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🇸🇰 Denník N
National & Local

Instead of coffee to go, it will be 'coffee to carry' and in Cyrillic. Russia fights against western influence in language

New laws in Russia compel businesses to change signs and menus to adhere to strict localization rules that reject Western influences.

Mar 7 • 08:00 UTC
🇸🇪 Dagens Nyheter
National & Local

Authorities are taken to task for severe language barrier

A report criticizes Swedish authorities for their inadequate communication with non-Swedish speakers regarding social insurance laws.

Mar 3 • 11:00 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
National & Local

Song Eon-seok: 'Judicial reform laws are brainwashing that deceives the public, big brother-style language manipulation'

Song Eon-seok, the floor leader of the People Power Party, criticized recently passed judicial reform laws, claiming they are a guise for judicial destruction and a form of political manipulation that deceives the public.

Mar 3 • 01:14 UTC
🇱🇻 TVNET
National & Local

Language Use and Arms Circulation: What Offenses Have Recently Cost Saeima Deputies?

Several members of the Saeima have been administratively punished for traffic violations as well as non-compliance with language requirements and violations of arms circulation law.

Feb 26 • 09:50 UTC
🇯🇵 Asahi Shimbun (JP)
National & Local

To enhance Japanese language instruction, the government plans to change laws to make support staff official school employees

The Japanese Ministry of Education plans to revise regulations to officially designate Japanese language support assistants and native language support staff as school employees, aiming to strengthen education for students who require Japanese language instruction.

Feb 18 • 21:00 UTC
🇫🇮 Iltalehti
National & Local

Vantaa Fails at Swimming Beaches – Now There Are Complaints

A Finnish ombudsman criticizes the city of Vantaa for not providing information in Swedish at public beaches, highlighting a violation of language laws in a bilingual city.

Feb 10 • 20:07 UTC
🇵🇱 Wprost
National & Local

Breakthrough change for students. Sejm passed the law

The Sejm has passed an amendment to the law on national and ethnic minorities, granting the Silesian language the status of a regional language, which will now be reviewed by the Senate.

Jan 9 • 17:40 UTC

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