From Yahoo:
“Zelenskyy signs law on use of
English in Ukraine”
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has
signed a law officially establishing English as a language of international
communication in Ukraine.
The law also includes a list of
positions requiring fluency in English. Proficiency in English will be
mandatory for:
heads of local state
administrations;
military officers;
prosecutors;
tax officials;
customs officers;
heads and teaching staff at
institutes of higher education and scientific institutions;
heads of healthcare institutions.
The draft law also regulates
specific features relating to the use of English by state and local government
bodies, emergency services, when crossing the state border, and in education,
culture, transport, healthcare and other areas.
Civil servants who speak English
will enjoy a 10% bonus on top of their salary.
In addition, public funding will
be provided for cinemas to screen English-language films. This means the
government will financially support cinemas that show films in the original
language.
Background: Initially, in early
versions of the law, it was planned that starting from 2025, half of
English-language films would be shown in the original language with Ukrainian
subtitles. From 2027 onwards this would have applied to all English-language
films screened in Ukrainian cinemas. This caused outrage and 25,000 people
signed a petition against it, so the parliament decided to remove this
paragraph from the law.
^ While Ukrainian is the Official
Language of Ukraine English is now an important Language as it has been the
International Language of half the World from 1945-1991 and the whole World
since 1991. ^
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