May 24 is widely regarded as one of the most meaningful dates in Bulgaria’s national calendar, marking the Day of Bulgarian Education and Culture and the Slavonic Alphabet. The holiday is dedicated to ...

Galleries, fashion houses, and big brands are all lining up to work with the self-taught Russian. In a matter of just a few years, a 27-year-old artist from the town of Korolyov in the Moscow Region ...

BISHKEK -- The five countries of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) have overcome years of disagreements about letters and diacritical marks to agree on a common Latin alphabet for their ...

As many Slavs mark the Day of Sts Cyril and Methodius, founders of the Glagolitic alphabet, BIRN travels to the Macedonian town of Ohrid, where their disciples, Clement and Naum, created and spread ...

Third change in less than 100 years partly aims to distance country from Russia and make it simpler to use on digital devices Kazakhstan is to change its official alphabet for the third time in less ...

The Kazakh language will change from Cyrillic to Latin script as part of a modernization and development effort. The move is also viewed as an attempt to distance the language from Russian and promote ...

As Russia’s war in Ukraine rages on, a quiet cultural shift is unfolding in the region's written language—marked by a move away from the Cyrillic script in favour of Latin letters, says Maria ...

Sofia, May 24 (BTA/GNA) – On May 24, Bulgaria celebrates the Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, of the Bulgarian Alphabet, Education and Culture, and of Slavic Literature.The day is ...