<div dir="ltr"><h1>Ukraine to examine minority language laws </h1>
<p>Tuesday, March 04, 2014</p>
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<p class="">Parliament sets up commission which could make Russian a second official language</p></div>
<p>KIEV ”“ The Ukrainian parliament has agreed to draft legislation
which could establish Russian as the country's second official language.</p><p>The
resolution, passed by 275 Ukrainian MPs on Tuesday, will establish a
commission to prepare new legislation “on the principles of the state
language policy” to be submitted to parliament on March 31.</p><p>Language
rights have been a source of conflict between Ukrainians and
Russian-speaking citizens. Last month, the national parliament abolished
existing legislation which gave Russian and other minority tongues the
status of a “regional language” alongside Ukrainian if spoken by over
10 percent of the local population in a specific region. <br></p><p><a href="http://www.turkishpress.com/news/393446/">http://www.turkishpress.com/news/393446/</a><br></p><p><br></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>**************************************<br>
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