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Extreme-right activists held a rally at the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania today. The activists have been striking against bilingual signs in the areas where local Polish minority constitutes the majority of inhabitants, against original spelling of names and against concessions for the pupils of national minorities' schools when holding the exam of Lithuanian language.

The official presentation of the new quadrilingual website took place in the House of Polish Culture on the 24th April in Vilnius. This event was of a great importance not only for the Polish community in Lithuania, but also for the entire country. To a certain extent, this project can be seen as a response of Poles of Lithuania to their supposed unwillingness to integrate into the life of the state. Giving the accurate information about the achievements and problems of the society will certainly strengthen mutual relationships and deepen the knowledge about ourselves and the world.

The Constituent Congress of the European Alliance of Tatars took place on Monday, 22nd April 2013. The congress was organised in the European Parliament under the auspices of the Member of the European Parliament Valdemar Tomaševski.

Prohibition of abortion is a very controversial topic and each time it is causing a lot of discussions. However, there is nothing surprising about it. It concerns a life. A New Life.

According to the media, Vytautas Šapranauskas, lithuanian actor and TV presenter, has been found dead today, Thursday 18th April. The information was confirmed by the police.

Increasingly worrying information regarding the treatment of Polish minority in Lithuania reached Brussels. The treatment, which is incompatible with European standards, as the motto of the European Union is "United in diversity".

 

A few days ago the head of the Catholic school in the region of Picardie (North of France) Franck Talleu was stopped by the police while he was having a picnic. As reported by the French news agency AFP, he was charged with having a pro-family shirt with a "stereotypical symbol".

On April 19 a formal deployment ceremony will be held for the final shift of the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT-17) of Ghor province, Afghanistan, at the Church of St Michael the Archangel (Garrison) and the garden of Vytautas the Great War Museum in Kaunas.

Wednesday, April 17, London - President Dalia Grybauskaitė together with other world leaders is attending the funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

The Lithuanian state is being depopulated in such a frightening pace, that group of the Lithuanian parliamentarians has registered a draft resolution on a constitutional referendum that would be held together with the presidential elections next year.

 

 

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