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The results of national minority schools in Lithuania have improved

In the past four years the results of national minority schools have improved, according to an analysys carried out by the National Education Agency. ‘Over four years, the achievements of
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Russia deploys well-known tactics in Ukraine: choose neither the victims nor the measures. 39 countries

After Russia underestimated Ukraine’s ability to hold its ground against attacks and failed to achieve quick and easy victories, fires were opened, and the country’s cities were brutally bombed. Moscow
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Experts from the International Court of Justice in The Hague are arriving in Ukraine

Investigators from the International Court of Justice are arriving in Ukraine this week to investigate crimes that Russia has committed during the war in Ukraine, Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada and international
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G. Nauseda: with their heroic struggles Ukrainians have proved to be worthy of EU membership

On Thursday, the Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda met with Frank Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany, who has recently arrived in Lithuania. The leaders of Lithuania and Germany discussed the response
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Vilnius Regional Administrative Court: the requirement for the leaders of educational institutions of Vilnius district

Vilnius Regional Administrative Court rejected a complaint of the representative of the Government in Vilnius and Alytus counties to the mayor of Vilnius District Municipality regarding the obligation to take
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What should the people wanting to use name inherited from ancestors in official documents do?

Bill on writing non-Lithuanian names is to be submitted to a debate of the parliament next week. Even if the act will be adopted, Polish people living in Lithuania still
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Ministry of Justice Issues Recommendations on Spelling Surnames Using Non-Lithuanian Letters

The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania has issued recommendations to the Civil Registry Offices that a child’s name be entered using non-Lithuanian letters of the Latin alphabet
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Nationality in the Hands of Politics: Lithuanian-Polish About Names Adapted to Lithuanian Language, Relationship With

The questions of national minorities in Lithuania are pushed aside or, after conflicting the society, remain unresolved. The biggest national minority in Lithuania are the Lithuanian-Polish. According to Lithuanian Department
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The Difficulties That the Students, Belonging to National Minorities, Face, Have Opened up Another Difference

Students, whose mother tongue is not Lithuanian, barely speak it, sometimes don’t at all, except for when they attend Lithuanian language class. This, Irena Baltakiene – the chairwoman of the
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Lithuania is considering to introduce a state Polish language exam

Lithuania is about to consider the possibility of introducing a state examination in Poland’s native language and accepting the results of both this and school exams while enrolling in universities
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