Premier Ukraine: It will promote legislation and designate English to communicate in the official bu

According to Reuters, Ukraine Prime Minister Shimagr said on the 6th that the Ukrai government is formulating laws to designate English as an official business exchange language.

He wrote on the social media Telegram: \"Now the entire civilized world is using English for commercial exchanges, so we give an English status in Ukraine to promote business development, attract investment, and accelerate Ukraine's European integration process. \"But he did not explain in detail what the law would involve.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Shimagr Tap: Reuters

Reuters pointed out that Ukraine is the only official language of Ukraine. According to a survey results of the Institute of International Scholars of Kyiv, about half of the Ukrainian population mainly speaks Ukraine, and about 30%of the population is mainly Russian. Ukraine has 44 million people, and the level of English has been improving, but it still lags behind some Eastern European countries.

The report quoted data from EF Education FIRST, an international education company headquartered in Sweden, saying that Ukraine's general English level is only \"medium\". In 2021, the country ranked 30th among 35 countries investigated in Europe and lags behind Poland and Belarus.

Reuters pointed out that Russian plays a huge role in the business and media of Ukraine. Although the use of Russian has become more and more restricted, many cities, including Kyiv, are still widely used in Russian. Ukraine has legislated that enterprises and other institutions must use Ukraine.

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