Ethnic minorities

  • Society

Lithuanian-Russian school teachers say their schools are not vehicles for Moscow propaganda

A week after Gediminas Grina, the former chief of Lithuania’s State Security Department (VSD) compared the country’s ethnic minority schools…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Ethnic minority representatives to hold protest action

Representatives of Lithuania's Polish-speaking community, backed by the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA) political party, are planning a…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian minister assures Polish counterpart about ethnic minority education

Lithuania has not passed any amendments to worsen the conditions for ethnic minorities to study in their native language, Lithuania's…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian woman married to Belgian refused passport with original spelling of last name

The Migration Board of Vilnius County Central Police Commissariat has refused to issue a passport with a letter w in…

9 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Polish government representatives have no issues with ethnic minority education in Lithuania, vice-minister says

Poland's Education Vice-Minister Eva Dudek was briefed in Vilnius on Thursday on the performance of Polish-speaking students in the Lithuanian-language…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian PM criticizes planned strikes at Polish-language schools as ‘politicizing’

The strike by teachers and pupils of ethnic minority schools is being fuelled by politicians of the Electoral Action of…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Group to collect signatures on spelling of non-Lithuanian names

A group of citizens plan to propose to the country's parliament to adopt legal amendments allowing to write non-Lithuanian names…

9 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Polish president picks Estonia for his first visit, snubbing Lithuania

Poland's new President Andrzej Duda is going to Estonia for his first foreign visit and is later scheduled to visit…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania’s Culture Ministry to survey ethnic minorities

Before drafting a new program for preserving identity of ethnic minorities, the Lithuanian Culture Ministry plans to launch a survey…

9 years ago
  • Society

Lithuanian PM: Police measures alone will not solve problems in Roma settlement

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that problems related to the Roma settlement in Vilnius cannot be solved only by…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian president calls on setting up development fund for Polish-dominated region

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė supports an initiative to set up a special fund or launch a special program for promoting…

9 years ago
  • Society

Education Ministry proposes more classes in Lithuanian at ethnic minority schools

Lithuania's Ministry of Education and Science has proposed some changes for curricula in ethnic minority schools. [...]

9 years ago
  • Politics

Name spelling issue will be resolved, Lithuanian foreign minister assures

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius has no doubt that the original name spelling issue, postponed by the Seimas…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian ruling coalition backs loosening name spelling rules

The Lithuanian ruling coalition's political council has backed plans to allow original name spelling in ID documents. The bill is…

9 years ago
  • 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…

9 years ago
  • Society

Polish community stages protest in Vilnius over school reorganization

Representatives of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA), a party representing Lithuania's Polish-speaking community, as well as of…

9 years ago
  • Society

Sociologist: Demonising Lithuania’s ethnic minorities is unfair and counter-productive

Russia's aggression in Ukraine has exposed Lithuania's sloppiness in dealing with its own ethnic minorities. Research shows that, amidst media…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian parliament to return to name-spelling issue in May

Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius stated on Wednesday that the ruling Social Democratic Party will submit a bill in May…

9 years ago
  • Opinion

Opinion: Are minorities in the Baltic states becoming the Russian fifth column?

The “Fifth Column” is a term often used by Kremlin propaganda against political rivals and civil society, generating myths, and…

9 years ago
  • Culture

Ethnic minority literature in Lithuania: between academic multiculturalism and public nationalism

Minority literature studies have a long and diverse history. Since its establishment nearly 25 years ago in the Western academia…

10 years ago