School headmasters against standardization of Lithuanian language examination.

On Wednesday, 35 headmasters of Polish schools in Lithuania turned to the country’s Minister of Education, Gintaras Steponavičius, in a bid to reject the A-level Lithuanian language standardisation in Lithuanian
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Gordian knot in Druskienniki

Gordian knot – this sums up the current situation of Polish education in Lithuania, which was the subject discussed in Druskienniki by the Polish-Lithuanian Intergovernmental Commission on Education. It is
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With the return of “water”?

We waited on the step, we have gained a centimeter – so you can briefly summarize and evaluate the work of the intergovernmental expert group for education which met on
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23th of September – another rally ?

Another protest in defense of minority education in Lithuania is due to take place on September 23rd. So, this time, it will be held outside the Lithuanian Parliament. A permission
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The strike has been suspended

From Monday, in 5th of September, is suspended a strike in Polish schools in Lithuania – said Albert Narwojsz, coordinator of school strike committees. This is the result of talks
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Č. Juršėnas: Poland would be worse without Lithuania

“I think it was Poland would be worse without Lithuania , because who else but Poland, Lithuania could tell about the real situation of Polish Lithuanians,” – said in today’s
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“We won’t let our speech be buried”

Nearly 5,000 students and parents protested on Friday, September 2nd, in front of the Presidential Palace in Vilnius against the discriminatory provisions in the Education Act. So many thousands of
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A. Kubilius: These are the words we have been waiting for.

“It won’t work” – that is what I thought after a conversation I had with Andrius Kubilius, the Lithuanian Prime Minister, 20 years after establishing diplomatic relations between Poland and
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Appeal of the Confederation of the Polish Nobility to the President of Lithuania

On Monday, the Polish Nobility Confederation appealed in a letter to Dalia Grybauskaite, the President of Lithuania, for respect and special protection of the rights of the Polish minority in
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Act of defiance or of desperation?

photo of Wilnoteka.lt Is the protest at the President’s office an act of civil disobedience, or perhaps an act of despair and desperation? For the Lithuanian authorities and media it
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