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• Date: 11/02/2010

  Scottish National Party shifts strategy to avoid early death for the referendum on independence bill

  

  Alex Salmond’s party is to put forward a draft instead of a referendum bill before the parliament · The move will extend the debate beyond UK general elections · As of today the vote in favour of a referendum would lose in Holyrood since opposition parties are against it.

• Date: 10/02/2010

  Bosnian Serb Assembly gives green light to referendum bill

  Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik says new legislation is not aimed at breaking bonds with Bosnia and Herzegovina · Referendums will be non-binding · It is likely the first issue to be put to referendum will deal with the Dayton Agreement · The act stirs distrust in Bosnia and Herzegovina and among the international community.

• Date: 09/02/2010

  Wales to hold referendum on transfer of powers

  The majority of MP’s in the Welsh assembly voted in favour of asking the people whether more powers should be transferred from London to Cardiff · There is no date for the referendum, but it seems clear that it won’t be held before UK legislative elections due in summer.

• Date: 08/02/2010

  Greenland lays foundations for full sovereignty

  

  Greenlandic deputies in the Parliament of Denmark call for negotiations on Greenland’s inhibition in Danish domestic affairs to start · Recent estimate predict that oil and mineral-related profits could soon exceed Danish subsidies.

• Date: 05/02/2010

  Peoples and nations today: Tibet

  

  DOSSIER. Tibet is the oppressed nation par excellence and has drawn worldwide attention and solidarity. And yet the 'Free Tibet' campaigns launched in the last years by a Tibetan diaspora made up of more than 200,000 people have not been able to stop the repressive policies of the Chinese government, which is carrying out assimilation policies and promoting Han supremacy.

• Date: 04/02/2010

  Wales ready to be transferred powers on language issues

  

  The Welsh Assembly is to be granted powers to legislate on the promotion of the Welsh language on February 10, which to date have been retained by London · A Commissioner for the Welsh language is to be appointed and will ensure public bodies and private companies from telecommunication and transport sectors use Welsh.

• Date: 02/02/2010

  Catalan language, honorary guest in Expolangues 2010

  NEWS IN BRIEF. It is the first time a non-state language is given such status.

• Date: 21/01/2010

  Balochistan shaken by the killing of 2 students by the Pakistani military

  Members of the Frontiers Corps opened fire against the Baloch Students Organisation · Several senators left the Pakistani Parliament in protest against the killings · Baloch parties claim for full provincial autonomy · Human Rights Watch warns against violation of human rights committed to Baloch nationalists.

• Date: 20/01/2010

  Morocco launches first public Amazigh language TV ever

  NEWS IN BRIEF. The Tamazight channel will be in its initial testing period until March · It will broadcast 70% of its contents in Amazigh with subtitles in Arabic.

• Date: 18/01/2010

  Official status for Catalan in the EU is a must, Catalan government says

  

  Vice-President of Catalonia Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira invited the representatives of the EU state members to reflect on 'the anomaly' of excluding Catalan from the languages with official status in Europe · Next European Commissioner for Culture, Education and Multilingualism says EU has to 'go beyond' the number of languages currently recognized by the Union.