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EFHR changes working hours

The European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) would like to inform everyone, that from June 9th 2014, the foundation’s working
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EFHR has became a member of ENAR

The European Foundation of Human Rights is pleased to inform you that its request to become a member of ENAR (European Network
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Bilingual Signboards are standard in the European Union

As of today there are 24 official languages in the European Union (EU). However, Europeans use approximately 60 additional local
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EFHR members at the UNOY workshop

On April 27 – May 3rd 2014 young peace-builders, storytellers and youth workers from the Euro-Mediterranean region participated in a
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Samir Safarli – New EFHR trainee

The European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) is glad to introduce you to our new intern, Samir Safarli, who comes from
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New human rights network and platform ”Liberties.eu” launched

The European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) is glad to introduce you to a new network for human rights news
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Research results on human rights confirms the EFHR view

At the request of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania, the company “Baltijos tyrimai” conducted public opinion
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Presidential Candidates on the protection of minority rights and original spelling of non-Lithuanian surnames

The presidential election in Lithuania will take place on the 11th of May this year. The text that enables us
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Vilnius Regional Administrative Court prevents reorganization of Trakai High School internal structure

Further development in the case of lack of accreditation for the High School in Trakai: On March 31, 2014, the
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The Strasbourg Manifesto

On 17 April 2014 the Intergroup for Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages of the European Parliament approved “The Strasbourg
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The aim of EFHR court cases – detecting gaps in the law

The European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) is a non-governmental organization working for the sake of defending human rights and
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Draft law concerning spelling of names and surnames – a big failure

On April 10 this year, the next draft law in the Lithuanian Parliament concerning the spelling of names and surnames
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Lithuanian courts still assigning financial penalties for bilingual street signs

The Vilnius City District Court has assigned a financial penalty for bilingual street signs, which are consistent with international law
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45 writers oppose the original spelling of names and surnames

On 8th April 2014, 45 Lithuanian writers addressed a declaration to the highest authorities in Lithuania in which they expressed objections
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The bill “liberalizing” the spelling of names – still no solution to the problem

The vice-chairman of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, Gediminas Kirkilas, and the governor of the social democrats’ parliamentary
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Conference on the Cooperation between NGOs and Local Governments

On 3rd April this year representatives of the European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) took part in a conference organized by
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EFHR is a member of the Lithuanian Association of Responsible Business (LAVA)

The European Foundation of Human Rights (EFHR) would like to announce that it has become a member of the Lithuanian
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The case of the lawful non-granting of the right of accession to the accreditation to

On 19th December, 2013, at a meeting of the local government of the Trakai district, with votes 14 to 25
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The next hope for approval of the law on national minorities

On 29th March 2014 the inter-party agreement concerning the basic guidelines on foreign policy, security and defense for the years
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EFHR at the solemn award ceremony of the “Say NO to discrimination” contest

On 20th March in Vilnius, the Research and Protection of Fundamental Rights Centre organized an awards ceremony for their contest
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