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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.

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Date: 14/01/2009

  The Imazighen people wishes you a happy new year 2959!

  The Imazighen celebrate their New Year, Yennayer · For the last years members of the Northern Africa people have called the date to be declared official bank holiday or World Heritage Day · MAK party demonstrates calling for self-government in Kabylie.

• Date: 09/01/2009

  Peoples and nations today: Sardinia

  

  DOSSIER. Sardinia is a crossroads in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the European islands with the highest degree of linguistic and cultural diversity. Even though Italy has entered into the island with the force only a State can have, Sardinians have gained for themselves the legal status of People instead of that of Region, and enjoy a significant degree of self-government which provides for some protection of their languages (particularly Sardinian) and singularities.

• Date: 07/01/2009

  Israel and Hamas to consider Egypt’s truce proposal

  The offensive by the Israeli army is already claiming more than 600 dead Palestinians, most of them civilians · United Nations and US government to back Egypt’s initiative · Tel Aviv to stop air strikes three hours a day to allow the passage of humanitarian aid through corridor.

• Date: 31/12/2008

  New Belgium Prime Minister to take up again negotiations on State reforms

  

  Herman Van Rompuy replaces Yves Leterme, who offered resignation on December 19 · New cabinet leader to set up a working committee to draw up 'solution proposals' for Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde constituency conflict · Van Rompuy will try to serve out the current political term, finishing in 2011.

• Date: 30/12/2008

  South Tyrol: Fiscal autonomy and transfer of more powers, main goals for next years

  

  The President of South Tyrol outlines the agenda for the new legislature · New government of Bolzano-Bozen meets today and will claim for presence in RAI and the State’s Post Office · The autonomist SVP signs a coalition government with the Democratic Party