List/Grid Tag Archives: Bills
Original Spelling of Names Already in Autumn? Little Chance
Perhaps in autumn, during the last session of the current term of office, the Seimas will consider the bills concerning the original spelling of first and last names. The chances,…
Prime minister votes for the change of law in order to alter the constitution.
Prime minister Algirdas Butkevičius is willing to make an exception and lower the bar for the referendum about double nationality. „I am a proponent of double nationality. Lawyers ought to…
The attorneys and the linguists discussed the spelling of first and last names, now it is over to the politicians
Even if there is a liberation of the spelling of foreign surnames, it will only influence the mixed marriages in which one of the spouses is a foreigner. However, the…
Government has rejected original name spelling on the 2nd page of passport
On Wednesday, 27th April, the government did not approve the bill which was to allow the original spelling of non-Lithuanian first and last names on the second page of the…
Problem of Spelling non-Lithuanian Names in their Original Form. Solution in the Spring?
Prime Minister of Lithuania, the president of the Social Democratic Party of Lituania assures that the problem of non-Lithuanian names, including Polish names, will be solved this spring. He does…
A challenge for the Senate in 2016 – three bills concerning the Polish diaspora
As the Polish Press Agency reports, Stanisław Karczewski, the Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland, promised that in 2016 the Senate would be more active. Karczewski assured…
Michał Dworczyk: Issues concerning Poles abroad are a very important matter for the government and parliament
Michał Dworczyk, PiS Member of Parliament, has been elected as a new chairman of the Contacts with Poles Abroad Committee. “All Poles living abroad should be the main interest of…
The Polish Sejm has adopted a resolution concerning Polish education in Lithuania
On Friday the Sejm almost unanimously adopted a resolution in which it expressed its anxiety at the process of limiting the access to education in Polish for Poles living in…
Radczenko: The initiative of the defenders of the “saint Alphabet” does not resolve any problem
“We think that this way we can kill two birds with one stone: the state’s language will be preserved and people of another nationality who want to write their names…
Polish MPs about Polish education in Lithuania
The Committee of Foreign Affairs and the Committee of Liaison with the Poles Abroad are concerned about the situation of Polish education in Lithuania. The issue was discussed during the…
