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A Polish-Lithuanian list of entries of national libraries is being created

Common history, common heroes, common cultural legacy – all of this linked Poland and Lithuania for centuries, and is finding his reflection in the literature of both nations. Thanks to
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The oratorical contest ‘To beautifully tell the small homeland’

On Saturday December 13th, 2014, at 10 a.m. in the main building of the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences in Vilnius (Studentų 39 street), room 501, the oratorical contest for
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December will bring the conclusion to the contest concerning site of memorial in Ponary

The first stage of the contest, which concerned the project of renovation of memorial site in Ponary has come to the end. Among 16 projects qualified to the contest, announced
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Community workers save Vilnius relics

On Old Rasos, historical Vilnius necropolis the restoration of the Jeleńscy sepulchral chapel was finished. This architectural monument was restored thanks to funds collected by the Social Committee “Poznań for
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Looking for Polish traces: cemeteries in Kowszadol, Lubow and Wierszupa

A couple of very personal memories. Candles appeared at home. It was said that they are wax – small and yellow ones. Just in case, they rolled something resembling paper
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More than 11 000 candles have been lighted up at Vlinius Rossa

Almost 250 year old Rossa is one of the oldest cemetery in Vilnius as well as one of the most beautiful cemetery in Europe. On Saturday, it was decorated with
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The chapel in Bernardine cemetery will be renovated

The renovations of Vilnius Bernardine cemetery chapel are in progress. This news has been announced by Lithuanian Department for Cultural Heritage. The cemetery is on the list of the most
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National minorities OSCE expert visits Lithuania

Veronika Kristkova paid a visit in Lithuania; she is a national minorities expert on the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). The purpose of this visit is to
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“It is not possible to make a magazine for all”

Romuald Mieczkowski. Journalist, specializing among others on issues of Polish-Lithuanian and Polish neighbors in the East problems, as well as Poles abroad. Writer, journalist, cultural animator. Active in Vilnius and
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Stroll around the streets in Vilnius: Kalinowski – unmatched conspirator

“One of them, Zygmunt Sierakowski, called Sierakauskas by Lithuanians, was a Pole born in the Ukraine, Antanas Mackevičius (Antoni Mackiewicz) was a Lithuanian and the third, known as Konstanty Kalinowski
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