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• Date: 13/07/2010

  Diwan of Karaez considered as the second best institute in France, says Le Figaro

  NEWS IN BRIEF. A Breton-medium school is awarded with the silver medal as their secondary education students ranked 2 in all-France results.

• Date: 22/06/2010

  The media in the Welsh language: where we stand and where we go

  ANALYSIS. Rhodri ap Dyfrig, researcher at the departament of Theater, Film and Television of the University of Aberystwyth (Wales), examines the strengths and weaknesses of the current media scene in the Welsh language in this article that jointly publish Nationalia and MónDivers. Ap Dyfrig confirms the need for an 'urgent attention' for media in this language so that Welsh can 'prosper as a relevant and vibrant language of media and communication'.

• Date: 16/06/2010

  Sorbian language faces extinction due to lack of teachers

  

  Shortage of competent Sorbian language teachers affects nurseries in Lusatia (East Germany) · Between 15,000 to 30,000 people still have this Slavic language as their mother tongue, but the number of speakers is shrinking generation after generation.

• Date: 26/05/2010

  Galician civic organizations to appeal against decree on multilingualism

  

  A Mesa pola Normalización Lingüística and the CIG-Ensino trade union will take the measure to court · The decree, which is an initiative of Núñez Feijóo’s Galician autonomous government, was issued last week on the Galician Official Gazette (DOG) · The decree establishes the language of each subject in primary and secondary education, and allows parents to decide the main language of education within the classroom.

• Date: 14/05/2010

  Indigenous peoples and social organizations from Argentina head to Buenos Aires

  

  Three different columns are touring across the Argentinian territory from May 12 to 20 on the occasion of the bicentenary of the independence of Argentina · They call for a multinational state, a register of ancestral territories, official status for indigenous languages and protection for natural resources such as glaciers.

• Date: 12/05/2010

  Scottish Gaelic used first time ever in the European Council

  NEWS IN BRIEF. Mike Russell, minister of the Scottish government, represented the UK in the Education, Youth and Culture Council.

• Date: 10/05/2010

  Ar Redadeg, the feast of the Breton language, hits the road

  

  A relay race will tour more than 1,200 km in 6 days all over Brittany to promote Breton language and culture · The initiative gets inspiration from the traditional Korrika held in the Basque Country.

• Date: 05/05/2010

  Irish civil organizations come together to launch a Gaelic medium school

  The project for a new 'Gaelscoil' does not have the permission of the Department of Education · Organisations warn against the administration’s new criterion for opening schools as government has not recognised any Gaelic medium school since 2008.

• Date: 03/05/2010

  The Correlingua in favour of Galician language kicks off in Santiago with 4,000 pupils

  

  Students of primary and secondary education take to the streets in a symbolic race in favour of Galician · 'Galician: the strength of our love' is this year’s slogan · The Correlingua started on Saturday and will come to a close in Monterrei on May 14 after passing through 14 towns and cities of the country.

• Date: 15/04/2010

  Scottish Government unveils plan to promote Gaelic

  NEWS IN BRIEF. The Ginealach Ùr na Gàidlig plan is intended to promote the Celtic language among new generations of speakers.