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The cultural policy in Armenia was seriously changed after the Velvet revolution of 2018. The appearance of new political elites has strongly influenced new public perceptions of culture and development of a new system of cultural policy and management. Significant transformations first started in the institutional sphere. In 2019, the government’s new optimized organizational structure was introduced, where respective ministries of education and science, culture, sports and youth had been reorganized into a Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports[1]. The newly created Ministry defined its main functions as follows: “The Ministry .... is a central body of executive authority... read more →

Language laws  The Albanian government officially recognized the Albanian Sign Language in 2012 by the Council of Ministers Decision Nr. 837, based on article 102 of the Constitution and Law Nr. 69/2012 “On Pre-university Education in the Republic of Albania”, where article 63 stipulates: “People who do not hear and speak are entitled to the right of communication in sign language.”  Law Nr. 96/2017 “On the Protection of National Minorities145” including article 13 on “The Right to Education in the Language of the Minority”.  Constitution of the Republic of Albania:  Article 14 states that "The official language in the Republic of Albania is Albanian". Article... read more →