Radio Ukraine International
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Radio Ukraine International (Ukrainian
: Всесвітня служба "Радіо Україна", RUI) is the official international broadcasting
station of Ukraine
.
RUI acquaints foreign listeners with all diversity of political and social-economic life in Ukraine and helps Ukrainians abroad keep in touch with home.
Radio Ukraine International broadcasts in four languages: English
, German
, Romanian
and Ukrainian
.
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
: Всесвітня служба "Радіо Україна", RUI) is the official international broadcasting
International broadcasting
International broadcasting is broadcasting that is deliberately aimed at a foreign, rather than a domestic, audience. It usually is broadcast by means of longwave, mediumwave, or shortwave radio, but in recent years has also used direct satellite broadcasting and the Internet as means of reaching...
station of Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
.
RUI acquaints foreign listeners with all diversity of political and social-economic life in Ukraine and helps Ukrainians abroad keep in touch with home.
Radio Ukraine International broadcasts in four languages: English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, Romanian
Romanian language
Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
and Ukrainian
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
.
Programmes in the English language
- "Ukrayins'kyi Shchodennyk" (Ukraine today) - Digest of the day's news.
- "Krupnym Planom" (Close up) - Daily analytical programme on Ukraine's life.
- "Korinnia" (Roots) - Cultural and educational programme.
- "Pryvit z Kyieva" (Hello from Kyiv) - Saturday listeners' letters programme.
- "DX - Programa" (DX - Programme) - Programme for radiolisteners and dxers.
- "Muzyka z Ukrayiny" (Music from Ukraine) - Sunday concert.
- "Tyzhneve Reviu" (Ukrainian diary) - Review of the week's main events.
- "Focus" (Insight) - Program about Ukraine, its nation, religious and cultural life.
- "Literaturnyi Schodennyk" (Reading Lounge) - Literary program.