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Date: 15/07/2009
Greece and Macedonia may solve name row soon
NEWS IN BRIEF. Macedonian president says he is to reply to the latest UN proposals in August.
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Date: 14/07/2009
Turkish Cyprus grows impatient at ending the peace process and put a new settlement to referendum
President of the island’s Greek side remains sceptical and doubts that a settlement can be reached by the end of this year · Talks have come to a standstill despite willingness by both sides to end 1974 partition.
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Date: 14/07/2009
NEWS IN BRIEF. All Aranese parties back the Bill on Special Regime, which will be brought to the Catalan Parliament for its approval.
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Date: 09/07/2009
Christian-democrats, socialists and nationalists form new Flemish government
The government accord, which was agreed upon last night, includes significant budget cuts but will make the most of Flemish powers · Minister-President Kris Peeters will head the cabinet again · Walloon parties warn that government agreement infringes Federal powers on welfare matters.
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Date: 08/07/2009
European creditors withdraw support to Hasankeyf dam in Kurdistan
Turkish government wants a dam built which would submerge an historical city and displace thousands of people.
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Date: 06/07/2009
Hungarians protest a controversial amendment to the Slovak State Language Act
NEWS IN BRIEF. Changes include fines for misspeaking in Slovak, and makes the language mandatory in all non-private communications.
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Date: 06/07/2009
The Parliament of Aragon starts discussing diluted Languages Act
PSOE (Spanish Labour) has presented a bill excluding official status for Catalan and Aragonese.
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Date: 03/07/2009
Batasuna will 'probably' appeal before Strasbourg Court’s Grand Chamber
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of Spain on Batasuna’s ban · Spanish nationalist parties say the ruling endorses the Political Parties Act, even though the Court’s decision makes no mention of it.
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Date: 01/07/2009
The government of Aragon postpones again the Languages Act
In spite of opposition by the Aragonese Party (PAR), PSOE (Spanish Labour) had announced its intention of presenting a bill in Aragon’s Parliament today · Cultural organizations from Aragon have been pushing for a law defending the country’s own languages –Catalan and Aragonese– for years.
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Date: 01/07/2009
Most Scots want to hold a referendum for self-determination, a poll shows
NEWS IN BRIEF. Support for independence ranges from 38% and 42%, depending on the question.
