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Date: 02/02/2009
Cardiff asks London to transfer language powers to grant official status for Welsh
The Welsh cabinet seeks to broaden language rights for Welsh-speaking people and secure equal status of Welsh with English · The decision depends on the British Parliament and could take months
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Date: 02/02/2009
Corsican pro-independence parties merge into Corsica Libera “to speak with one voice”
Four pro-sovereignty parties found a new political force in Corti to attain for Corsica 'a status of independent nation such as Malta’s or Cyprus’s'· New party supports political channels but does not rule out 'the underground movement.'
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Date: 28/01/2009
Bosnian leaders contradict each other on how to implement agreement on new territorial division
Muslim party’s top leader says new split into four administrative units will respect "geographical and economic principles” · President of Bosnian Serbs assures Republic of Srpska will be maintained · Bosnia and Herzegovina sponsors a constitutional reform with an eye to the EU.
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Date: 28/01/2009
Spanish offensive against leftist pro-independence lists of candidates in the Basque Country
Before being brought out, the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) has announced that D3M and Askatasuna lists of candidates will be contested · In the Popular Party’s (PP) view, it is “obvious” both political forces are “ETA’s political wing” · The Director of Public Prosecutions is trying to prevent pro-independence lists from running elections
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Date: 27/01/2009
The army of Sri Lanka tries to crush the last pockets of the rebel pro-independence group · UN says death toll is high and 230,000 people are displaced · A Tamil newspaper accuses the army of killing at least 300 people in one day
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Date: 27/01/2009
Sardinian nationalism is contesting elections divided in four different lists of candidates
Main pro-sovereignty party not to join a pro-independence list made up of four other political forces · The Sardinian Action Party will run elections forming coalition with Italian centre-right parties · A new autonomist party joins centre-left list
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Date: 26/01/2009
Constitutional referendum reveals Bolivia’s split
The new Constitution recognizing indigenous self-government is approved with 60% of voters in favour · A massive vote for “yes” is obtained in the Andean departments, with Quechua and Aymara majority · Eastern regions turn down the constitutional reform and announce they are not to implement it
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Date: 23/01/2009
Federalism starts making its way through after green light in the Italian Senate
The upper house approves a fiscal reform which has now to be discussed in the Chamber of Deputies · Berlusconi says Italy is heading towards a system similar to that of Germany or Belgium
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Date: 22/01/2009
Carod-Rovira, vice-president of Catalonia, suggests a representation system similar to that of Quebec and Canada · The Catalan government signs a framework agreement with UNDP and opens a delegation office in the US
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Date: 22/01/2009
A regional director of La Poste declares that apostrophes in Breton language get optical readers mistaken · Breton institutions call for the director to respect the Celtic language and remind him that computers “adapt to all languages”
