Germany renames Kiev — RT World News

German authorities have decided to move away from the Russian spelling of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, to Ukrainian, the German Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. The ministry said in a series of statements on X (formerly Twitter) that the city, which was previously written as “Kiew” in written German, should now be written as “Kyjiw.”

Berlin has made relevant changes to “State register for official use” – A document that provides guidelines for the workflow of a government document. The State Department also said it was “gradually” Make changes too.

The statement did not explain the reasons for the change and merely said that such a spelling was an “A”. “Joint training” to “a lot” entities, without naming any of these entities in particular.

The Japanese Ministry of Defense took a similar decision in March 2022, about a month after the start of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev. This step was taken after a review “major media” Coverage, she said at the time.

Ukrainian authorities have been campaigning for the spelling change since at least 2018. The American Board on Geographic Names (BGN) — a body charged with maintaining uniform use of geographic names across the U.S. government — introduced similar changes in June 2019 when it adopted “Kyiv.” Instead of “Kiev”.

The AP news agency followed suit two months after BGN's decision. The Russian agency responsible for geographical naming standards, among others, said at the time that it saw no need for any changes, adding that “Kiev” was still the correct spelling under Russian laws. The agency also said that Ukrainian authorities have not been cooperating with it since 2016.

Although some major British and American media outlets have also changed the spelling of the Ukrainian capital to “Kiev” over the past years, many news media outlets in other Western countries, including France and Spain, still use the “Kiev” spelling. .

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