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Date: 11/03/2008
Further problems with devolution in Northern Ireland
It is once again proving difficult to stick to the timetable set for Northern Ireland devolution. While Sinn Féin is calling for justice and policing powers to be transferred to Belfast, the unionists say that Northern Ireland is not ready. Another period of political instability may be around the corner, especially after Ian Paisley’s announcement that he will be stepping down as DUP leader.
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Date: 10/03/2008
The Spanish state, split between red and blue
Zapatero remains President of the Spanish Government · Over 90% of seats won by PSOE and PP · The Socialists win thanks largely to the success of its Catalan wing, PSC.
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Date: 07/03/2008
French local elections: the role of nationalist parties
Local elections in France will take place on 9 March, but what will be the role of the various regionalist, nationalist and separatist parties representing France’s stateless nations?
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Date: 06/03/2008
8,000 euro fine for displaying ‘Freedom for Kurdistan’ banner in Galicia
A Galician organization will face a court hearing, accused of displaying a pro-Kurdish banner during a football match between Celta de Vigo and Fenerbahçe of Istanbul. Proceedings were initiated at the request of the Turkish police, who were in the stadium at the time. In Turkey, it is an offence merely to mention the word ‘Kurdistan’.
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Date: 05/03/2008
‘Right to decide’ campaign to mobilize separatist activism in the Catalan Countries
Over 3,000 volunteers from La Plataforma pel Dret de Decidir (PDD), or Platform for the Right to Decide, will collect signatures on the day of the Spanish general elections in Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands, as well as in cities around the world. The aim is to show the level of public support for Catalan institutions being allowed to call legally binding referendums of their own.
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Date: 04/03/2008
First Welsh-language newspaper fails to get up and running
Today would have seen the official launch of ‘Y Byd’, the first daily newspaper published exclusively in Welsh. Lack of financial support from public institutions has prevented the newspaper from getting up and running.
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Date: 04/03/2008
China says Taiwan “will surely pay a dear price” if it continues to move towards independence
The president of the ‘de facto’ independent Taiwanese Republic, Chen Shui-bian, plans to call a referendum on UN admission at the end of March.
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Date: 03/03/2008
Electoral fraud suspected in Russian stateless nations
Chechnya and Ingushetia, in the North Caucasus, have registered some of the highest turnouts in the whole of the Russian Federation. Elsewhere, for example in the Komi Republic, vote-buying on a massive scale has been detected.
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Date: 28/02/2008
Mass deportations from the Caucasus: 64 years on
Prague Watchdog has prepared a series of articles marking the 64th anniversary of the forced displacement of the Chechen and Ingush people.
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Date: 28/02/2008
An association of European lawyers expresses concern over the banning of Basque parties
The report drafted by the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) and published in the Gara newspaper also questions the notion of “support for a terrorist organization”, which the Spanish Audiencia Nacional used during the so-called 18/98 trial.
