LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Rytų Lietuva; Spauda; Tautinės bendrijos; Tautinės mažumos; Vilniaus kraštas; Eastern Lithuania; Ethnic communities; Ethnic minorities; Press; Vilnius region.
ENGenovaitė Burneikienė in her report “Problems of the Ethnic Communities in the Press of Vilnius Region” analyzes the reasons for the decreasing press distribution in the South East of Lithuania. According to the author of the report, it was caused by refusal of the press editorship to publish the issues translated into the languages of the national minorities. Only universal publications of districts may objectively describe actual life issues and concerns of local communities, to express opinions of certain national communities, and to help integrate the national minorities into the social life in the country.