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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70 years have passed… Beautiful age of “Kurier Wileński”.

It was a beautiful and emotional time. Full of memories and family atmosphere. On Sunday, May 2nd, “Kurier Wileński” celebrated its 70th jubilee. Therefore, in the intention of former and
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The Lithuanian Language Inspectorate demands the removal of Polish inscriptions in the villages of Bieliszki

The authorities of the Vilnius region do not agree to remove bilingual signs in the villages of Bieliszki and Orzełówka, as demanded by the Lithuanian Language Inspectorate – reports BNS
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No more Lithuanian-Polish signs in the Vilnius region?

The State Language Inspectorate ordered the Vilnius Regional Government to abolish bilingual Lithuanian and Polish signs. The regional government turned to the Administrative Disputes Commission regarding this matter. The local
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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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The Constitutional Court will assess whether non-Lithuanian letters in passports are constitutional

The Constitutional Court (CC) on Tuesday, 20 June, began considering a motion filed earlier by a group of MPs as to whether it is constitutional to allow Lithuanian citizens’ names
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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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Duchniewicz on the project of state language policy: in my life I have also seen

On Wednesday, the mayor of the Vilnius region, Robert Duchniewicz, issued a letter to the speaker of the Parliament Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen and parliamentary groups with a request to introduce amendments
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Zujuny junior high school establishes cooperation with Opoczno high school

On the 12th of June, Marek Pszczołowski, the headteacher of the Zujuny Junior High School, and Anna Pręcikowska-Skoczylas, the headteacher of Stefan Żeromski High School No. 1 in Opoczno, signed
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