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Date: 31/07/2008
Sardinia to launch pilot program to teach Sardinian in some schools
The Regional Board approves the 2008-2010 triennial plan for the Sardinian language · The island's government plans to invest in the training of language teachers and to set aside funds for the creating of an online digital television channel in the Sardinian language.
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Date: 30/07/2008
Radovan Karadzic arrives in The Hague to answer accusations of genocide and crimes against humanity
Belgrade insists that Serbian cooperation with the International Criminal Court over the Former Yugoslavia is “more than satisfactory.” The body has processed more than 160 people in 14 years · There remain two fugitives: the former head of the Bosnian Serb army and a political leader of the Serbians in Krajina
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Date: 29/07/2008
Situation on Kirkuk gets murky as referendum on the region's future gets delayed by months
An attack on a demonstration protesting an Iraqi law kills twenty · Kurds call for a vote on uniting the city with the Kurdish Autonomous Region · Arabs and Turkmen oppose it
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Date: 25/07/2008
Ecuadorian constitution makes Quechua and Shuar official in “intercultural relations”
Spanish will retain its status as the official language of the republic · The remaining native languages will have official use for the peoples who speak them · The magna carta establishes that Ecuador is a “plurinational state” and provides for the creation of autonomous governments with legislative and executive powers
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Date: 25/07/2008
SNP wins election for deputy of Glasgow East, an historic Labour stronghold
The pro-independence party has overcome a disadvantage of more than 40 points in just three years ·The autonomy-minded leadership calls the SNP's advances of “epic proportions.” · The conservatives call for general elections
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Date: 24/07/2008
Turkish Cypriot president announces peace negotiations to end conflict on Cyprus
The talks, the first in four years, are slated to begin in September · Greeks and Turks accept the creation of a federal state, but disagree on Turkey’s future role
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Date: 23/07/2008
Population census of Gypsies underway in Italy despite criticism
International agencies call the collecting of fingerprints “discriminatory” · The Italian government wants to count all inhabitants of the camps this fall · UN experts say Berlusconi's policy generates “hostility” against the Gypsy community
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Date: 22/07/2008
Constitutional reform, a first step for France's minority languages
Parliament definitively approves changes to the magna carta to recognize “regional languages” · Despite the change, languages such as Catalan, Basque, Occitan, and Breton will remain unofficial · The vice president of the Assembly says “the struggle is still not over”
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Date: 21/07/2008
New profiles: Wales and the Faroe Islands
Two additions to Nationalia’s profiles on Europe’s stateless nations and minorities
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Date: 11/07/2008
Belgian Constitutional Court upholds requirement to know Flemish for renters of social housing
Government of French-speaking community had asked court to rule on ‘discriminatory’ requirements · Flemish representatives argue that basic knowledge of the language is vital for communication in the community.
