The declined amendment on the Lithuanian citizenship Dr. Mindaugas Kuklys On 12 May 2019, Lithuania held a referendum[1] on the amendment of Article 12 of the Constitution. Currently, the Constitution of the Republic [...]
Aliaksandr Adamkovič: the Belarusian voice will keep sounding in diverse Vilnius The Republic of Lithuania is home to about 36,000 ethnic Belarusians, most of whom are concentrated in Vilnius (Belarusian: [...]
Vida Montvydaitė: there is no agreement in Lithuania on what national minority is Diversity management requires a mutual dialogue between representatives of minorities and state authorities. Nearly every state in [...]
Robert Mickiewicz: Poland launched its kin-state policies in Lithuania only after democratic transition An autochthonous Polish community of Lithuania is concentrated in the Vilnius (Polish: Wilno) region. In the interwar [...]
School-leaving exam as a divisive point in Lithuania Ewelina Knutowicz On 8 January 2019, the Council of Europe Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities published [...]
In the shadow of scandal: Poland's Independence Day in Lithuania The centenary of the restoration of Poland’s independence was widely celebrated not only in Poland, but also in Lithuania. Nevertheless, [...]
Tomaszewski’s big game with an unpredictable outcome On 7 September 2018, in his interview with the Lithuanian national broadcaster LRT, Waldemar Tomaszewski announced that he would consider his participation as [...]
Increasing hours for the Lithuanian language in minority schools: why and how? On 24 July 2018, three members of the conservative (TS-LKD) faction in the Lithuanian Seimas[1] registered a law [...]
Political power for an “ethnic ghetto”: the case of Lithuania The Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance (EAPL-CFA) is a very specific power in the political [...]
The Law on ethnic minorities in Lithuania: a positive argument On 24 November 2017, the ICELDS published an article “Why Does(n’t) Lithuania Need the Law on Ethnic Minorities?” by Dr. [...]
