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Date: 25/01/2012
Algerian police prevents Kabyles from parading
A traditional march to celebrate the Berber New Year's Day is banned, and few days later a demonstration of Amazigh students protesting against insecurity in a University campus is harshly repressed · There has been an upsurge of Berber reivindications across Northern Africa during the last months.
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Date: 18/01/2012
Row in Latvia over forthcoming referendum on official status for Russian language
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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Date: 17/01/2012
Brittany one step closer to reunification
The French National Assembly passes an amendment that could allow a referendum on the status of Loire-Atlantique · The region of Pays de la Loire could no longer stop the departament joining Brittany · The amendment can still be modified or stopped by the Senate and the Constitutional Court · The move gathers strong support among Breton parties
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Date: 09/01/2012
A 'yes-no', immediate vote: Cameron sets conditions on Scottish independence referendum
UK prime minister wants a “fair, clear and decisive” question and a vote to be held before 2014: uncertainty is “very damaging for Scotland” · Edinburgh sticks to its plan to hold the referendum on 2015 or 2016 and accuses Cameron of “interfering in the decision that is really one for the Scottish government”
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Date: 19/12/2011
Occitan regulatory body is launched in Bordeaux
The Permanent Congress of the Occitan Language will be in charge of the linguistic regulation of Occitan · The new body has the support of the regions of Aquitaine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi-Pyrénées and Rhône-Alpes · A demonstration in March will call for better policies to foster the public use of the language
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Date: 07/12/2011
Figures of 99% support for Putin's party show evidence of democratic failure in Northern Caucasus
Vladimir Putin.
Chechnya leads the ranking of massive turnouts in the region, with almost all people supposedly casting their votes · Political analysts compare the results with “Soviet times” · Opposition parties denounce vote rigging in other non-Russian ethnic republics
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Date: 06/12/2011
Quechua and Aymara declared official languages in Peru's region of Puno
A new ordinance asks regional authorities to introduce the teaching of both languages “at all levels of education” · 41% of the region's population speak Quechua and a further 30% speak Aymara · The oficialisation of both languages is foreseen by the Peruvian Constitution
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Date: 02/12/2011
Alsace heading towards a unified political body and a larger autonomy
Alsatian representatives, after the vote. / Photo: Région Alsace
Alsatian representatives pass a resolution aimed at merging three different political authorities in 2014 · The project wants to avoid duplication of roles between bodies · The new territorial collectivity of Alsace could get new powers on education, transport and economic development
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Date: 14/11/2011
Thousands gather in pro-independence march in West Papua after October killings
Protesters demand the organization of a referendum on self-determination · Six Papuans were killed last month while the pro-independence Papuan Congress was being held
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Date: 10/11/2011
“Strong Silesian institutions with independent financing are fundamental”
M. Kies flags yellow-blue Silesian colors in a pro-autonomy gathering.
INTERVIEW. Michał Kieś, president of the Katowice Branch of the Silesian Autonomy Movement, explains that the Silesian political movement seeks a new system “based on a regional treasury” and regional bodies “equipped with wide competences, such as fiscal policy, education, organization of local administration and regional police” · Party members want a “substantial amendment of the Polish constitution” in order to implement their “Autonomy 2020” plan
