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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has expressed concerns over articles in Ukraine’s new education law relating to teaching in minority languages.

Meeting in plenary session in Strasbourg on October 12, the parliamentarians voted for a resolution criticizing the new legislation, saying it “does not appear to strike an appropriate balance between the official language and the languages of national minorities.”

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