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Zalavas clean-up is finished: a thousand white and red flowers are in bloom

On Sunday in Zalavas, the birthplace of Marshal Józef Piłsudski, Poles from Vilnius Region banded together on Facebook to take care of a neglected area. The main thing was to
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Project of the Polish Institute in the finals of the “Historical Event of the Year”

Polish-Lithuanian educational project of the Polish Institute in Vilnius “Poland and Lithuania — on the one road. The places and people that bring us together” was in the finals of
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90 years passed since the coronation of the painting of Our Lady of the Gate

The renovation of the Chapel of the Gate of Dawn and St Teresa church, which belong to the most valuable heritage sites in Lithuania, will start next year. The Department
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The Association of Home Army Soldiers being the prisoners of Soviet camps paid tribute to

The military operation “Ostra Brama” is one of the most important events in the history of Poles living in the Vilnius Region. The 73rd anniversary of the action organised by
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3,500 euro collected for the restoration of Professor Sławiński’s grave. Fund-raisers are underway

The radio station Znad Wilii is celebrating its 25th birthday. Already during the jubilee celebrations on Wednesday, the social fundraising for the restoration of the grave of the professor of
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The radio station “Znad Wilii” will restore the grave of Piotr Sławiński at the Rasos

As part of celebrating the 25th birthday of the Radio Znad Wilii, which is on the 1st of July, the grave of Piotr Sławiński will be renovated at the Rasos
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The persecution of the Catholic Church in Lithuania

The Church is celebrating the beatification of Archbishop Teofilius Matulionis – a priest and a communist-era martyr. He is the first blessed of this period from Lithuania. The persecution of
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The prayers for murdered Poles were held in Glitiškės

June 20th marks the 73rd anniversary of the murder in Glitiškės. Today in the morning, at the Glitiškės Cemetery a prayer appeal dedicated to the memory of the murdered compatriots
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The first monument of the Piłsudski brothers was built in Zalavas in Lithuania

On the 25th of April, in the evening, in the village Zalavas located in Švenčionys district municipality, the monument dedicated to the Piłsudski brothers Józef and Bronisław will be unveiled.
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Parliamentary group for national minorities wants to establish the Vilnius Museum

On Tuesday members of the parliamentary group of 3 May proposed to establish the Vilnius Museum to commemorate multicultural character of the capital and to present a joint history of
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