The Hungarian side claims Ukraine refuses to implement the Venice Commission's recommendation on the language of education at educational establishments.
Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Liliya Hrynevych on Friday discussed with Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland the newly-adopted Law "On Education", Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe Dmytro Kuleba tweeted.
Bulgarian Ambassador to Ukraine Krasimir Minchev during an October 3 meeting with Ukrainian Education Minister Lilia Hrynevych said that the new law on education in Ukraine "provides new opportunities for our children to have a good command of both Ukrainian and Bulgarian languages."
Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Liliya Hrynevych says that the Russian Federation has "absolutely strange reactions" to the way Ukraine is developing, an UNIAN correspondent reported from the official’s briefing following her meeting with Romanian Minister of National Education Liviu Marian Pop.
Amid a barrage criticism poured on Ukraine by Hungary over the signing by President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko of the law on education, the country’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said that Ukraine was working to ensure that its citizens of Hungarian origin felt most comfortable.
President of Ukraine signed Law of Ukraine No. 2145-VIII On Education, adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on September 5, 2017, according to the presidential press service.
After Ukraine’s parliament passed an educational-reform bill on September 5 that includes a clause making Ukrainian the required language of study in state schools from the fifth grade on, officials from Poland, Romania, Hungary, and Russia -- all countries with significant ethnic communities in Ukraine -- have all heaped vitriol on it, according to RFE/RL.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Kilmkin during a meeting with EU Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn confirmed Ukraine's readiness to submit for examination by the Council of Europe a language-related article in the country’s new law on education, MFA Ukraine’s press service reports.
Ukraine is trying to fight back against Russian influence with a new drive to promote teaching in Ukrainian — but some fear this will play into Kremlin hands, according to CodaStory.
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zakharieva has said Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and Greece will appeal to the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) over Ukraine's newly adopted law on education, according to BGNES.
The Embassy of the United States of America in Kyiv has greeted Ukraine on Twitter on the occasion of adoption of the new law on education.
The Hungarian government expressed strong protest against the new law on education, adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Tuesday, reads the statement by Hungary’s foreign minister published on the government site.