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Last Sunday's human chain formed in Lithuania to express solidarity with Belarus was Andrius Tapinas' public relations stunt that failed, Valdemar Tomasevski, the leader of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania–Christian Families Alliance (EAPL-CFA), said on Thursday.
Expert conclusions will be requested in connection to the legal amendments that would allow the original spelling of first and last names in ID documents of Lithuanian citizens.
Despite plenty of issues of common interest at international level, relations between Poland and Lithuania remain frozen.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė supports an initiative to set up a special fund or launch a special program for promoting development of the country's southeastern region to make use of the potential in the region densely populated by Lithuanian Poles.
Poland should make an effort to ensure the rights of Lithuanian Poles, but also promote their involvement in Lithuania's statehood, Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna has said.
The issue of bilingual street signs should finally be settled after years of clashes in eastern Lithuania with large Polish-speaking communities. Municipal authorities have been authorized to erect posts with Lithuanian-language street names, after which the central administration will no longer req...
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė came to Šalčininkai, a town where Polish-speakers make up nearly three quarters of the population, to take part in a harvest festival held on Sunday. Claiming she did not want to start any political discussions on ethnic minority issues, the president said tha...
Lithuanian residents do not trust information aired on Russian-language TV channels but are against any restrictions on their broadcasts, a recent survey has shown. The results show that 27 percent of respondents believe broadcast of Russian TV channels should be restricted, and 36 percent are again...
