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Date: 03/06/2008
Re-election of Macedonian Prime Minister marked by conflicts within Albanian community
Nikola Gruevski’s party, which takes a firm stance against Greece in the Macedonia naming dispute, increases its share of the vote in parliamentary elections, almost gaining an absolute majority · A string of confrontations between ethnic Albanians leave one dead and many injured.
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Date: 02/06/2008
Kurds sceptical about Erdogan’s economic development plan
The Turkish PM wants to implement a ‘social rehabilitation programme’ in Northern Kurdistan · On Sunday tens of thousands took to the streets of Istanbul demanding a peaceful solution to the Kurdish conflict.
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Date: 29/05/2008
Third suspect freed in Politkovskaya case
NEWS IN BRIEF. Six suspects, including the alleged murderer, remain in prison.
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Date: 28/05/2008
Civic organizations remind EU of its ‘historical debt’ to Latin American and Caribbean peoples
NGOs and representatives of indigenous peoples from Europe and the Americas meet in Lima · Summit of Peoples declaration calls for changes to economic relations and greater respect for the collective rights of peoples.
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Date: 26/05/2008
Landslide victory for autonomists in Aosta Valley elections
Union Valdôtaine, the autonomist party currently in power, attracts largest share of the vote despite a slight decrease in votes and seats · Its coalition of autonomist parties obtains 23 out of 35 seats.
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Date: 23/05/2008
Academy of Occitan Language gets up and running
Viella, the capital of the Aran Valley, is as of Friday home to the headquarters of the main organization for the Occitan language · The second stage of the plan to normalize the language of Occitania is under way.
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Date: 22/05/2008
France to recognize minority languages in Constitution
In an unexpected U-turn, the French Assembly approves an amendment to article 1 of the French Constitution, which will define ‘regional’ languages as French heritage · The unexpected decision comes a fortnight after the Government’s cold response to the debate on minority languages.
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Date: 21/05/2008
Opinion poll shows for the first time that Catalans would vote for independence in a referendum
A report published by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya says that between 56% and 62% of Catalans would vote in favour of independence, the exact outcome depending on which way undecided voters swing · About 22% of people living in Catalonia describe themselves as “only Catalan”, and 19% “more Catalan than Spanish”.
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Date: 20/05/2008
10th anniversary of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Most European states have now signed and ratified the Charter, but France, Greece and Italy still refuse to fully recognize their linguistic diversity · The Council of Europe stresses the importance of minority languages, ‘an integral and essential part of Europe’s mosaic’.
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Date: 19/05/2008
Historic protest against the difficulties faced by the Galician language
Thousands took to the streets of Santiago de Compostela yesterday demanding respect for their 'right to live in Galician' · Galicia’s language is under pressure because it is underused in education and justice and because of attacks by pro-Spanish language organizations.
