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2006-05-18, VLKK News.

National Dictation in Braille

On 17 May 2006, thirty seven students of schools for the blind and visually impaired wrote a national dictation in Braille code at the Lithuanian Library for the Blind.

2006-05-10, VLKK News.

Seminar for European staff translators in Luxembourg

Two representatives from the Commission of the Lithuanian Language participated at the seminar for European staff translators (the European Parliament, the European Commission and the European Council).

2006-04-25, VLKK News.

Draft Law on the State Language registered in Seimas

A new draft Law on the State Language was registered in Seimas on 24 April 2006.

2006-04-05, VLKK News.

The 23rd Session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN)

The 23rd Session of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN) taking place in Vienna on 28 March-4 April was attended by two representatives from Lithuania...

2006-02-20, VLKK News.

First-ever National Dictation in Lithuania

Lithuania has held its first national dictation competition. The competition was held in all the territorial districts (except Jonava).

2006-01-06, VLKK News.

General Concept of the new Law on the State Language

On 30 December 2005, the Board of the Seimas discussed and approved the general concept of the new Law on the State Language

2005-12-01, VLKK News.

The Vision of Multilingual Europe Discussed at the EFNIL Conference

The annual conference of the European Federation of National Institutions for Language (EFNIL) took place in Brussels on 24-25 November 2005.

2005-11-07, VLKK News.

A Bank of Linguistic Consultations presented at the Infobalt 2005

The Bank of Linguistic Consultations is a database of information provided to the general public on various linguistic issues related to the usage of words, word formation, morphology, syntax, accentuation, pronunciation, etc.

2005-10-24, VLKK News.

The Future of Languages: a Round Table Discussion

On 20 October 2005, the Commission of the Lithuanian Language and the British Council organised a round table discussion on the future for small languages and language policies.

2005-10-14, VLKK News.

Ninth Meeting of the Baltic Division of UNGEGN

The Ninth Meeting of the Baltic Division of the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names took place in Yurmala, Latvia, on 11-13 October 2005.