Education Law (language issues – again) Beyond the international tempest

It appears a storm in a tea cup, or perhaps given the current (and no doubt momentary) circumstances, a tempest in a tea cup may be more accurate, rages over the newly adopted Ukrainian law on education reform and the primacy it provides to the Ukrainian language as the language of tuition.

Romania reacted by cancelling a State visit by President Johannis to Kyiv and also cancelling a visit by the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Speaker to Bucharest.  It adopted a Resolution declaring it expected Ukraine to adhere to European standards with regard to minority rights.