Stateless nations and countries in Europe
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Aosta Valley
Basque Country
Brittany
Catalan Countries
Cornwall
Corsica
Faroe Islands
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Frisia
Galicia
North of Ireland
Occitania
Sami People
Sardinia
Scotland
South Tyrol
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Kurdistan
Quebec
THE IKASTOLAS SHAKE THE JACOBIN FRENCH EDUCATION SYSTEM
NOTE TO OUR INTERNATIONAL READERS: The Northern Basque Country (Labourd, Lower Navarre and Soule) is the part of the Basque Country under French domination; It represents 15% of the surface…
SCOTLAND, WAITING FOR A SECOND CHANCE
ROBIN McALPINE Director of “COMMON WEAL” Five years have gone since the self-determination referendum of Scotland, lost by pro-independence advocates only by a narrow margin. However, Brexit has offered a…
FLEMISH INDEPENDENTISM RISES
The elections to the Flanders Parliament were held on May 26th, together with the elections to the EU. The results showed an increase for the Flemish independence parties: for the…
ANNA ARQUÉ, THE POWER OF CATALONIA’S RESILIENCE: “THE GOVERNMENT OF CATALONIA MISMANAGED THE VICTORY OF 1st OCTOBER 2017”
It is not an easy task to make a brief introduction of Anna Arqué (Lleida, 1972). Graduate in Business and Marketing Sciences, vice rector of the Summer University of Catalonia,…
EUSKARALDIA: LIVING IN BASQUE FOR 11 DAYS
We have bore witness to a new initiative called Euskaraldia in favour of Basque language held in late 2018 throughout all the Basque Country. All Basque speakers have been invited…
WHAT IS AND WHAT DOES THE COUNCIL FOR THE CATALAN REPUBLIC DO? TEN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Vilaweb website, 2018-12-09. The political situation in Catalonia is red-hot. The President of the Catalan Government, the Generalitat, and some of its ministers are in exile, other are detained, with…
PRESENT-DAY SITUATION OF WELSH
COLIN NOSWORTHY and MAIA JONES “CYMDEITHAS YR IAITH GYMRAEG”. Within Europe, Welsh is the language that most closely resembles Basque in its sociolinguistic situation. At least that has been the…
ELECTION IN SOUTH TYROL: NATIONALISTS DROP
The October 2018 vote in South Tyrol confirms the nationalists’ dominance, while Italian political parties, always a minority in that German speaking country of north Italy, have risen. South Tyrol…
NEW GALICIAN DAILY IN THE PIPELINE
The history of Galician language press is very long, tracing back to the early 20th century’s renowned newspaper A Nosa Terra. Notwithstanding its prolific past, present-day situation is bleak, with…
THE NORTHERN BASQUE COMMUNITY UP FOR BASQUE LANGUAGE OFFICIALITY
On 23 June, the Basque Agglomeration Community, the only official institution regrouping the whole Northern Basque Country, took a step of high symbolic value, officially declaring Basque a native language….
