State Commission of the Lithuanian Language Archives

A Lithuanian living in Alaska won the surname with “w”

July 27, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

On July 25th 2018 The Vilnius District Court passed yet another verdict on the original spelling case of names and surnames. This time, for a Lithuanian who married a citizen of the United States of America and took a surname with a “w”. A citizen of Lithuania, who lives in Alaska, reached out to the European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR), which led up more than forty cases in this matter. For several years now in the US, the applicant is identified by the surname of her spouse that contains the letter “w” – she has driver’s license, has signed several contracts with it etc., but Lithuania refused to register her surname, a press release from the foundation states. […]

Lithuania welcomes discussions in Georgia on using Lietuva

May 15, 2018 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania welcomes discussions in Georgia on using the native name by which Lithuanians call their country. […]

Lithuania’s top officials intend to use alternative name for Georgia

May 7, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuania’s top officials intend to use “Sakartvelas”, an alternative name for “Gruzija”, the current name for Georgia used by Lithuanians, that was approved by the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language (VLKK) this week. […]

Lithuanian language watchdog OKs Sakartvelas as alternative name for Georgia

May 4, 2018 BNS 0

The State Commission of the Lithuanian Language (VLKK) has officially approve “Sakartvelas” as an alternative name for “Gruzija”, the current name for Georgia used by Lithuanians, VLKK chairman Audrys Antanaitis told BNS Lithuania on Thursday. […]

Lithuanian language watchdog favors Sakartvelas as alternative name for Georgia

May 2, 2018 BNS 0

The State Commission of the Lithuanian Language (VLKK) is inclined to officially approve “Sakartvelas” as an alternative name for “Gruzija”, the current name for Georgia used by Lithuanians. […]

Lithuania leaves Georgia’s name unchanged; language watchdog allows alternatives

April 6, 2018 BNS 0

Georgia will remain the official name of the country in Lithuania, however, the State Commission for Lithuanian Language will allow the use of alternatives. […]

Lithuania’s language watchdog to discuss name for Georgia

April 5, 2018 BNS 0

The State Commission of the Lithuanian Language will Thursday discuss whether the Lithuanian name for Georgia should be changed to Sakartvelo or left unchanged. […]

Lithuania’s language watchdog to discuss change Georgia’s name to Sakartvelo

April 4, 2018 BNS 0

The State Commission of the Lithuanian Language will this week discuss whether it support changing the name of Georgia to its original version of Sakartvelo. […]

Seimas appoints new chief of language watchdog

November 21, 2017 BNS 0

Lithuania’s parliament on Tuesday appointed Audrys Antanaitis, editor of alkas.lt news portal, as the new chief of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language (VLKK). […]

Lithuanian language watchdog didn’t assess possibility of original name spelling by Poles

May 23, 2017 BNS EN 0

The Lithuanian language watchdog did not assess certain legal provisions, currently under debate in the Seimas, that would pave the way, among other things, for ethnic Poles who are Lithuanian citizens to have their names spelt in their identity documents with non-Lithuanian characters. […]

Proposal to allow English-language company names in Lithuania headed to Seimas

April 18, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

A member of the Seimas‘ Liberal group has submitted a proposal calling for the liberalisation of language and naming rules for the formation of new companies, which would allow more companies to choose names with words from English or other widely used foreign languages. […]

Lithuanian parliament to consider citizens’ legislative proposal on name spelling

November 16, 2015 ELTA EN 0

A group in Lithuania collected 69,000 signatures under a petition which obligates parliament to consider a proposed bill on name spelling in personal identification documents. The initiative, calling itself “Talka – for Lithuania’s State Language”, seeks to pass a law saying that only Lithuanian characters can be used in passports and other official documents. Lithuania’s Polish-speaking community has been voicing demands to allow the use original non-Lithuanian name spelling in passports. […]

Should Lithuania change its name for better marketing?

November 5, 2015 DELFI EN 0

Many a travelling Lithuanian at one time or another had the following conversation: “Where are you from?” – “Lithuania.” – “Where? Ukrainia?” – “No, Lithuania. It’s a Baltic state, next to Latvia and Estonia.” – “(somewhat unconvinced) All right…” […]

Vilnius mayor intent on putting English signs on buses

September 3, 2015 BNS 0

Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius says English signs will be installed on buses crossing central Vilnius and servicing Vilnius International Airport, despite objections from the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language. […]

Lithuanian language commission rejects English signs on buses servicing Vilnius airport

September 2, 2015 BNS 0

The State Commission of the Lithuanian Language has not backed a public transport initiative to install Lithuanian-English direction signs on buses crossing central Vilnius and servicing the airport. […]

Lithuanian PM still supports original name spelling in documents

July 2, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says he still supports the proposal to allow the original spelling of non-Lithuanian names using the Latin alphabet after the Seimas of Lithuania postponed the issue until its autumn session later this week. […]

Name spelling issue will be resolved, Lithuanian foreign minister assures

June 30, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius has no doubt that the original name spelling issue, postponed by the Seimas of Lithuania earlier in the day, will eventually be resolved. He adds that the issue is, first of all, important for the country’s domestic, and not foreign policy. […]