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France

Irish PM vows to improve French before Ireland 'officially' joins Francophonie

Varadkar earned a "bravo" from Macron for speaking in French

Luxembourg

Juncker turns to beer in bid to get Britain to cough up for Brexit

He used a boozy analogy to make his case over the UK's EU divorce bill.

World News

Is Europe really falling out of love with English?

Jean-Claude Juncker claimed English was losing its importance in Europe - did he have a point?

Europe News

Is English really losing importance in Europe?

In May, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker declared that: “slowly but surely English is losing importance in Europe”.

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World News

Here's how to say the Hogwarts houses in other languages

Ever wondered how to say the Hogwarts houses in other languages?

World News

Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome to the EU's 'Tower of Babel' translators

The European Union’s 508 million citizens speak more than 60 different languages between them.

Israel

Israel a step closer to becoming a "Jewish state"

Israel's cabinet has breathed fresh life into attempts to codify the country's status as a Jewish state. A ministerial committee has approved a revised version of a bill first proposed in 2011.

World News

New identities are evolving within our society - that is normal

The current social and political debates over migration have brought to the fore questions about cultural diversity and the coexistence of different cultural identities in…

Belgium

Belgium's German-speaking region gets a new name

A small German-speaking corner of Belgium has given itself a new name, stirring controversy across a country where names and language are tools of political warfare, and stoking fears that the long-de

United Kingdom

Uber in London to appeal driver "literacy" ruling

London transport regulators want to force private drivers to prove the level of their reading and writing skills in English

USA

Translating Trump: How the president's language may pose policy problems

Beyond the insults and inflammatory rhetoric Donald Trump's grammar may make understanding the presidency and policy harder in the future.

Cameroon

Anglophone protester killed in Cameroon

One person has been killed and around 100 people arrested after demonstrators clashed with security forces in an English speaking city in Cameroon.

France

Zarf, fremd and eloiners - youngsters battle it out for Scrabble crown

World

Foreign languages and the complexities of bilingualism

In this episode of Learning World we look at the importance of learning languages.

Sci-tech

Hausa speakers can now hit "so" on Facebook

Hausa, joins the the 'African class' of Somali, Swahili, Afrikaans and Kinyawrwanda. The social network site currently has over 100 languages available to users.

United Kingdom

Could English be ousted as an EU official language?

Now that the United Kingdom has decided to leave the European Union, the debate about English as the de facto official language of Europe is likely on the mind of many.

Hungary

Pupils and teachers join forces in Hungary to protest over state education system

At a German lesson in a Hungarian school half of the students were missing and it wasn’t because of a flu bug. It was a response to a Facebook event

World News

French language revolution in France

Pourquoi faire simple quand on peut faire compliqué ? (Why make it simple when you can make it complicated?) This French sentence applies perfectly

World News

Polyglot or ‘polynot’: a look at language skills across the EU

Luxembourgers are the multilingual champions of the EU while the Irish, Bulgarians, Austrians and Hungarians are among the worst, latest official

United Kingdom

Cameron: Language classes for Muslim women can help fight extremism

British Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged 25 million euros (20 million pounds) for English classes for women in isolated communities. Cameron