Silesians like Rusyns?
On Wednesday 19 October, The Joint Sejm Commission for Interior and Administration together with the Joint Commission of Government and National and Ethnic Minorities, came out in favour of rejecting a civil...
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Lemkovyna Ultra Trail starts today!
On Friday night (21-22 October 2016), the first part of the Lemkovyna Ultra Trail 2016 competition will take place. It is already the third edition of the mountain marathon and, as the previous year,...
“Nikifor’s heritage – Stefan Telep, a Lemko painter from Zdynia”
Last Friday, 21 October 2016, at high noon in The Nikifor Museum in Krynica (The Nowy Sącz District Museum affiliate), a varnishing day of an exhibition entitled: “Nikifor’s heritage - Stefan Telep,...
Werchowyna celebrates 25th anniversary of foundation
Tomorrow in Warsaw, a jubilee concert on the 25th anniversary of Werchowyna ensemble foundation will take place. At the time of its foundation, the ensemble was one of the first ensembles, apart...
“On a playful note” revives
One of the most successful and popular projects, organized annually in the past by the Rusyn Renaissance Society (Rusyn Obroda) in Slovakia, was a festival of humour and satire On a playful...
Minorities in Slovakia will supposedly be given more money
In a new draft resolution for the next year on the development of national minorities' culture in Slovakia, Slovak Republic authorities gave 620,000 EUR more than this year. The information was given by the...
The autumn edition of “Besida” is already available
Just before the XXIV Lemko Cultural Autumn, the recent edition of "Besida" journal was published (No. 5 (152), September-October 2016), where you can find, among others: Валерій Падяк, Русинофобія на Свободі! (Valerii Padyak,...
From the Ruska Bursa Weekly: the 15th anniversary of “Lastivochka” in Chojnów
It was not an ordinary day in the more than twenty years history of the Lemko Association. On 15 October 2016, the oldest, after the political changes of 1989, Lemko organization in...
4th Rusyn Genealogy and Heritage Conference
The 4th Rusyn Genealogy and Heritage Conference - is the name of an event organized next Saturday, 22 October, in Pennsylvania, USA (King's College, 133 N River St, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702). Within...
XXIV Lemko Cultural Autumn – photoreport (phot. Petro Basałyga, Bogdan Gambal)
For two days, the XXIV Lemko Cultural Autumn started on Saturday, 15 October 2016, from visiting Greek Catholic St. Michael church in Krasna (Korostenka). This year’s edition was dedicated to Klavdiya Aleksovich...
Stone bridge in Olchowiec (Вільховец, Vilkhovets) under renovation
An antique bridge in Olchowiec (Dukla District), in Lemkovyna, has lived to see the day of its renovation. Its construction is being secured against settling and future ballooning. The renovation of the...
Worldwide appeal to Ukraine’s authorities for the support of Rusyn language and culture
The Carpatho-Rusyn Consortium of North America - an organization that represents the main Rusyn organizations in the North America - is running a worldwide campaign directed to Ukraine’s authorities. The appeal concerns...
