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Date: 16/07/2009
Portuguese will be taught in Extremadura from next year on
NEWS IN BRIEF. Pupils from Galicia cannot study Portuguese yet despite it is an historical demand of pro-Galician language activists.
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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
Resolution of conflict in Papua remains an unfinished business for re-elected president of Indonesia
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyon’s popular reforms have given him a second term in office, but the peace process has been at an impasse since 2001 and has not witnessed any progress during his term · Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have reported the impunity of the Indonesian army against Papuan population.
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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
140 die in riots between Uighur demonstrators and police in East Turkestan
Chinese authorities crush protests attended by thousands of people in the streets of Urumqi, the Uighur capital · The number of injured people amounts to over 800 · Beijing has blamed Uighur diaspora for organizing the protests.
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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.
