Amid worries in Serbia over the declining use of the Cyrillic script, Belgrade city hall is introducing benefits for companies that promote the country's traditional alphabet. Sign saying “Republic of ...

Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev has called on his government to begin preparing to shift the nation's alphabet from the Cyrillic—as used by neighbor Russia—to the Latin. Kazakhstan has ...

BISHKEK -- Russia has suspended the import of dairy products from Kyrgyzstan after the chairman of Kyrgyzstan’s National Commission for the State Language and Language Policies, Kanybek Osmonaliev, ...

Though not well-known in Korea, the Cyrillic script was invented in Bulgaria in the 9th century and now is used by over 300 million people in more than 10 countries and is the third official alphabet ...

When Sarvar Otamuradov ran for president in Uzbekistan last year, one of his main campaign promises was to push through the full-fledged adoption of the Latin alphabet. The tone of Otamuradov’s ...

In April, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev included an order to generate a plan to switch Kazakh from a Cyrillic to a Latin alphabet by 2025 in a larger “strategic plan,” published in a state-run ...

The day of Saints Cyril and Methodius -- the creators of the precursor to the Cyrillic alphabet -- was marked by large crowds and solemn religious ceremonies across Bulgaria on May 23-24. 1 Locals of ...

IN Nature of March 28, p. 548, the hope is expressed that other countries which use the English alphabet will adopt the Royal Society's scheme for the transliteration of Russian, Bulgarian and Serbian ...