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"A language policy without outside interference": civil society defines "minimum demands" for Basque
Date: 17/05/2012
Umbrella organization Kontseilua asks for the officialization of Basque both in Spain and France in order to designate it as “the priority language” of its territory · The body considers that this could “ensure the peaceful coexistence of all citizens” [+]
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Opinion poll shows pro-independence parties could win an overall majority in Flanders
Date: 17/05/2012
NEWS IN BRIEF. Conservative N-VA could garner 38.6% of votes, and anti-immigration Vlaams Belang would get a further 12% [+]
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Group demands independence referendum in Sardinia, people ask for a new statute of autonomy
Date: 10/05/2012
Political movement PARIS-Malu Entu collects 27,000 signatures to hold a vote on the island's secession from Italy · Sardinian voters demand further self-government and the abolition of all the provinces of the island [+]
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Abkhaz government claims ethnic population is coming back from Syria
Date: 02/05/2012
NEWS IN BRIEF. People moving are descendants of 19th century muhajirs and escape civil war [+]
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UDMR: Hungarian should be official in some areas of Transylvania within 20 years time
Date: 25/04/2012
NEWS IN BRIEF. The Magyar party agrees that the Romanian Constitution should be amended before [+]
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1,000 people ask for training courses in Sardinian in the University of Sassari
Date: 23/04/2012
NEWS IN BRIEF. A student body wants the courses to be organized starting from 2012-2013 [+]
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The Eritrean national identity: an untenable obsession with struggle, sacrifice and military?
Date: 28/03/2012
ANALYSIS. The construction of national identity in the second youngest state of Africa, Eritrea, has much to do with the decades of struggle that Eritreans fought against Ethiopia. Almost twenty years after independence, the country tries to cement this identity. A comment by the head of the Research Area of CIEMEN, David Forniès. [+]
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Asturian and Andalusian nationalists remain outside autonomous parliaments
Date: 26/03/2012
NEWS IN BRIEF. The Andalusian Party got 2,5% of the vote, while Asturian nationalist parties polled far worse [+]
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Thousands take part in Rith, massive run for the Irish language
Date: 14/03/2012
NEWS IN BRIEF. The event is modelled on the Basque Korrika and aims at raising money to create a fund for the promotion of the language [+]
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Indigenous peoples ask Chilean government to officially recognize their languages
Date: 24/02/2012
NEWS IN BRIEF. Representatives of Network EIB say that indigenous languages and cultures should be introduced into the school curricula [+]
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Row in Latvia over forthcoming referendum on official status for Russian language
Date: 18/01/2012
NEWS IN BRIEF. A group of MPs is trying to convince the Constitutional Court to stop the vote. The majority of Latvian political parties reject any kind of official status for Russian. [+]
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2,000 Palestinian prisoners agree to put an end to one-month long hunger strike
Date: 15/05/2012
Israel accepts to either release or indict people being held in prison without trial · Relatives of strikers will be allowed to visit them · Shin Bet says that prisoners have accepted “to absolutely stop terror activity from inside Israeli jails” [+]
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Pro-Danish and Frisian party holds key to government in Schleswig-Holstein
Date: 07/05/2012
The South Schleswig Voter Federation (SSW) is necessary for the formation of the so-called “Danish traffic light” coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Green Party · SSW leader Anke Spoorendonk says the party is willing to join the coalition · The social democrats are still open to a grand coalition with the Christian Democrats (CDU). [+]
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"Our children can only study Aragonese and Catalan once the school day is over"
Date: 03/05/2012
INTERVIEW. Miguel Martínez Tomey, Chunta Aragonesista responsible for European Affairs, says European institutions are “receptive” and “concerned about the Aragonese linguistic problem” · CHA opposes PP's policy of limiting the public role of both languages in their traditional territories [+]
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The Philippines and MILF agree to establish a new autonomous region for Mindanao Moros
Date: 26/04/2012
The Government says that a “major step” has been taken although it is not “the final peace agreement” · The self-governing entity “shall have a ministerial form of government”, wealth and power sharing will be negotiated · Further talks will be held in May [+]
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Mapuche teenager wounded by army during another incursion into indigenous territory
Date: 25/04/2012
Minor receives ten pellet shots during an action in which troops fire against local school and several homes · The municipality of Ercilla in Chile has already been attacked by the army up to 14 times during the last months · The Mapuche in Argentina praise the nationalisation of YPF oil company but want its responsibilities in social and environmental harms to be clarified. [+]
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Date: 18/04/2012
Strikers criticize Turkey for having put PKK leader in isolation while “attacking civilian and defenceless people” · 15 Kurdish activists join the hunger strike in Strasbourg to put pressure on the Council of Europe, which is asked to send a delegation of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture to the prison where Öcalan is jailed [+]
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East Timor, hope after ten years of independence
Date: 16/04/2012
The small Asian country tries to assert its position while it faces unemployment and gaps in education although experiencing a remarkable economic growth · East Timorese wonder to which extent they form a modern nation or rather their collective identity is still an outcome of European colonization. An article by Aureli Argemí, president-emeritus of CIEMEN. [+]
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Libyan crisis expanded: Toubou people fear “ethnic cleansing”
Date: 13/04/2012
Arab and Toubou fighters clash in southern city of Sabha, 70 people dead · Local lead says they will ask for an “international intervention” in order to create a Toubou state is the situation is not addressed · Eastern Cyrenaica had previously asked for a federal Libya [+]
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Date: 03/04/2012
A further 111,000 people use the language outside school at least once a week, but 439,000 never do it · Almost 70% of Gaeltacht dwellers declare themselves as speakers of the Celtic language [+]
