17, 2008, the daily switched to the F4 format (before that Kurier Wileński was published in the tabloid format). Controversies Much of controversy surrounds the daily regarding its financial status and takeover by UAB "Klion". Also, there are conflicts with Lithuanian nationalists who regard Lithuanian Poles as merely Polonised Lithuanians. Article by Krzysztof Buchowski In November 2006, Kurier Wileński published an article by Krzysztof Buchowski, Polish historian from the Białystok University, about Polish and Lithuanian relations between the world wars (). It was a reprint of a thesis presented during a Polish–Lithuanian historical conference () at Vilnius University. In January 2007 (before municipal elections, in which Polish party also participated), Lithuanian TV program Savaitės komentarai on the TV3 station sparked a scandal claiming that the article was insulting the Lithuanians. Information about the article was passed on to the Lithuanian Ethics Committee of Journalists and Publishers (), which decided on March 19, 2007, that Kurier Wileński acted unethically publishing an article that was derogatory and insulting to the Lithuanians. The daily lost the appeal with the Committee and sued in the Lithuanian courts. The court rejected the appeal in April 2011. Kurier Wileński then submitted the case to the European Court of Human Rights. See also Eastern Bloc information dissemination References External links Kurier Wileński online Eastern Bloc mass media Daily newspapers published in Lithuania Kurier Wileński Publications established in 1796 Newspapers published in the Soviet Union Companies based in Vilnius Newspapers published in Vilnius 1796 establishments in the Russian Empire