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

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. […]

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Foreign affairs

Lithuanian language watchdog favors Sakartvelas as alternative name for Georgia

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. […]

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Politics

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

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. […]

Politics

Lithuanian parliament to consider citizens’ legislative proposal on name spelling

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. […]

Economy

Lithuanian language commission rejects English signs on buses servicing Vilnius airport

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. […]

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Politics

Lithuanian parliament committee okays use of Latin characters in name spelling

The Lithuanian Seimas’ Legal Affairs Committee on Wednesday backed the use of Latin alphabet letters for the spelling of names and surnames of Lithuanian citizens in ID documents. […]