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Local government elections: Poles constituted more than 4% of the total number of candidates

The Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Lithuania revealed the data about the candidates who took part in this year’s local government elections. The data shows that Poles constituted
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The electoral convention of the Vilnius branch of AWPL

In the Polish Culture Centre in Vilnius, there was held  the convention of the Electoral Action of Poles (Akcja Wyborcza Polaków na Litwie; AWPL) in Lithuania during which the particular
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The surname “Tomaszewski” remains in Šalčininkai. The Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Lithuania

The Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Lithuania rejected the complaint filed by Šalčininka social democrats, and the name of the Coalition of the Electoral Action of Poles in
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Social Democrats of the city Šalčininkai challenged the name “Waldemar Tomaszewski’s Block”

The Social Democrats Šalčininkai district in the Central Election Commission challenged the decision of the local election commission on registration in the local elections coalition called “Coalition Electoral Action of
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Rafael Muksinov elaborates on ethnic minorities, phobies and prejudices

‘I would like to make a kind of sensational declaration and to admit openly that I am an agent and member of the ‘fifth column’, announced a doctor of social
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Waldemar Tomaszewski: We should become a power to be reckoned with

“My running in the election for the position of Vilnius Mayor is necessary for the realization of the idea of a broad alliance between ethnic minorities. People identify me with this movement,
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Ban on the usage of “Tomaszewski” surname

Akcja Wyborcza Polaków na Litwie (Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania) complains about the obstacles preceding the local government elections. One of the obstacles concerns the ban on the usage
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About Vilnius and the prospects of its development in the Polish Debate Club

The upcoming municipal elections, especially the first direct election of Mayors, stimulate heated discussions in Lithuania. The struggle for the position of the capital leader is indeed the most thrilling
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Tomaszewski sees Niewierowicz as the mayor of Vilnius

Leader of the Lithuanian Poles Electoral Action( AWPL) said that he has not yet managed to convince the former minister of energetics to partake in elections aimed at choosing the
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A Pole as the Mayor of Vilnius, everything is possible. The parliament put into effect

After the ten years long discussion about direct election of mayors the parliament finally put them into effect. After having signed the act by the President of Lithuania, the direct
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