For nearly 40 years, daring smugglers transported nearly 40,000 Lithuanian-language books into the nation each year when it was forbidden under Russian rule. Following the gentle bends of the ...

According to historian Vytautas Merkys, during the 39-year period over 40,000 Lithuanian-language publications were smuggled into the country via the Panemune road. The road being close to both ...

There are about 1,800 Lithuanian nationals living in the Fenland area of Cambridgeshire out of a population of about 95,000, according to the 2011 Census, but actual numbers are thought to be much ...

From “Gibberish.” Young Vo How fortunate, then, that two of these three new books are about the power of language to include. “Gibberish,” by Young Vo, begins as a story of displacement.

Serapiniene, 55, a Lithuanian-language teacher for the past 32 years, was embarrassed but not surprised by the backlash. She always had been bothered by Lithuania’s provincial mentality, she says.

Lithuania's education ministry has said that it will "revise" all Russian-language textbooks amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. A total of 13 school books will be assessed by the country's ...

Growing up speaking Lithuanian, I always took the language for granted. As a child, I didn’t consider the benefits of knowing multiple languages or staying connected to my culture.

A version of this article appears in print on June 10, 2024, Section B, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: English-Language Books Are Filling Europe’s Stores.