There are still a quarter of a million Poles in Lithuania (even though some 60% of local Poles were deported to Poland after WW2; and many emigrated later).
Russian minority is also discriminated against, as LamaGT wrote above.
Well the Baltic states never recognized Russian as an official language and Russians are generally seen quite negatively, even though they're a big minority. Of course the EU couldn't care less about Russians so they were still let in, and economically they're in good shape so it's tolerable for the Russians.
In Italian, historical names are often translated as well, which is common throughout Europe. Still, James Bond doesn't become Giacomo Bondi.
Valdemar Tomaševski, in Polish orthography Waldemar Tomaszewski, is a Polish Lithuanian politician who is also an activist for the Polish minority in Lithuania and Member of the European Parliament. Leader of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA), Tomaševski has been a MEP since 2009.
If it's unclear, those strips claimed by Connecticut and Massachusets are also claimed by Virginia.
I'm curious as too what the virginians aganda was.
And also what made Massachusets and Connecticut thought that was a viable idea.
What is Virginia doing in Michigan and south of Manitoba?
edit: I just looked at a modern map. Western Virginia is a thing. Okay, and it's close to Ohio. That makes a bit more sense.
Seems like they really liked their land grabs. What chance was there at any point in history for Virginia to become its own independent nation? It's technically a "Commonwealth", isn't it?
Well, of course, but I was under the impression that more than just 1 state might have had country-like ambitions at the time. Seems like Virginia was well on her way, just based on that map.
virginia was the most populous of the 13 colonies, and the oldest, hence it liked to needlessly claim land. i don't really know what it's doing in future minnesota, though.
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