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Migrants and pregnant women to be targeted in new HSE vaccination campaign

The Irish Times 28 Oct 2021

There have been radio campaigns in 10 languages including Italian, Spanish, French, Polish, Punjab, Urdu, and Russian, digital advertisements on Spotify and press advertisements have been published in Russian (Nasha Gazeta), Lithuanian (Lietuvis) and Polish (Nasz Glos) language newspapers in Ireland.

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Meet Dexter Harris, the mayor of the Maid of the Mist

The Buffalo News 11 Oct 2021

For one thing, he can do it in 30 languages ... "Sometimes I can't tell, I'll ask them and I'll speak their language, and they just get so thrilled." ... He was eager to demonstrate his linguistic prowess, offering greetings in languages ranging from Chinese, Russian and Japanese to Bulgarian, Tibetan, Lithuanian and Pennsylvania Dutch dialect.

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Unsung hero: how ‘Mr Radio Philips’ helped thousands flee the Nazis

The Observer 26 Sep 2021

His youngest son, a baby in the Lithuanian years, knew nothing of his father’s actions until he was in his 30s ... Brokken’s book has been translated into English and Italian and will be published in seven other languages, including French, Czech, Slovak and Russian. The author hopes to see an edition in Lithuanian.

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Columbus’s Identity Crisis and the Ongoing Spread of False Columbus News

Ancient Origins 23 Sep 2021

The same word where the English language got its colon and semicolon from ... In the same way, when we search for the translation of Colón into English, Lithuanian or any other language, we get the mistranslation as Columbus, Kolumbas, Kolumb, Colomb, Colombo, just to mention a few, and not the Greek κῶλον nor the Latin colon.

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Poliglu Review; Is Poliglu Instant Translator Actually Good In The United States?

The Signal 13 Sep 2021

How many times have you dreamed of a vacation, conference or summit in a distant, exotic place, far from the usual stressful daily routine, but for fear of not speaking the language have you thought twice before booking your trip? Well, thanks to the poliglu review, you will be able to pack your bags and communicate with anyone without problems.

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Evidence of Leaving Cert grade inflation across the board

The Irish Times 03 Sep 2021

The same pattern of grade inflation is seen across the board, with H1 grades up for all higher-level subjects except some minority languages (which have smaller numbers of sits) including Dutch, Portuguese, Latvian, Lithuanian, Hungarian and Russian, suggesting that examiners may ...

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Immigrants are trapped in a “no man’s land” at the gates of the European Union ...

The Sentinel Newspaper 22 Aug 2021

Do you understand? Please my friend,” one of the Iraqi immigrants told the Lithuanian guards lined up ... last week the Lithuanian government attempted to hire interpreters for Arabic and Kurdish (the language of half of Iraqis who entered the EU) to at least identify them.

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Race Is a Fiction: My Debate with Jared Taylor, by E. Michael Jones and Jared Taylor

The Unz Review 22 Aug 2021

They eat certain kinds of food, but, first and foremost, Lithuanians are a group because they speak a particular language, which few people outside Lithuania understand ... Lithuanian refers to a language, which is a significant category of reality because it is the basis of ethnic identity and rational discourse among that particular people.

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Lithuania Stems Flow of Migrants Lured to Border by Belarus in its War with EU

Balkan Insight 06 Aug 2021

There are few parts of the Lithuanian-Belarus border that have natural or man-made fences or barriers, so it is easy to avoid border patrols or detection ... The effort ended with the middle-aged Lithuanians gesturing and saying “no English” while the migrants tried to communicate in various languages and with gestures.

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Russian Ambassador to Lithuania Says Bilateral Relations Remain at Lowest Level

Urdu Point 11 Jun 2021

This is caused by the obvious unwillingness of Vilnius to move to a positive agenda, to abandon provocative attacks and anti-Russian rhetoric, sometimes even crossing the line of decency," he said in an interview with Russian-language Lithuanian newspaper ...

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Lithuanian President Nauseda to Pay 1st Official Visit to Georgia From June 10-12

Urdu Point 07 Jun 2021

The first lady will have a separate program, including participation in the ceremony of unveiling a monument to Lithuanian writer Antanas Vilkutaitis-Keturakis, as well as in the presentation of a book at the Lithuanian Language and Culture Center of the Georgian Technical University.

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Was Napoleon murdered? A 200-year-old mystery put to rest

The Jerusalem Post 20 May 2021

But they’re probably unfamiliar with Weider’s legacy as the co-author with New York Times editor David Hapgood of The Murder of Napoléon, a 1982 bestseller that was translated into 15 languages, including Polish, Lithuanian, Hungarian and Russian ... Helena Revisited, which he co-penned with Forshufvud ... He died there aged 51 ... John K ... .

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Leaving Cert students must confirm exam choices before deadline next week

The Irish Times 23 Apr 2021

... in June Irish-language groups call for postponing of process for new Leaving Cert syllabus Proficiency tests. Candidates taking the non-curricular language subjects – such as Polish, Latvian and Lithuanian, among others – are also being given a chance to obtain accredited grades.

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Pausing to savor Burke’s anti-Semitism

Chicago Sun-Times 22 Apr 2021

A large blue butterfly painted on the walls of a psychiatric hospital in Paris in 2019 by French street artist Christian Guemy. Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images ... Jews stick together, just like Presbyterians, Lithuanians and Rotarians do. Yiddish was once a unifying tongue, now simply being Jewish is a language that Jews speak ... It worked ... 77 ... ....

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Most Leaving Cert students opt to sit written exams in June

The Irish Times 12 Apr 2021

Students will be credited with the highest result ... Pressure ... Irish-language groups call for postponing of process for new Leaving Cert syllabus Leaving Cert ... Exams only ... The only exceptions are non-curricular languages – such as Polish, Romanian and Lithuanian – where more than half (52 per cent) have opted to sit the exams only ... .