The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved a bill regarding changes to the list of languages covered by the European Charter. Russian and Moldovan are being removed from it, while Czech is being added to the list. The Jewish language is being replaced with Hebrew.
According to the government representative in the Verkhovna Rada, Taras Melnychuk, the bill has already been approved by the Cabinet and submitted to parliament. This document envisages updating the official list of languages that will benefit from the support and special protection regime, in accordance with the Charter's requirements.
Expansion of the list of languages
After the adoption of amendments to the Charter of Regional or Minority Languages, languages such as Belarusian, Bulgarian, Gagauz, Crimean Tatar, Modern Greek, German, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Hungarian, Czech, and Hebrew have found their reflection in Ukraine.
The government is making changes to the list of languages considering current political and linguistic realities, excluding Russian and Moldovan languages. Penalties for taxi drivers for violating the language law are also being introduced.
The government of Ukraine is changing the list of languages that fall under the European Charter, excluding Russian and Moldovan languages and adding Czech. Language rights are expanding for a number of other languages, taking into account the current political and linguistic realities of the country, as well as penalties for taxi drivers for violating the language law.