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Ten thousand Poles at the parade of Polishness in Vilnius. Another great success of ZPL

The tenth anniversary of the Polishness Parade in Vilnius organised by the Union of Poles in Lithuania headed by President Valdemar Tomaševski was a huge success. As estimated by TVP
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It happened: the first intermediate Polish language exam

On Wednesday, 19th of April, students of the third grade of junior high schools receiving education in the Polish language were the first ones to take an intermediate exam in
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We create a positive image of the Lithuanian Poles

“Vilnius connects us” was the slogan of this year’s Second World Congress of Vilnius Poles [Polish: Wilniuk, TN], which took place from 6th to 8th September in Vilnius. The event
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Warzecha: The problem with maintaining Polishness in Lithuania lies somewhere deeper

“There are many social processes that cannot be steered by law, they cannot be shaped from above. When it comes to the development of the Polish culture and language in
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Nausėda: I Would Like to Repay the Lithuanian Poles

Lithuanian President-elect Gitanas Nausėda, who was a guest of the “Political Salon”, claimed that in many international affairs Lithuania’s position is convergent with that of Poland, moreover, he added that
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Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Lithuania: The validity of the Card of the

The Consular Department of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Vilnius informs that pursuant to Article 17.2 of the Act on the Card of the Pole, the validity
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Representatives of the national minorities with Lithuanians created the history of Lithuania’s statehood

In historical development, the same tendencies that pertained to Lithuanians, e.g highs and lows, occupations, crises, political persecutions and various reforms, also affected the national minorities. These processes changed the
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Andrzej Pukszto: Teachers surrounded by cynics

Teachers have been striking in Lithuania for three weeks. Mass meetings took place in front of the parliament and the building of the Ministry of Education and Science, where a
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Something is changing for the better

At the end of October I had the pleasure to participate in a conference on the theory and practice of legal regulations concerning national minorities. Ljubica Djordjević, Fernand De Varennes,
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Debate in Warsaw: Poles in Lithuania between Vilnius, Warsaw and Moscow

‘ There is a very large group of Poles in Lithuania who does not feel that AWPL (Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania) is a party that represents their interests’
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