There are less than three weeks left until September 1 — the school in Paluknys will start the year already as a branch. The Speaker of the Seimas made an

The European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR), established in Lithuania in 2010 to monitor the rights of national minorities in our country (in particular the Polish minority), has presented to

Schools’ reorganisation or a step towards the dismantling Polish education in the Vilnius region? The reorganisation of Polish schools in the Trakai District, urged by the local government headed by

Will women in Lithuania be allowed to use a surname ending in -a? On Wednesday, the Seimas Committee on Human Rights resumed consideration of this issue.   “Society holds rather

The Internet as a space for communication often becomes an arena, where extreme opinions and hateful statements are expressed. Hate speech, especially in the digital space, can have serious consequences,

  Years-long dispute over Polish signs in the Vilnius Region came back when in May the National Language Inspectorate (lit. Valstybinė kalbos inspekcija), invoking the protection of the Lithuanian language,

Constitutional Court sides with the original spelling of surnames The Constitutional Court declared that the letters “x”, “q” and “w” in official documents are not contradictory to the Basic Law.

In recent days, the concept of ‘discrimination’ on national grounds is extremely popular in the Lithuanian media. Not only journalists use it, but also representatives of Lithuanian authorities. “This term

I have repeatedly written that in my opinion there is no problem with discrimination of national minorities in Lithuania. There is no state policy aimed at systemic and absolute assimilation

National Examination Center published results on lithuanian language and literature exam. The results are worse than in previous years in lithuanian as well as in national minority schools. At schools