By At 1100, a round table will start on the topic: “The language policy of independent Ukraine as a legacy of the linguocide of the empire in its various Russian forms (discussion of a wide range of issues raised in Taras Marusyk’s book 30 Years of Independence: Language Acts Changing Ukraine).” Organizers: the Centre for Russian Studies. Moderator: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2007-2009), Head of the Centre for Russian Studies Volodymyr Ohrysko. Speakers: journalist, culturologist, publicist, member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine and the National Union of Writers of Ukraine, author of the book 30 Years of Independence: Language Acts Changing Ukraine Taras Marusyk; Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Education, Science and Innovation Natalia Pipa; linguist, director of the Institute of Ukrainian Language of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Pavlo Hrytsenko; politician, scientist, public figure, Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language Taras Kremin; Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine, expert at the Centre for Russian Studies Serhiy Borschevsky. Event format: offline (Media Center of the State Enterprise Directorate-General for Rendering Services to Diplomatic Missions, 6-a Pyrohova Sreet) and online. For registration questions and additional information, please contact: (067) 159 40 78 or e-mail: prepress.gdip@gmail.com. Registration will last until October 25, 2023. If you travel with your own transport, call: (067) 215 16 09 (to raise the barrier).
At 1300, the press center of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency will host a press conference of the United Ukraine Analytical Center entitled “The importance of international support for Ukraine.” Participants include political scientist, Doctor of Political Science Petro Oleshchuk; international expert Dmytro Levus; political expert, PhD in Philosophy Valentyn Hladkykh; international political scientist, co-founder of the United Ukraine Analytical Center Anton Kuchukhidze (8/5a Reitarska St.). The broadcast will be available on Interfax-Ukraine’s YouTube channel. Journalists will be registered on-site with press cards. For more information, please visit https://www.united-ukraine.org.ua/ or contact tt.united.ukraine@gmail.com.
At 1400, a roundtable talk will start on the topic: “The institutional capacity of the Government to carry out European integration.” Organizers: the Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform. Speakers: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Ukraine Jennes de Mol (tbc); Chairman of the Board of the Center for Political and Legal Reforms Ihor Koliushko; Head of the board of the ANTS National Interests Advocacy Network Hanna Hopko; public administration expert of the USAID’s Rada Next Generation Program, the Center for Political and Legal Reforms, Oleksandr Sayenko; General Director of the Government Office for Coordination on European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Oleksandr Ilkov (tbc); Head of the Political Department of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Yaroslav Tymofeyuk (tbc); co-founder, chairman of the board of the DEJURE Foundation Mykhailo Zhernakov (tbc); Executive Director of the Centre for Economic Strategy Hlib Vyshlinsky. Event format – offline + online (Ukrinform, 8/16 Bohdana Khmelnytskoho Street, hall 1). Accreditation of media representatives will be carried out before the event at the agency. The event will be broadcast on the Ukrinform YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UkrinformTV, as well as the Ukraine Media Center Ukrinform YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@mediacenterukraine-ukrinfo5672/about, and on Facebook page of Ukraine Media Center Ukrinform: https://www.facebook.com/UkraineMediaCenter/.
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