A Lithuanian language watchdog proposes to allow using non-Lithuanian Latin-based characters for spelling names on the main page of personal identity documents. The State Commission of the Lithuanian Language, or VLKK, gave its opinion after discussing two alternative bills on the spelling of non-Lithuanian characters in identity documents. According to the commission, exceptions should be precisely defined and based on a clear source, such as a foreign national's identity document and other official documents. One of the two bills tabled to the parliament propose to allow using the let...
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