On the occasion of the International Women’s Day I would like to wish all the best to all our women.
I wish our dear mothers, wives, sisters, grandmothers, daughters, friends and also all the strongwomen of education, society and party a lot of health, smiles and every kind of luck. Thank you for making this world a better place.
Waldemar Tomaszewski, EAPL leader, Member of the European Parliament
Christmas is the most beautiful time of the year, the time of reflection on the values that guide us and help us in our lives. Christmas is the time, when we are together with our loved ones.
Let this magical time be full of peace, understanding, consent, reconciliation, optimism and joy. Let the boundless Love flowing from Bethlehem be present in our hearts every day.
May the coming year bring the most precious and valuable: faith, love, peace, strong health. Let it bring us the strength to take on new challenges and fulfil all our intentions and plans.
The protection of the rights of traditional national minorities in the European Union will be discussed at the coming sessions of the European Parliament. The draft resolution will be submitted by the Intergroup for Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages in the European Parliament. The last meeting of the Intergroup in Strasbourg (24th November) was devoted to the topic of discrimination against Polish education in Lithuania. Read more
An attack on Polish schools in the Vilnius Region has started this year. Last March, the local government of the Trakai District decided to ‘reorganize’, or rather degrade two Polish schools. Actions, that were unfavourable to Polishness and were aimed at limiting education of centuries-old traditions, started intensifying. The existence of schools is threatened mainly in the Trakai District, but the situation in the Šalčininkai District is also bad, as it is threatened by the Lithuanian government with financial restrictions simply for maintaining Polish schools. Read more
In connection to the unprecedented attack against Polish schools in Lithuania by the current liberal-nationalist authorities of Lithuania, the aim of which is to liquidate or downgrade to a lower level several Polish schools in the Vilnius, Šalčininkai and Trakai districts (including 8 gymnasia, i.e. Šv. Kazimiero in Medininkai, Tadeušo Konvickio in Buivydžiai, Šv. Jono Bosko in Egliškės, Šv. Uršulės Leduchovskos in Juodašiliai, Povilo Ksavero Bžostovskio in Turgeliai, Adomo Mickevičiaus in Dieveniškės, Anos Krepštul in Butrimonys, and Longin Komolovski in Paluknys), the school communities of the Vilnius Region are organizing a protest action and preparing an appeal of support for the preservation of Polish schools. The event will take place in front of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Vilnius. Read more
I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die. [John 11:25-26]
On the occasion of Easter, please accept my heartfelt wishes: peace, health,
cheerfulness in your hearts, plenty of spring optimism, faith and hope for a better tomorrow, and encouragement for each new day.
Let the Risen Christ be our light and guide, and let this joyful and special time spent with our loved ones will become a true strengthening of the Christian tradition.
The Main Board of the Association of Poles in Lithuania has issued a statement condemning the actions of the Kremlin, in which it also calls for prayer for peace in Europe and around the world. Read more
The ‘Madrit Summit’ – meeting of leaders of European patriotic, libertarian, Christian and centre-right parties – took place on 28th and 29th January. The main message of the summit was ‘Defend Europe’. The meeting was hosted by Santiago Abascal, leader of the Spanish party Vox. Party leaders from all over Europe came to Madrid to support a Europe of Homelands based on Christian values. Read more
Due to the huge increase of raw materials’ prices, bills for heating and water increased too. In response to this situation, the faction of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance of the Vilnius District Municipality Council has registered a draft resolution, which had foreseen as much as 50% heating subsidy for residents as of January 2022. The Vilnius District Municipality would spend up to 2 million euros for this purpose. Read more
The Seimas of Lithuania has adopted the draft Act on the spelling of names and surnames allowing to use Latin letter when writing ones’ names. Poles in Lithuania will only be able to use the letter „w” among others approved („w”, „x”, „q”). The changes do not include the letters with diacritics, that are important to Lithuanian Poles: ą, ć, ę, ł, ń, ó, ś, ź, ż, dź, dż. If the President signs the bill, it will come into force on 1st May 2022. Read more
