11.04
The Commissioner reminded that there are still settlements in Ukraine which bear the Russian names. He said that for the Public Interactive Television.
12.04
Taras Kremin called for expanding the network of free Ukrainian language courses.
The Commissioner commented on the occupiers' systematic attempts to resume the educational process at schools in the newly occupied territories under the Russian law which does not envisage the teaching of Ukrainian language and literature, Ukrainian history and foreign literature.
13.04
The Commissioner provided recommendations to help swithing into Ukrainian.
Taras Kremin commented on the information about the policy of forcible Russification that the Russian leadership intends to apply to deported Ukrainian children sending them to "language camps".
14.04
"For the first time at the legal level, the actions of the aggressor country have been recognized as genocide of the Ukrainian people and stressed on the oppression of the Ukrainian language which continues to be brutally implemented by the Russian military" the Commissioner commented on the decision of the Verkhovna Rada on recognizing the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine as the Genocide of the Ukrainian people.
On air of the Nikolaev TV channel "MARCH" the Commissioner emphasized the need of final decolonization of geographical names and toponyms.
On the TV channel "Pryamiy" Taras Kremin spoke about the role of cultural diplomacy when the demand for the Ukrainian language and culture is extremely high.
15.04
In a comment to the Vesti newspaper Taras Kremin noted that communicating in Ukrainian is worthy, fashionable and noble. To support Ukraine it means to stand with good deeds and to help punish and destroy evil. "
On Radio NV, the Commissioner spoke about the role of people's diplomacy in establishing the Ukrainian language.
16.04
In a new academic year, the schools, where the Russian language is still taught, should consider replacing it with other subjects or by increasing the proportion of existing subjects. Taras Kremin said it for the "Pryamiy" TV channel.
About language in Ukraine and the world:
For the first time President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected the thesis of common "historical roots" which is often repeated by Russian propagandists and putin.
In the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the aggressor continues the policy of implementing the idea of "Russian peace" among children. At the educational institutions of the peninsula the occupier is increasing the scale of "patriotic" education and also wants to "teach" Russian of thousands of children who were deported from the mainland of Ukraine. It will take place in the special camps. This was announced by the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova.
MPs propose to ban Russian music and increase the quota for Ukrainian-language songs on TV and radio. The relevant bill was registered on the Verkhovna Rada webpage on April 11.
About a third of Ukrainian citizens who have so far spoken a non-state language at home are going to switch into Ukrainian.
To date, 25,716 books have been published in five European countries for Ukrainian refugee children.
A free Ukrainian language course was launched for Rivne residents and temporarily displaced persons.
The Committee on Economic Development recommends for the Verkhovna Rada to adopt in principle and as a whole the draft Law on Decolonization of Toponymy and Regulation of the Use of Geographical Names in the Settlements of Ukraine.
On April 13, the Ivano-Frankivsk City Council decided to rename 25 streets which were named after Russian cultural, political and scientific personalities. A number of other local governments will consider similar draft decisions next week.
Well-known journalist and translator Taras Marusyk has published a work on a wide range of issues related to the establishment of the state status of the Ukrainian language.
The information about the Secretariat of the State Language Protection Commissioner of Ukraine has been published at the webpage of the European Federation of National Institutions for Language (EFNIL). We remind that on March 21 Ukraine was unanimously granted the status of an associate member at the extraordinary meeting of the EFNIL General Assembly.
By the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers, a working group was established to protect the rights and freedoms of Ukrainian citizens residing in the territory of EU member states and other countries as temporarily displaced persons.
It was announced that the Movosphere festival will be held in Kyiv on August 27, 2022.
Ukrainian publishers donate 5,000 Ukrainian children's books to Germany.
A popular Polish public transport tracking application is now available in Ukrainian.
According to the decision of the local authorities, the town of Fuentes de Andalucia in the province of Sevilla will be named “Ukraine" during the Holy Week and some of its streets will be renamed into Kyiv, Mariupol’, Kharkiv, Kherson and Odesa.