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Soleczniki win at the Polish Community Olympics as well

41 gold, 32 silver, and 41 bronze medals have arrived on Sunday to the Soleczniki district from the XVII World Summer Polish Community Olympics “Silesia 2015” which took place on
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Grybauskaitė: Lithuanians, Poles and Russians have a common purpose

“Our eastern neighbour does not use Lithuanian, Polish or Russian citizens but particular politicians to achieve its goals”, said the President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė in an interview for “Kurier Wileński”
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The Mayor of Szyrwinty region belayed the construction of a canteen for a Polish school

In the Szyrwinty region, not every student will be able to eat in a light and spacious school canteen. That is the decision of this small region’s council headed by
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Andruszkiewicz says to American diplomats: We do not agree to standardized Lithuanian languageexams

American diplomats visited Šalčininkai District Municipality on 30 July. According to information issued by the local government of Šalčininkai, among those who came to Šalčininkai were: ambassador’s Economic and Political
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Parents continue their fight in court to keep High School under the name of Joachim

Despite the objections, pleas and mass meetings organised by Poles and Russians living in Vilnius, the Vilnius city council continues its strict actions which greatly limit the opportunities to educate
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The letter of the speaker of the Polish Parliament to fellow citizens in Vilnius Region

Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, the speaker of the Polish Parliament sent a letter to Waldemar Tomaszewski, the leader of AWPL, in which she thanked for congratulations and wishes for entrusting her the
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Decision has been made: there will be fewer Polish secondary schools in Vilnius

Neither appeals of students and parents nor the reform`s opponents` arguments, have convinced the councilors and the Vilnius Municipal Council with the majority of votes passed a resolution approving transformation
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The Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania does not support the plan

The discussed project of the Act on Funding the Development of South-Eastern Lithuania which assumes the improvement of the Vilnius, Šalčininkai and Visaginas Municipalities has been criticized by the Ministry
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Vida Montvydaitė: the government has come round to seeing the need for the Department of

“We assemble our team and we resolve organizational issues” says the Director of the Department of National Minorities Vida Montvydaitė. The guest of today’s Political Lounge (Salon Polityczny) added that
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A qualitative leap or discrimination? Songaila is the new Director of Press, Radio and Television

Gintaras Songaila, who is known for anti-Polish sentiment, has become the new Director of Press, Radio and Television Support Fund (Fundusz Wspierania Prasy, Radia i Telewizji). “I hope that he
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