the Polish Scouting Association in Lithuania. ‘On
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The community of John Paul II schools visited Vilnius for the first time

Friday afternoon, great and sunny weather. Vilnius, the schoolyard of the John Paul II Grammar School, from which several hundred smiling people – pupils, parents, choristers, scouts and journalists set
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Steponavičius will tell the embassadors about the minorities educational system in Lithuania.

Gintaras Steponavičius the Lithuanian minister of education and science announced that he is going to meet the embassadors residing in Vilnius to present them minorities educational system situation in Lithuania.
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XIII Congress of the Association of Poles in Lithuania

Standing up for Polish education in Lithuania, struggle for public use of minorities’ languages, spelling of names and of Poles, land return, culture issues, preservation of monuments, supporting of the
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