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Date: 24/05/2012
Aboriginal embassies spread out in Australia
The movement started last January marking the anniversary of the setting up of the first Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra · Although the situation faced by Aborigines in Australia is still worrying, there are some signs of improvement.
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Date: 23/05/2012
20,000 signatures ask for a referendum on independence in Veneto
Secessionist party argues that opinion polls show a majority support for secession · Veneto president admits that "yes" vote would win by a large margin, but he recalls that there are no legal conditions to declare independence
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Date: 22/05/2012
Serbian coalitions dominate Vojvodina elections, local parties increase seats
The Democratic Party-led list of current president Bojan Pajtic wins poll with no overall control · The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians loses one seat while the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina progresses and gets four more MPs · Pajtic expects to “continue cooperation” with the Magyar party
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Date: 17/05/2012
Opinion poll shows pro-independence parties could win an overall majority in Flanders
NEWS IN BRIEF. Conservative N-VA could garner 38.6% of votes, and anti-immigration Vlaams Belang would get a further 12%
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Date: 17/05/2012
"A language policy without outside interference": civil society defines "minimum demands" for Basque
Umbrella organization Kontseilua asks for the officialization of Basque both in Spain and France in order to designate it as “the priority language” of its territory · The body considers that this could “ensure the peaceful coexistence of all citizens”
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Date: 15/05/2012
2,000 Palestinian prisoners agree to put an end to one-month long hunger strike
Israel accepts to either release or indict people being held in prison without trial · Relatives of strikers will be allowed to visit them · Shin Bet says that prisoners have accepted “to absolutely stop terror activity from inside Israeli jails”
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Date: 10/05/2012
Group demands independence referendum in Sardinia, people ask for a new statute of autonomy
Political movement PARIS-Malu Entu collects 27,000 signatures to hold a vote on the island's secession from Italy · Sardinian voters demand further self-government and the abolition of all the provinces of the island
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Date: 07/05/2012
Pro-Danish and Frisian party holds key to government in Schleswig-Holstein
The South Schleswig Voter Federation (SSW) is necessary for the formation of the so-called “Danish traffic light” coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Green Party · SSW leader Anke Spoorendonk says the party is willing to join the coalition · The social democrats are still open to a grand coalition with the Christian Democrats (CDU).
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Date: 03/05/2012
"Our children can only study Aragonese and Catalan once the school day is over"
INTERVIEW. Miguel Martínez Tomey, Chunta Aragonesista responsible for European Affairs, says European institutions are “receptive” and “concerned about the Aragonese linguistic problem” · CHA opposes PP's policy of limiting the public role of both languages in their traditional territories
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Date: 02/05/2012
Abkhaz government claims ethnic population is coming back from Syria
NEWS IN BRIEF. People moving are descendants of 19th century muhajirs and escape civil war
