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Pushkin Museum in Vilnius renamed as Markučiai Manor Museum

The Vilnius City Council has renamed the Literary Museum of Alexander Pushkin opened in the 1950s to the historic Markučiai Manor, the Council said in a...

Meiliūnaitė appointed head of State Commission of Lithuanian Language

The new State Commission of the Lithuanian Language will be headed by Violeta Meiliūnaitė, a senior research fellow at the Geolinguistics Centre of the...

Lithuania's language watchdog approves two Ukrainian capital names

Lithuania's language watchdog, the State Lithuanian Language Commission (VLKK), on Thursday approved two names for the Ukrainian capital. From now one,...

Linguists: Lithuania needs to accept life with English language and change law

Lithuania's Law on State Language needs to be amended and adapted to the existing reality, linguists say, adding that the state needs to learn side-by-side...

Court orders Vilnius authorities to issue marriage certificate with "W" in women's surname

A Vilnius court on Monday ordered the Lithuanian capital's municipality to issue a marriage certificate to a Lithuanian woman married to a UK citizen, in...