NCFU to launch student camp in Africa
Its participants will learn Russian and Arabic
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Astana graduates awarded diplomas of Moscow State University
Today, the Kazakhstan branch of the Lomonosov Moscow State University in Astana hosted a solemn ceremony of diploma awarding
Russians banned from TOEFL English language exam
Organizers of the benchmark TOEFL English exam have banned Russian citizens from taking the test. The Educational Testing Service (ETS) has blocked a number of Russian citizens from the online platform that runs the TOEFL …
Children from Ukraine enrolled in Georgian schools
Dozens of schoolchildren who moved to Georgia because of the situation in Ukraine were enrolled in local schools, the Georgian Ministry of Education and Science informs. It is noted that the parents of 72 schoolchildren of different …
Johnson unveils plan to ease England lockdown
Boris Johnson will aim to lift all coronavirus restrictions by the end of June as part of a gradual road map for exiting England’s nationwide lockdown, Financial Times informs. The prime minister’s long-awaited easing plan, …
The virus that shut down the world: Education in crisis
Children are continuing to suffer the devastating impacts on their learning, mental and physical well-being and safety
Marina Lagutina on Vesti.FM: problems of Russian-language schools in post-Soviet space were caused both by COVID-19 and leadership of some countries
Russian-language schools in the post-Soviet space are now trying to cope with the problems that have arisen amid the pandemic and as a result of decisions made by the leadership of some countries, an analyst of Vestnik Kavkaza Marina Lagutina …
Silent victims of coronavirus
The most consequential effects of this crisis are likely to come from two areas: health and education
Georgia to host European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad
For the first time in the history of the country, the European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad will be held in Georgia: in 2021, the event will take place in Kutaisi (Imereti region), the EGMO website reports. This year EGMO was held …
Anti-Russian language law comes into effect in Latvia
Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis has promulgated the bill that would ban use of Russian as the language of instruction also at private universities in Latvia, according to the announcement published in the official newspaper …
Teacher arrested after firing gun in Georgia school
A north Georgia high school teacher was arrested after he barricaded himself in a classroom and fired a shot from his handgun out of a window, police said. According to police spokesman Bruce Frazier, no one was injured in the incident …
Matviyenko: painstaking efforts needed to revive global interest in Russian language
Attempts to force Russian language out of some of the former Soviet states cause concern, Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko said. Addressing the Third International Livadia Forum, Matviyenko said …
Germany bans textbooks with Russia's Crimea map - media
The German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) withdrew its approval for a textbook over a map showing Crimea as part of Russia. The BAMF press office in Nuremberg expressed regret for the printing of "a faulty …
Nargiz Pashayeva: British Foundation for Study of Azerbaijan and Caucasus registered
The heads of the Nizami Ganjavi Scientific Center at Oxford University, Professor Nargiz Pashayeva and Professor at Oxford and New York universities, Robert Hoyland, held a meeting on September 23rd, …
Students from Georgia to study in China
Twenty students from Georgia will be able to study in China for a year, the press service of the Georgian Ministry of Education reported. Chinese side will provide scholarships to students within the framework of a signed memorandum of …
MSU in top 100 world prestigious universities
According to Times Higher Education, the Moscow State University, the St. Petersburg State University and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology are in the list of 100 most prestigious universities of the …
Ban Ki-moon: UN returns Syrians opportunity to work and learn
The UN is working to create new jobs for Syrian refugees, as well as to get Syrian children back into school, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said at the conference on assistance to Syrian refugees. "First, we …
Olga Kalenkova about the problems of bilingual children of compatriots living abroad
The head of the Laboratory of Monitoring and Analysis of the Study of the Russian Language Abroad of the A.S. Pushkin State Institute of Russian Language, Olga Kalenkova, spoke about the problems of bilingualism occurring among children of …
Mikhail Osadchy: "It is necessary to support the Russian language among children of compatriots living abroad"
The Vice-Rector for Science of the A.S. Pushkin State Russian Language Institute, Mikhail Osadchy, spoke about the importance of preserving the motivation to study the Russian language among children of compatriots living abroad. The …
Internet to help export the Russian language
Linguistics is similar to the economy – if there is no domestic production, there is nothing to export
