Someone is trying to turn language into an issue yet again. What are they doing and why?

The language bill, passed by the Ukrainian parliament in the end of April, has had many important aspects left out. Many of those were important features that would allow this legislation to enable effective Ukrainisation of the public sphere in Ukraine

The law is not applicable to the sphere of private communication and religious ceremonies

In the summer of 2017, Kateryna Handziuk wrote an op-ed piece for The Ukrainian Week, which we are republishing here

The passage of the German-Ukrainian Year of Languages

Ignoring the language issue risks the likelihood that Ukrainian will disappear altogether in Ukraine

Why Ukraine cannot yield to the pressure from its neighbors and how it can protect the state language

Mostly discussed for its regulation of the language of instruction in schools, the new law offers more overlooked important innovations intended to change the quality and the content of education in Ukraine

Legislation and bills on the state language: current status and expectations

Is Ukrainian society ready for changes in language policy

His translations span 26 centuries, three continents and almost 30 literatures. The Soviets “awarded” him with 10 years in labor camps and the status of a dissident with no right to travel

More books for children are translated into Ukrainian than written in the language. Families seem to prefer “popular” classics and books made into Hollywood films

Italian scholar Giovanna Brogi Bercoff, a Slavic and Ukrainian studies specialist, speaks about the state of affairs with Ukrainian academia in Ukraine and abroad