Ukrainian Minority Language School opens in Budapest

The Lesya Ukrainka National School for Ukrainian Minority Language Teaching held its opening ceremony on Friday at the Ward Maria Elementary School in Budapest, where children of Ukrainian nationality can study and improve their knowledge of their mother tongue and their homeland every Saturday.

Millions of people have been forced to leave their homeland. Schools like this give people who are waiting in a safe country for the war to end the opportunity to preserve their native language and their Ukrainian identity, and then return to rebuild Ukraine together," he said.

Istvan Balog expressed great thanks to the Hungarian government, the national minority parliamentary representative and the Ukrainian national minority self-government for all their efforts, which made the school possible.

Cover photo: Ward Maria School in Budapest Facebook page