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• Date: 31/10/2011

  Kuupik Kleist: Greenland will be an independent, rich and fair country in 2050

  

  Greenlandic first minister foresees that the exploitation of natural resources and educational improvement of the population will be the key to guarantee the new country's sustainability · Inuit leader thinks that also Faroe Islands will reach full sovereignty during the same period of time · Greenlandic pro-independence parties have shown strength in recent elections

• Date: 20/10/2011

  ETA announces end of armed struggle

  

  Basque armed separatists assume proposals made earlier in the week by a panel of international mediators led by former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern · ETA calls for Spanish and French governments to 'start a process of direct dialogue' which solves 'the consequences of the conflict'.

• Date: 10/10/2011

  Deal on Belgian state reform gives greater tax autonomy to regions

  

  The enlargement of financial powers for Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels amounts to 10.7 billion euros · Regions get a part of traffic policy and child benefits go to communities · Regional governments will be allowed to organize popular consultations

• Date: 26/09/2011

  Jailed ETA members' support marks a new stage in the Basque peace process

  The Body of Basque Political Prisoners joins the Gernika Agreement, a major pact among Basque political and social organisations which asked ETA to lay down arms and the recognition of political rights of the Basque people · Most parties -except for the Spanish right- welcome the announcement.

• Date: 22/09/2011

  Occitan opposition to Spanish court ruling against a Catalan law on Aranese dialect

  

  The acceptance by the Spanish Constitutional Court of an appeal by the Spanish Government leads to the suspension of the law · The prime minister of Aran considers that Zapatero's government is “the most intolerant government of democracy”

• Date: 13/07/2011

  Denmark and the Faroes at loggerheads over islands' proposed constitution

  

  Denmark's Prime Minister warns against the proposal for a new constitution, which doesn't include any reference to Denmark, and says Faroes must be ready to accept full independence should the proposal be endorsed · An agreement over devolution was signed in 2005 between Denmark and the Faroe Islands.

• Date: 13/05/2011

  Carwyn Jones sworn in as Wales's first minister

  

  Labour leader to pick up a government without his former Plaid Cymru allies · Welsh labour fell one seat short of an overall majority in last week's election and is set to govern through partial deals with other parties

• Date: 09/05/2011

  DUP and Sinn Féin set to further dominate Northern Irish political landscape

  

  McGuinness and Robinson

  Both parties slightly increase their number of MLAs at Stormont · Stable share of vote across communities · Peter Robinson (DUP) to stay on top of Northern Irish government, Martin McGuinness (Sinn Féin) to fill the post of deputy prime minister · Alliance Party could get the Justice minister's position

• Date: 09/05/2011

  Scotland to call a referendum on independence

  

  Impressive majority in Scottish Parliament election gives the SNP the capacity and legitimacy to call the vote · Alex Salmond thinks of organizing the referendum in the second half of the term · The UK government has announced that it will not block the vote · No party had achieved an overall majority in Holyrood since 1999, when the Parliament was established

• Date: 06/05/2011

  Bildu allowed to contest elections after new ruling of Spanish Constitutional Court

  Judges consider there is no reason enough to bar the coalition from the elections · Bildu leaders thank Basque society for its pro-democracy mobilization