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• Date: 15/05/2008

  Scottish Labour U-turn on independence referendum

  In a matter of days, Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander has gone from opposing a referendum to calling for an early public consultation, before pressure from her own party has now forced her to oppose it again · The SNP still wants to hold the vote in 2010.

• Date: 14/05/2008

  Palestine commemorates sixty years of the Nakba, the ‘catastrophe’

  As Israelis celebrate sixty years of the state of Israel, Palestinian Arabs remember 1948 as the year their land was occupied and armed conflict began · After yet more talks, Israel claims to have reached ‘understandings’ with the Palestinians.

• Date: 09/05/2008

  Thousands take part in Asturian language demonstration

  

  The protest calling for ‘official status for Asturian’ was organized by La Xunta pola Defensa de la Llingua Asturiana (Assembly for the Defence of the Asturian Language) to coincide with Asturian Literature Day · Asturian does not have official status in the Spanish constitution or in the autonomous communities in which it is spoken.

• Date: 09/05/2008

  Bibliography on Israel and Palestine

  PUBLICATIONS. Nationalia provides a bibliography dedicated to Israel and Palestine, listing a selection of recent publications on the conflict.

• Date: 08/05/2008

  EU protects Euskadi’s fiscal autonomy

  

  Basque politicians and businessmen expressed their satisfaction after the Brussels-based Court of Justice ruled that the tax system in Euskadi is legal. The ruling was influenced by a previous ruling on the tax system in the Azores, which is different from Portugal’s.

• Date: 08/05/2008

  All French parties in favour of new minority language legislation

  French Culture Minister says France will not ratify the European Charter for Minority Languages because it is ‘contrary to the principles’ of the Republic · A deputy speaks in Catalan in the French Assembly for the first time in history.

• Date: 08/05/2008

  Advertising a job for Corsican-speakers is ‘discriminatory’ according to a French public institution

  NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘It is unjustified since everybody can express themselves in the national language’ [French]

• Date: 07/05/2008

  First official meeting between Armenian and Azeri Foreign Ministers

  

  The meeting is a first step towards easing tension between the two countries and finding a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict · OSCE-supervised negotiations are likely to lead to a meeting between Heads of State in June.

• Date: 06/05/2008

  SNP ‘delighted’ with Labour’s referendum proposal

  

  The leader of the Scottish Labour Party not only wants a referendum on independence but wants one within the next twelve months to check the increasing support for the pro-independence camp · Recent opinion-polls show support is growing for the SNP, the party currently in government.

• Date: 02/05/2008

  Deadlock in Belgium over state reforms

  Brussels-Halle-Vilvorde constituency remains at the heart of the conflict · Its final status must be determined by this Wednesday, in a key debate for the stability of Yves Leterme’s Government.