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Date: 10/05/2010
Ar Redadeg, the feast of the Breton language, hits the road
A relay race will tour more than 1,200 km in 6 days all over Brittany to promote Breton language and culture · The initiative gets inspiration from the traditional Korrika held in the Basque Country.
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Date: 07/05/2010
Minor changes for pro-sovereignty parties in Westminster elections
Sinn Féin, Plaid Cymru, SNP and SDLP retain their seats · Alliance between Welsh and Scottish nationalists may have an important effect on a British parliament with no absolute majority, but LibDems hold the key to a next British government · Unionists in Northern Ireland lose a seat in favour of the Alliance Party.
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Date: 05/05/2010
Irish civil organizations come together to launch a Gaelic medium school
The project for a new 'Gaelscoil' does not have the permission of the Department of Education · Organisations warn against the administration’s new criterion for opening schools as government has not recognised any Gaelic medium school since 2008.
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Date: 04/05/2010
Ethnic groups from North Caucasus, among the world’s most threatened peoples
The Russian Federation ranks first in the list of European offenders · Somalia, Sudan and Iraq top the ranking · Russia, China, Thailand and Venezuela, among others, have risen positions in the 2010 Minority Rights Group report 'Peoples Under Threat'.
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Date: 04/05/2010
Talks between Kosovo and Serbia may begin this year
The two countries are likely to discuss on decentralization, cultural heritage and the North Kosovo issue
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Date: 03/05/2010
The Correlingua in favour of Galician language kicks off in Santiago with 4,000 pupils
Students of primary and secondary education take to the streets in a symbolic race in favour of Galician · 'Galician: the strength of our love' is this year’s slogan · The Correlingua started on Saturday and will come to a close in Monterrei on May 14 after passing through 14 towns and cities of the country.
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Date: 28/04/2010
Support for Catalan independence reaches 450,000 votes after third wave of non-binding referendums
The voting on April 25 adds up 265,000 voters to the process · Since the first consultation 2,300,000 people have been called to vote · The 'yes' vote to independence exceeds support to several parties in parliament such as IC-V, PP and ERC –the only party in Parliament that declares itself in favour of independence.
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Date: 23/04/2010
The World Forum for the Collective Rights of Peoples starts in Girona
Delegations from Quebec, Basque Country, Faeroe Islands, Kurdistan and other 20 different stateless peoples and nations participate in a conference on globalization and the right to self-determination · The international delegations will also attend as international observers the consultation for Catalan independence to be held in Girona on Sunday.
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Date: 20/04/2010
Candidate against reunification wins presidentials in North Cyprus
Eroglu avoids a second round winning a landslide victory in presidential elections · The incoming president announced the peace talks will go on · Several observers hold the European Union responsible for the victory of Turkish Cypriot hardliners.
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Date: 15/04/2010
Scottish Government unveils plan to promote Gaelic
NEWS IN BRIEF. The Ginealach Ùr na Gàidlig plan is intended to promote the Celtic language among new generations of speakers.
