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Meeting between Deputy Ministers of Education for Poland and Lithuania. No mention of protests?

At the request of the Polish Ministry of Education, a meeting between the Deputy Ministers of Education for Poland and Lithuania, Deputy Ministers Ewa Dudek and Genoveita Krasauskienė respectively, has taken place. Both sides
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The Polish Sejm has adopted a resolution concerning Polish education in Lithuania

On Friday the Sejm almost unanimously adopted a resolution in which it expressed its anxiety at the process of limiting the access to education in Polish for Poles living in
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A picket in front of the Ministry of Justice to protect reorganised schools

In front of the building of the Ministry of Justice there is a picket whose participants demand an in-depth analysis of court cases regarding reorganisation of schools of national minorities.
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Vilnius Calvary without a Polish school

The Polish school building in Vilnius Calvary was erected in 1937 as part of a project aimed at building 100 Józef Piłsudski schools in the Vilnius Region. Over the years, the school,
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Narkiewicz accuses the Prime Minister of Lithuania of lying

On the 4th of September (Friday) the vice-chairman of the Seimas, Jarosław Narkiewicz, issued a statement in which he accuses the Prime Minister of Lithuania, Algirdas Butkevičius of lying. Here
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Minister of Education of Poland in defense of Polish children in Lithuania

The Minister of Education of Poland stated ‘I share your anxiety’ when she addressed parents of students of Polish schools in Lithuania. ‘Polish students in Lithuania are entitled to take
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Statement concerning Polish school in Vilnius Calvary

The Polish Schools in Lithuania Strike Committees, the Parents Forum of Polish Schools in Lithuania, and the School Defense Committees have issued an open letter concerning the Secondary School in
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Reactions to the strike in Polish ethnic minority schools

The organisers of so called empty benches strike in ethnic minority schools said that they aim to turn the attention of the state’s authorities and the international community to the
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Butkevičus: I do not understand why the students are encouraged to not go to school

Today, the Prime Minister of Lithuania, Algirdas Butkevičus, stated that there will be no more reliefs  on the Lithuanian language exam for schools with non-Lithuanian teaching language. In this way
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Over 90% of Polish schools participated in a protest

On the 2nd of September, the so-called empty benches strike was held in the national minorities’ schools. Around 95% of schools with Polish as the language of instruction in Lithuania
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