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Crimean Tatars seek to save their mother tongue
Every year, on the 21st of February, International Mother Language Day is celebrated worldwide. About a half of the 6,000 world languages are threatened with extinction. The Crimean Tatar language is the third most spoken language in Ukraine. However, despite this fact, according to the official data of UNESCO, the language is quickly dying, as reported by Radio Svoboda.
Now, some media, universities and activists have taken on the challenge of bringing the language back to life. Newspapers …
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Ukraine's 2016 Eurovision entry is dedicated to the mass deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944
The representative of Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest, Jamala, will perform her song entitled "1944" about the deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet regime during World War II. Viewers and judges voted for Jamala to perform the song.
The song is sung in English with a refrain in the Crimean Tatar language. According to Jamala, whose real name is Susana Jamaladinova, the song was inspired by her great-grandmother's experiences during the deportation.
"That terrible year changed …
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Kiev Assures the EU that Ukraine will Allow the Transit of Russian Trucks
According to a statement published on the website of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine, the Ministry’s head, Andriy Pyvovarsky, has assured the EU Ambassador to Ukraine, Jan Tombiński, that Russian trucks will be allowed to pass through the country.
As it was noted in the statement, during the meeting that was held on the 19th of February, Tombiński relayed the concerns expressed by the Western partners of Ukraine, as most of the products which are transported through Ukraine are …
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Anti-Ukrainian Documentary Shown on Polish TV Channel
On February 21st, Polish TV Channel TVN24 broadcasted the controversial documentary film The Masks of the Revolution during the program Eva Evart Advises. The director of the film is French journalist Paul Moreira. This documentary film depicts the events in the Kiev Euromaidan movement as a riot started by radical nationalists. The film is full of allusions to the leading role of the US in the events in Kiev two years ago. It hints at the fact that the Russian annexation of Crimea was …
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Saakashvili may resign as Governor of Odessa
Mikhail Saakashvili may be dismissed from his post as the Governor of Ukraine's Odessa Oblast (region) at the beginning of March, as reported by hromadske.tv. The possibility of his resignation was also made by the Acting Deputy, Alexander Borovik.
“We are seriously concerned by the political crisis gaining momentum in the country. We express our criticisms and ask difficult questions, even to the Prime Minister and to the President. This could cause a severe reaction on their part,” …