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Two main Hungarian parties in Romania seek alliance to avoid exclusion from Parliament
Data: 06/08/2008
Romania is to hold legislative elections in November · Electoral law excludes parties that fail to secure 5% of the vote · UDMR, the main Hungarian party, won 6.2% of votes four years ago, but is not expected to repeat that performance [+]
Bibliography on Israel and Palestine
Data: 09/05/2008
PUBLICATIONS. Nationalia provides a bibliography dedicated to Israel and Palestine, listing a selection of recent publications on the conflict. [+]
“Friulians voted for Berlusconi for want of anyone better”
Data: 17/04/2008
INTERVIEW with Ferruccio Clavora, a member of the CONSEU. He is a member of Friuli’s Slovenian community. [+]
Chinese authorities criticized for reaction to Monday’s attacks in East Turkestan
Data: 05/08/2008
Uyghur organizations abroad believe the Communist regime wants to use the attacks to step up its repression of the Uyghur people · Chinese police beat two Japanese journalists covering events · Authorities cut internet access in the city of Kashgar [+]
New Corsican union of pro-independence parties distances itself from autonomists
Data: 04/08/2008
At the Corti International Conference Corsican pro-independence parties pledge to form a single party and overcome “collective mistakes” of the past · The new union distances itself from supporters of Corsican self-government within the French Republic [+]
Sardinia to launch pilot program to teach Sardinian in some schools
Data: 31/07/2008
The Regional Board approves the 2008-2010 triennial plan for the Sardinian language · The island's government plans to invest in the training of language teachers and to set aside funds for the creating of an online digital television channel in the Sardinian language. [+]
Radovan Karadzic arrives in The Hague to answer accusations of genocide and crimes against humanity
Data: 30/07/2008
Belgrade insists that Serbian cooperation with the International Criminal Court over the Former Yugoslavia is “more than satisfactory.” The body has processed more than 160 people in 14 years · There remain two fugitives: the former head of the Bosnian Serb army and a political leader of the Serbians in Krajina [+]
Situation on Kirkuk gets murky as referendum on the region's future gets delayed by months
Data: 29/07/2008
An attack on a demonstration protesting an Iraqi law kills twenty · Kurds call for a vote on uniting the city with the Kurdish Autonomous Region · Arabs and Turkmen oppose it [+]
Ecuadorian constitution makes Quechua and Shuar official in “intercultural relations”
Data: 25/07/2008
Spanish will retain its status as the official language of the republic · The remaining native languages will have official use for the peoples who speak them · The magna carta establishes that Ecuador is a “plurinational state” and provides for the creation of autonomous governments with legislative and executive powers [+]
SNP wins election for deputy of Glasgow East, an historic Labour stronghold
Data: 25/07/2008
The pro-independence party has overcome a disadvantage of more than 40 points in just three years ·The autonomy-minded leadership calls the SNP's advances of “epic proportions.” · The conservatives call for general elections [+]
Turkish Cypriot president announces peace negotiations to end conflict on Cyprus
Data: 24/07/2008
The talks, the first in four years, are slated to begin in September · Greeks and Turks accept the creation of a federal state, but disagree on Turkey’s future role [+]
Population census of Gypsies underway in Italy despite criticism
Data: 23/07/2008
International agencies call the collecting of fingerprints “discriminatory” · The Italian government wants to count all inhabitants of the camps this fall · UN experts say Berlusconi's policy generates “hostility” against the Gypsy community [+]