Language Use and Arms Circulation: What Offenses Have Recently Cost Saeima Deputies?
Several members of the Saeima have been administratively punished for traffic violations as well as non-compliance with language requirements and violations of arms circulation law.
MTV: Wille Rydman wants language skill requirements for caregivers: "Clear deficiency"
Wille Rydman, Finland's newly appointed Minister of Social Affairs and Health, emphasizes the need for stricter language proficiency requirements for caregivers to address deficiencies in elder care services.
A new requirement for foreigners sparked passions: "And now you speak Lithuanian, understood?"
A new mandate requiring foreigners to provide services in Lithuanian has caused various complications and sparked public debate in Lithuania.
The Defense Committee initiates a draft bill for language proficiency requirements for conscripts
The Estonian parliament's Defense Committee has unanimously decided to initiate a draft bill requiring conscripts to meet a B1-level proficiency in the Estonian language starting next year.
Sweden tightens the conditions for obtaining citizenship
The Swedish government is proposing new stricter requirements for immigrants to obtain citizenship, including longer residency and proof of language proficiency.
The Swedish government will tighten the requirements to become Swedish
The Swedish government has proposed stricter criteria for immigrants seeking Swedish citizenship, including longer residency, a minimum income, and knowledge of the Swedish language.
The government tightens the requirements for citizenship
Swedish Minister of Migration Johan Forssell announced stricter citizenship requirements, extending the residency period for citizenship from five to eight years, and emphasizing the need for knowledge of Swedish language and society.
New citizenship requirements: Knowledge test introduced this fall
The Swedish government is introducing stricter requirements for citizenship, including knowledge tests and longer residency periods.
What Berlin is demonstrating now, namely lowering the requirements, is indeed in trend
Jan Fleischauer criticizes the trend in Berlin's high schools of teaching classic works like Goethe and Schiller in simplified language, calling it a 'capitulation statement'.
Minister criticises Clooney's fast-tracked French passport as 'double standard'
A French junior minister has condemned the expedited citizenship granted to George Clooney, suggesting it reflects a 'double standard' given his limited French skills just before new language requirements were implemented.