Baltic complexity, Part 1 by Jorge Marcano
Jorge Marcano | The Lithuania Tribune Most everything we say or do is largely influenced by culture. Ever since the birth of the Baltic republics, it has been common knowledge, politically correct and...
View ArticlePolish and Lithuanian education experts agreed
A Lithuanian-Polish intergovernmental expert working group agreed that the Poles will enhance sponsorship to the Lithuanian national minority in Poland, balsas.lt reported on 15 October. For the third...
View ArticleIn Lithuanian schools Russian language is more attractive than German or French
In Lithuania, like in all European Union, the most students choose English as the first foreign language. However, only in Baltic countries the most popular second foreign language is Russian —...
View ArticleLatvia’s referendum; 74.8% against Russian as official language
On Saturday, February 18, in the national referendum on whether to grant Russian the status of an official language 273 347 or 24.88% of citizens voted for, but 821 722 or 74.8% – against, BNN portal...
View ArticleLithuania needs unselfish friends without preconditions – president
Lithuania needs to find unselfish friends who would want to be friends without preconditions, President Dalia Grybauskaite said. “We have problems of various level, including various external pressures...
View ArticleTomasevski: provision on 1-yr term for Lithuanian-language exam facilitation...
Lithuania’s education minister has given up the intention of defining a one-year term for the facilitation of the Lithuanian-language graduation examination for national minority schools, says MEP...
View ArticleFinding Its Place: German Culture and Language in Lithuania – A Lithuania...
In the ever widening and deepening European Union it is crucial for Lithuania to constantly review the strengths and weaknesses of its relationships with its neighbours. Integration takes on many...
View ArticlePM sees EAPL’s aim to have mandatory religion teaching as political overdoing
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius has dismissed the aim of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania to introduce mandatory religion classes in secondary schools as political overdoing, emphasizing...
View ArticleLanguage exam facilitation bad for Lithuanian culture, state – experts
Minister of Education and Science Dainius Pavalkis’ order on the facilitation of the Lithuanian language exam for ethnic minority school graduates is bad for the Lithuanian culture, civil community and...
View ArticleJustmin pledges amendments on spelling of non-Lithuanian names by May
BNS Lithuania’s Justice Minister Juozas Bernatonis said that draft changes on the spelling of non-Lithuanian names should be prepared and submitted to the government by May. “I have set up a task...
View ArticleParliament to discuss impact of ratified Istanbul convention
Lithuania's parliament will Friday discuss the effects of ratification of the Istanbul convention for the Baltic state. [...] The post Parliament to discuss impact of ratified Istanbul convention...
View ArticleAžubalis compares Dobrovolska‘s plans to the Soviet Union: “It divides the...
The Freedom Party, with its Minister Evelina Dobrovolska at the forefront, will present a project to the Seimas this spring, which could legalise bilingualism in certain regions of the country. The...
View ArticleErnest Alesin: “I want people not to be ashamed of their ethnicity”
On National Communities’ day, Media4Change talks to Ernest Alesin, the head of the Association of Lithuanian Media in the Languages of Ethnic Communities, which unites several media outlets in Polish,...
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