The incumbent President Pyotr Poroshenko has signed the law on provision of the functioning of the Ukrainian as the state language. The signing ceremony was broadcast by all central Ukrainian TV channels. Poroshenko signs law on Ukrainian as sole state language: https://t.co/bsqhbR7O2m pic.twitter.com/wqFWwnp40i — TASS (@tassagency_en) May 15, 2019 Poroshenko said he had the “greatest honor and…
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Russia supports Venice Commission opinion of Ukraine education law
Russia supports the Venice Commission’s assessment of the Ukrainian education law, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. #Zakharova: Russia supports the conclusions of the Venice Commission. Once implemented, the Ukrainian Education Law would result in outright discrimination against millions of Russian-speaking citizens of Ukraine pic.twitter.com/LiCe2OOTZG — MFA Russia 🇷🇺 (@mfa_russia) December 13, 2017…
Riga’s Mayor Ushakov renews his mandate
The combined list, headed by the current mayor of Riga, Nil Ushakov, has retained the majority in Latvia’s capital – Riga, although they lost seven seats in Saturday, 3.06.2017, elections, TASS agency reports referring to the CEC. The local government elections were watched closely by Russian community in Latvia, where around 200 000 persons haven’t…