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April 23 2021, 5:36 pm
Majority of Ukrainians support obligatory use of state language in service sector
Some 54% of Ukrainians support the introduction of the obligatory use of the state language in the service sector, while 36% do not support, according …
Interfax-Ukraine
Feb. 12 2021, 7:09 pm
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Yuri Zoria: What Ukraine can learn from European countries about language protection
Ukraine continues attempts to revive its language after centuries of Russification. The latest such attempt, a requirement for Ukrainian to be the …
Yuri Zoria
Feb. 4 2021, 7:26 pm
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Bohdan Ben: New language law sparks debate
Ukraine’s law on “Ensuring of the Functioning of Ukrainian as the State Language,” was adopted in April 2019, during the former president Petro …
Bohdan Ben
Jan. 17 2021, 3:41 pm
UNIAN: Minister of culture comments on language law objectives
Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko says the purpose of the latest amendments to the law “On ensuring the functioning of …
UNIAN
Jan. 16 2021, 12:28 pm
UkrInform: Customer service must be provided in Ukrainian language
On Jan. 16, 2021, the rules of Article 30 of the Law of Ukraine “On Ensuring the Functioning of the Ukrainian Language as the State Language” come …
UkrInform
Jan. 3 2021, 6:09 pm
UNIAN: Applicants for civil service, citizenship to pass Ukrainian language tests
The law on the functioning of the state language, which is coming into force in January, lays down an obligation for applicants for civil service to …
UNIAN
Dec. 18 2020, 8:10 pm
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Paul Goble: Organizations for ties with Russian speakers work for FSB
From the very beginning of his time in power, Vladimir Putin has viewed the 30 million Russian speakers living abroad as key promoters of Moscow’s …
Paul A. Goble
Dec. 9 2020, 11:04 am
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Bohdan Ben: Post-EuroMaidan gains for Ukrainian language challenged
After the EuroMaidan Revolution in 2014, the Ukrainian language flowered amid what has been called a national awakening. These gains appear to now be …
Bohdan Ben
Dec. 2 2020, 1:49 pm
UNIAN: Service sector should switch to Ukrainian language from January 16
Ukrainian Language Ombudsman Taras Kremin has said the service sector should switch exclusively to the Ukrainian language from Jan. 16, 2021. Read …
UNIAN
Nov. 19 2020, 7:17 pm
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Christine Chraibi: The brutal Russification of Ukrainian Kuban
On August 3, 1775, Catherine II of Russia issued the manifesto “On the liquidation of Zaporizhian Sich and annexation thereof to the Novorossiya …
Christine Chraibi
Nov. 8 2020, 11:14 am
EuroMaidan Press: The only Ukrainian-language bookstore about to shut down in Bakhmut
The only Ukrainian-language bookstore in Bakhmut – Eney – is about to close its doors unless a good soul comes to the rescue. The owner, Volodymyr …
EuroMaidan Press
Sept. 10 2020, 9:28 pm
UNIAN: Most citizens see Ukrainian language as important element of independence
The overwhelming majority, 72%, of Ukrainian citizens are confident that the Ukrainian language is an important attribute of Ukraine’s independence. …
UNIAN
Sept. 10 2020, 8:39 pm
More than 12% of Ukrainians believe that Russian language should have status of state language
Some 12.6% of Ukrainians believe that the Russian language in Ukraine should have the status of the state language throughout the country, 17.9% – the …
Interfax-Ukraine
Aug. 13 2020, 7:17 pm
Kravchuk: Wider use of Russian language could be allowed in Donbas
A possibility is out there for wider use of the Russian language in certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine that are now being …
Interfax-Ukraine
July 9 2020, 7:49 pm
RFE/RL: Dozens Ukrainians rally over controversial language law
Dozens of activists, opposition politicians and lawmakers have rallied near the building of Ukraine’s Constitutional Court as it debated a …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
June 25 2020, 7:04 pm
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Iryna Matviyishyn: Putin is the only winner of Ukraine’s language wars
For centuries, Ukraine’s long struggle for statehood has been mirrored by the often troubled fate of the Ukrainian language. Oppressed and …
Iryna Matviyishyn
May 19 2020, 7:13 pm
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David Kirichenko: In Russia-Ukraine fight, language matters
For hundreds of years, the Ukrainian people have survived many crises – famine, persecution, invasions and war. Today, the ongoing war in the eastern …
David Kirichenko
April 10 2020, 10:04 pm
60% of residents of Kyiv-controlled Donbas want Russian to be state language
Some 60% of residents of the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions controlled by the Ukrainian government support changes to Ukraine’s Constitution …
Interfax-Ukraine
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