Stateless nations and countries in Europe
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Aosta Valley
Basque Country
Brittany
Catalan Countries
Cornwall
Corsica
Faroe Islands
Flanders
Frisia
Galicia
North of Ireland
Occitania
Sami People
Sardinia
Scotland
South Tyrol
WalesStateless nations and countries outside Europe
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Kurdistan
Quebec
DOES SCOTLAND HAVE LANGUAGE PROBLEMS?
SHONA McALPINE. Spokesperson ICEC Scotland. The Gaelic language is quite linguistically distinct from English. It is a Celtic language with a close relationship to Irish Gaelic and Welsh. It was…
CORSICA BURNS AGAIN
The political conflict in Corsica is similar to the activity of a volcano: it can be inert for months or years, but at the most unexpected moment it explodes again…
CYMDEITHAS YR IAITH GYMRAEG, 60 YEARS FIGHTING FOR THE WELSH LANGUAGE
ELIN HAF GRUFFYDD JONES. Prifysgol Cymru-University of Wales. ELEN President (https://elen.ngo/). The NAZIOGINTZA group wants to make known the linguistic struggle of other stateless nations like ours. To this end,…
THE NEW MAYOR OF PERPINYÀ, AGAINST CATALAN SYMBOLS
The Catalan nationalists of Northern Catalonia did not expect anything good when the candidate of Marine Le-Pen and the far-right Rassemblement National party, Louis Aliot, won the municipal elections of…
JEAN-LOUIS DAVANT, TIRELESS BASQUE CULTURAL ACTIVIST IN THE NORTHERN BASQUE COUNTRY: “WHAT IS THE POINT OF HAVING A BASQUE REPUBLIC THAT DOES NOT SPEAK BASQUE? THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LITTLE SPAIN BESIDE THE LARGE SPAIN?”
Jean-Louis Davant Iratzabal (Urrüstoi- -Larrabile, 1935) has borne witness to the most relevant milestones in Basque contemporary history. As a young man, he got captivated by Basque cultural activism, conducting…
THE SOCCER TEAM OF THE FAROE ISLANDS, A MODEL TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
“To appreciated the importance of sport in national cohesion, just look at how its soccer team is treated in Spain” Joxe Azurmendi, “Hizkuntza, Nazioa, Estatua” The recent European Football Championship…
THE KURDS IN TURKEY, A PERSECUTION WITHOUT CONTEMPORARY EQUIVALENT IN EUROPE
DERWICH M. FERHO. President of the Kurdish Institute of Brussels. Derwich M. Ferho is president of the Kurdish Institute, movement for human and people rights in Brussels. Derwich was born…
THE NATIONS OF THE FRENCH STATE HAVE VOTED IN THE REGIONAL ELECTIONS
Elections were held in June 2021 for the departments (regional administrations) in the French state along with the elections for the Corsican Assembly. Significant elections, in our opinion, to allow…
CATALUNYA FACING A NEW OPPORTUNITY
The elections of February have strengthened the independence movement in Catalonia. For the first time, the sum votes of the three pro-independence political parties (ERC, Junts x CAT and CUP)…
ANSWER PENDING FOR CORSICAN NATIONALISM’S MAIN DEMANDS
Since 2010, Corsican nationalism has seen an important rise in elections, taking on a hegemonic position in the island’s present-day political arena. Long gone are François Mitterrand’s words during the…
