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Aosta Valley
Basque Country
Brittany
Catalan Countries
Cornwall
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Sami People
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Kurdistan
Quebec
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….
ETA CONFIRMS ITS TERMINATION
NAZIOGINTZA’S communiqué: It is our obligation towards our international audience to make it clear first off that our words in this article had to be carefully chosen because of the…
VIA GALEGA, NEW POPULAR NATIONAL MOVEMENT IN GALICIA
Promotion of national awareness and demand for the right to self-determination. These are the main goals of VIA GALEGA, the new Galician popular movement presented in public on 3 March…
JOXE MANUEL ODRIOZOLA, BASQUE LANGUAGE ACTIVIST AND WRITER: “Unfortunately, there is not strong evidence anywhere attesting to a Basque national language policy”
We agreed to meet Joxe Manuel Odriozola in San Sebastian on a rainy Winter afternoon. A retired Basque teacher with a long experience at his job, he has not onlyt…
NO DEAL ON THE IRISH LANGUAGE LAW IN THE NORTH OF IRELAND
JAKE MAC SIACAIS Director of Forbairt Feirste. Last Friday, 16/2/18, there was renewed hope and huge speculation in the media that a deal around Irish Language legislation was imminent. By…
THE YEAR OF THE FAROE ISLANDS
2018 will be a decisive year for the Faroe Islands under Danish sovereignty. Next 25 April, the Faroese will vote a new Constitution. If it is approved, the archipelago will…
CORSICA, THE START OF A NEW POLITICAL CYCLE
We are inclined to think that the December 2017 Corsica election is not only a triumph of nationalism, but it will also unleash political shockwaves. The historic results gained by…
AUSTRIAN NATIONALITY FOR SOUTH TYROL INHABITANTS
Ties between Austria and Italy strain every so often when the South Tyrol issue heats up again. It has been an on-off dispute, remaining quiet in late times, until now,…
NEW INITIATIVE TO PROMOTE THE USE OF BASQUE
28% of the population in the Basque Country can speak Basque. However, that percentage is not homogeneous. While in some areas of the Basque Country that rate rises to upwards…
CURRENT STATUS OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE DISPUTES IN NORTH EAST OF IRELAND
JAKE MAC SIACAIS Director of Forbairt Feirste. ‘Cultural Supremacy’is a term that has been bandied about with increasing frequency by the major Pro-Union party in the British Controlled North Eastern…
