A scandal broke after chauvinistic remarks by the President of Państwowa Inspekcja Językowa (Valstybinė kalbos inspekcija). The words of the inspector were met with criticism. A special commission of the

In the Vilnius region, a dispute over the double naming of villages has once again arisen. The State Commission of the Lithuanian Language demands that the local government administration remove

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

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

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

The Ministry of Justice of Lithuania has initiated a discussion on the spelling of non-Lithuanian names in documents. There has been a lot of talk about this lately, among others,

I bore a son three months ago. To give a name to a child sometimes may be a great challenge for young parents, especially in the Vilnius region. According to

Contrary to the announcements of the Social Democrats co-ruling in Lithuania that they were ready to pass the bill on the foreign first and last names spelling during the spring

Poland is a special guest of Vilnius contemporary art fair ArtVilnius 2016, which began this Thursday in the Litexpo center. „Last year we have initiated an annual tradition of inviting

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