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• Date: 08/05/2013

  Polynesian government to stop decolonisation bid after landslide autonomist victory in election

  

  Gaston Flosse wins absolute majority, promises to seek withdrawal of resolution that asks the UN to register Polynesia as a non-self-governing territory · Pro-independence UPLD suffers heavy loses amid of economic crisis

• Date: 15/04/2013

  Civil movement to call for self-government, nationhood for Malaysia's Sarawak

  

  SSN wants the territory to have law-making powers, raise taxes, control own natural resources · Sovereignist movement argues Sarawak is one of three constituent nations of Malaysia · Sarawak Chief Minister Taib against any move: union brought "stability and peace" · International organizations accuse Taib of corruption, deforestation, "skirting laws and taxes"

• Date: 13/03/2013

  Greenland gives power back to former ruling party

  

  Siumut plans to introduce more taxes to foreign mining companies, wants to limit arrival of guest workers · Ruling IA party had passed a law that could bring 2,300 foreign workers to mine iron ore in 2015 · Siumut success could open new expectations for uranium mining

• Date: 12/03/2013

  Falklanders near unanimously vote for retaining UK overseas status

  

  99.8% of islanders oppose changing current situation · Cameron: Argentina should take "careful note" of the vote · Buenos Aires to issue refusal statement, argues Falklanders are not entitled to any collective "democratic right"

• Date: 05/03/2013

  "Large sections of the population of South Yemen favor independence"

  

  INTERVIEW. Professor Stephen W. Day specializes in Yemen and says "it is difficult to imagine a full revival of the old South" because of social and political changes undergone since unification with the North in 1990 · Yemen president proposes a federal model with five self-governing regions; he risks being branded a "traitor to the nation", Day warns

• Date: 18/02/2013

  Pro-independence Polynesian party seeks to inscribe right to self-determination in French Constitution

  NEWS IN BRIEF. Senator Richard Tuheiava admits the proposal "will be rejected"

• Date: 14/02/2013

  Zimbabwe one step closer to devolution, official multilingualism in new Constitution

  

  Constitutional committee hands out proposal to Parliament · Text gives official status to 16 languages and establishes 10 regional assemblies, which may receive legislative devolved powers · National referendum could be held next month

• Date: 12/02/2013

  Row over Quebec 'bilingual' municipalities ahead of new French language law

  

  Mayors feel Bill 14 puts anglophones under "attack" if it opens the door to remove special linguistic rights · Quebec government "worried" about "shift towards institutional bilingualism" in certain municipalities, which should be "an exception"

• Date: 22/01/2013

  Sovereignty equals independence? Recent declarations show a variety of outcomes

  

  Catalonia considers declaring itself sovereign tomorrow, a path that has been followed by tens of countries in the course of last three decades · In some cases, the declaration has led to full independence, be it internationally recognized or not · On other occasions, sovereignty has been used as a basis for a negotiation with the central state

• Date: 20/12/2012

  Regional Council rejects declaring independence of Sardinia

  

  A proposal to call an advisory referendum on self-determination is also defeated, albeit by a slight margin · Island's president says it is “fair” that Sardinian people “can express itself on independence”, but only in accordance with the Italian Constitution