{"id":172925,"date":"2026-01-25T12:43:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T09:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/172925\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarusians-in-vilnius-collecting-signatures-against-closure-of-their-school","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/172925\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusians in Vilnius collecting signatures against closure of their school"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/obrashchenie_assocyacia_roditelei_litvy.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/obrashchenie_assocyacia_roditelei_litvy.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/obrashchenie_assocyacia_roditelei_litvy-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/obrashchenie_assocyacia_roditelei_litvy-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/obrashchenie_assocyacia_roditelei_litvy-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/obrashchenie_assocyacia_roditelei_litvy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/obrashchenie_assocyacia_roditelei_litvy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Association of Belarusian Parents)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January<\/strong><strong> 25,<\/strong><em> <strong>Pozirk<\/strong><\/em><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusians are collecting signatures to an appeal to the Vilnius City Council against the closure of the city\u2019s only school with instruction in Belarusian, the Association of Belarusian Parents said on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move comes after Vilnius Mayor Vitautas Mitalas put forward the proposal that the children of emigrants should be taught only at schools with instruction in Lithuanian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parents fear that the initiative may lead to the closure of Franci\u0161ak Skaryna Gimnasium, Vilnius\u2019 only school with instruction in Belarusian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 25, Pozirk. 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