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Mayor’s crucial, but not final, vote on the matter of the Lelewel school

K. Daukšos High School, providing education in Lithuanian language, received an approval from the City Council to form classes 11 and 12 starting 1st September 2015. The Polish J. Lelewel
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Ambassador’s meeting with the headmaster of high school under the name of Joachim Lelewel in

The fate of the endangered Polish schools in Lithuania is an interesting issue for many communities. Jarosław Czubiński, the Polish ambassador in Vilnius, met with the authorities of high school
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Members of European Parliament appeal to the Prime Minister of Lithuania about schools for minorities

Over the last decade, several dozen Polish schools in Lithuania have been closed. Currently, because of the education reform, 17 national minorities’ schools in Lithuania, including 10 Polish schools, are
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Remigijus Šimašius asks Polish families about the schools

On Wednesday, Polish Schools in Vilnius were the center of Authorities attention. Władysław Syrokomla High School was visited by Lithuanian Minister of Education and Science, Audrone Pitreniene. Mayor of Vilnius,
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A few thoughts about equality which starts to discriminate…

On the 1st of June, instead of celebrating the International Children’s Day, parents and students of several Polish schools, who are threatened with the reduction of forms (out of 12
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Lelewel School have a big chance to become a gymnasium

During the meeting on Thursday, the Councillors of Vilnius region self-government decided about reorganisation of Joachim Lelewel high School in Vilnius. Although the Council of the Capital City accepted the
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Zbigniew Balcewicz: Polish schools maze – missed opportunity

Tensions are rising with the reorganisation of Polish schools in Vilnius. The Academic year comes to an end and, according to local Polish politicians, ten Polish schools are threatened with
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Andreas Elfving: almost all of the political parties have supported Swedish education in schools

“The parliament voted on the Finns Party’s (the True Finns) initiative concerning removal of Swedish language as an obligatory language from schools before the elections. Results were transparent. Every political
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Even more Lithuanism in non-Lithuanian schools

On the initiative of the Lithuanian Ministry of Education and Science, two new methodical guides were published, for the Lithuanian language teachers working in national minorities schools. ‘Second language of
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Appeal in defence of Polish schools in Lithuania

As we previously reported, in the days of April 29 – May 3, representatives of Polish community in Lithuania, invited by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Grzegorz Schetyna and president
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