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

  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,

Vilnius District Municipality is prepared for court proceedings concerning bilingual signs.  “The Constitutional Court should express its position regarding this issue.” said Žygimantas Pacevičius, a lawyer representing the district municipality. 

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 Žydų (Jewish) st. in Vilnius, there was unveiled a bilingual, actually three-lingual street plaque. A Mayor of Vilnius Remigijus Šimašius and a chairman of the Association of Lithuanian Jews

In Vilnius on Totoriu st. on Thursday, 15th September, was unveiled a decorative plaque in Tatar language- not paying attention on appeal of government representative in Vilnius region to take

The government representative in Vilnius region Vilda Vaičiūnienė, adressed a letter to the director of administration of Vilnius Council Alma Vaitkunskienė in which she demanded to remove the plaques with

Although the court recquires to remove the plates with Polish street names, it is unable to explain how the administrators of the Vilnius Region’s local government can actually do it

Vilnius Regional Administrative Court has rejected the application of Lucyna Kotłowska,  director of the Administration of Vilnius Region Local Government, concerned with the question of bilingual plates. Lucyna Kotłowska appealed

Lucyna Kotłowska, Administrative Director of the Vilnius Region Local Government, has appealed to the court for explanation clearly establishing, whom the court will oblige to remove bilingual plates with street