Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has instructed his government to consider renaming Russia as ‘Moscovia’, an unofficial designation used centuries ago. The move comes after a petition insisted that by using the word ‘Russia’, Ukraine is endorsing a “dangerous claim” that its neighbor is a direct descendant of Kievan Rus. In …
Read More »Give our tax BACK, citizens say as London mayor launches funding scheme for renaming streets in the name of diversity
In a press release on Thursday, the office of Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, announced the creation of a £1 million Untold Stories fund which aims to “champion diversity and improve representation in the capital’s public spaces.” The fund will be made available to community-led groups, who can receive …
Read More »Canadians in favor of renaming Toronto street bearing name of Scottish counter-abolitionist… until they hear the cost
Pollsters from Maru Public Opinion asked Toronto citizens whether they supported calls to rename one of the city’s most prominent arteries, Dundas Street, and other places bearing the name of the 18th-century Scottish minister. The survey, conducted between July 9 and July 18, randomly selected 500 adults living in Toronto …
Read More »Mars trip ‘can only be understood through Black Americans’, NASA tweets, celebrating renaming of HQ building
Long merely called “NASA Headquarters,” the Washington, DC building was officially renamed in honor of Jackson on Friday. She became the space agency’s first black female engineer in 1958, seven years after joining its predecessor the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). While Jackson died in 2005 and was not …
Read More »Coming renaming 14 stations
On WDC, renamed 14 stations. At the Moscow Central diameters (IDC) at the request of passengers renamed 14 stations, informs “RIA Novosti” with reference to the press service of the Department of transport. “We constantly collect and analyse the views of passengers, to make a new form of transport more …
Read More »The Parliament of Kazakhstan approved the renaming Astana to Nursultan
The law is considered accepted by the Parliament as a whole. The Parliament of Kazakhstan approved the renaming of the capital from Astana to Nursultan. This statement was made at a joint meeting of the government. “The President decided to send the proposal to Parliament without being put to a …
Read More »The renaming of the Ukrainian football club has caused a lot of ridicule
In the name of the ten words. Football club “Cherkasy Dnepr”, which plays in the First League of the championship of Ukraine, made a sudden re-branding. Now the name of the team, Alexander Kirilyuk will consist of 10 words. According to the official website of Cherkasy club, now it is …
Read More »The renaming of several streets of Kiev did not have enough votes
Renamed the peoples ‘ Friendship Boulevard and the Avenue of Heroes of Stalingrad. Kiev city Council refused to rename the Boulevard of Friendship of peoples in honor of the first ideologist of Ukrainian nationalism Mykola Mikhnovsky and Geroyev Stalingrad Avenue in the Obolon district – the Avenue named after the …
Read More »The controversial renaming of the Avenue in Kiev: fresh details
The court has forbidden to rename Prospekt Vatutina Avenue Shukhevych.District administrative court banned the mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko to sign the decision on renaming of prospect Vatutina Avenue Shukhevych. The decision was taken on the evening of 12 June. This was announced by the head of the Institute of …
Read More »The controversial renaming of the Avenue in Kiev: new details
To cancel the renaming of prospect Vatutina Avenue Shukhevych through the court.The decision of city Council to rename the Avenue Vatutina Avenue Shukhevych you can cancel only through the courts. This was stated by Deputy head of the KCSA Oleksiy Reznikov. Thus it is necessary to prove that at the …
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