<p>Eurolang.</p>
<p><br>Finno-Ugric conference ends with Estonian protest </p>
<p>On Sunday morning the President of Estonia, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, and the Estonian delegation, left in protest the 5th session of the Finno-Ugric World Congress held in Khanty Mansi, Russia. Mr Ilves walked out of the session as the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Russian State Duma, Konstantin Kosachev, attacked Estonia in his speech.</p>
<p>EBLUL to hold PfD 2008 in Gdańsk, Poland </p>
<p>EBLUL will hold PfD 2008, the Partnership for Diversity, in Gdańsk, Poland from 11th to 13th September. This year's forum topic will be 'Language Policy and the Regions in Europe'.</p>
<p>French national assembly to renew language amendment call </p>
<p>The Committee on Legislation of the French National Assembly, challenging the Senate, has reintroduced the amendment that regional languages be recognised in the constitution, on Wednesday, said the Breton MP Marc Le Fur (UMP).</p>
<p>Web campaigns boost </p>
<p>The possibility of seeing the letters '.cym', '.bzh' and '.gal' on Welsh, Breton and Galician websites has been discussed recently in a conference organised by ICANN - the international body that regulates the world wide web.</p>
<p>Meet the French, strong supporters of regional languages </p>
<p>Unity or diversity may be the question facing the French institutions, but according to an opinion poll published on Sunday in the newspaper Ouest France the French people want unity in diversity. The survey shows an overwhelming majority (68%) are for the recognition of "regional" languages in the Constitution.<br clear="all">
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