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The winners of the plebiscite “Pole of the Year” awarded

“Everyone from the ten deserves such a cup, since we all play in one orchestra together” – said Sister Michaela Rak, the winner of the Readers’ Plebiscite promoted by “Kurier
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Błaszkiewicz: This award means a lot to me

Yesterday (30th January) in the House of National Communities the second part of the Association of awarding medals “For services to Vilnius and the Nation” took place. Among the distinguished guests was
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Filmik: There are no language barriers in hip-hop

„I’d be thinking for a long time on which girl to marry, but I’d marry music for sure” – says Filmik, a rapper from Vilnius who raps in Polish. He
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Silver-haired twenty-year-olds. Twenty years of the Polish University of the Third Age in Vilnius.

The Polish University of the Third Age in Vilnius celebrates the 20th jubilee of its existence. “We were the first in Lithuania” – proudly pointed out doc. Dr Ryszard Kuźmo.
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Priest Tadeusz Krahel: I have devoted my whole scientific career to the Vilnius Diocese

Vilnius was the capital of the largest, in terms of area, diocese of Poland before partitions, and from 1925 the largest archdiocese of the second Republic. Priest Tadeusz Krahel, Polish
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“Magazyn Wileński” – 25 years of the existence of the chronicle of the Vilnius region

The newest jubilee issue of “Magazyn Wileński” is already available in the Polish kiosks and bookstores in Vilnius. The first issue of the newspaper was published 25 years ago, in
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Belarusians want to reactivate Belarusian Museum in Vilnius

The Belarusian community wants to reactivate Iwan Łuckiewicz’s Belarusian Museum in Vilnius. The institution operated from 1921 to 1945. It was the centre of social life of Vilnian Belarusians in
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Vilnius region known and not known – “Nad Wyżyną Oszmiańską” (“At the Oszmianka Highland”)

Lithuania is often associated by tourists (especially foreign ones) with Vilnius and the nearby Trakai. Small towns are usually forgotten and treated marginally. Meanwhile, a lot of ‘treasures’ can be
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Jaszuny (Jašiūnai): from Calvinism to miraculous “revelations”

We are continuing the series entitled “Visiting the Šalčininkai District”. Let us stay in Jaszuny for a little longer. This time we will scrutinize the spiritual side of the life
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Ethnic and linguistic minorities under the protection of the European Parliament

Today, the Intergroup for Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages has been constituted for the 2014-2019 term.  A Hungarian eurodeputy, Kinga Gal, has been appointed to be the chairwoman of
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