TVP Wilno

The draft bill allowing women to write their last names with the ending -a has

The Sejm will consider an amendment to the law concerning the entry of names and last names in documents. This new law provides for the possibility of adding the endings
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Polish Girl Scout representing the children of Lithuania in a European Commission project

Interview with Aurora Degesytė – a Girl Scout, Pole and activist. College is still far away, yet she is already an example for others. She just returned from Brussels, where
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School matura exam in the mother tongue is over

On June 22, students in Lithuania took the matura exam in their mother tongue. This year’s Polish language exam was the last test taken at the school level, because next
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Policy document or violation of minority rights? Dispute over new language policy guidelines

On 27 April, a draft resolution ‘On the state language policy guidelines for 2023-2030’ was registered in the parliament. The guidelines set out the basic principles and objectives of the
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Electoral Commission: More than 1.1 million votes of support are needed to introduce multiple citizenship

More than 1.1 million votes in favor of the constitutional amendment would be needed to legalize multiple citizenship, said MP Dalia Asanavičiūtė, citing estimates by the election supervision commission. “The
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Another failed approach to legalization of diacritics in documents

Another failed approach to the legalization of diacritics in documents. Deputies returned the project to the authors for refinement. However, the favourable attitude of the leaders of the ruling parties
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Changes in the “Matura” exam in Polish language

Poles are being promoted, as well as the Polish language in Lithuania. In 2024, the Polish language is expected to return to the matura exam at the state level. This
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“Optimization” in the Trakai district. Students forced to terminate their contracts with the school

Shock. Bitterness. To have a beautiful school and not being able to teach there is incomprehensible – stated the headmaster of the Longin Komołowski Middle School in Połuknie Renata Krasowska.
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Poles in Lithuania Prepare To Change Their Surnames

As new laws came into force in Lithuania at the beginning of May, allowing the original spelling of first and last names to be written in identity documents, the first
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Protest Over Schools in the Trakai District in Front of the US Embassy in Vilnius

Parents, students, and teachers of two Polish schools in the Trakai region seek US diplomats’ support. As they claim, the United States is a country that ensures respect for human
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