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[Harold F. Schiffman]

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MICROSOFT WINDOWS AVAILABLE IN WELSH, NEW SOFTWARE AVAILABLE IN BRETON
Abergele 12/10/2004 by Huw Morgan

>>From now it will be possible to use popular Microsoft packages such as Word
and Outlook in Welsh. This has been made possible after discussions between
Microsoft and the Welsh Language Board. With many individuals as well as
companies and public bodies using the Welsh language in their every day
activities this is seen as a great step forward for the language. Meanwhile,
software such as Filezilla 2.2.9 and the search engine Google are now
available in Breton.


SWEDISH MINING COMPANY'S DEMOLITION OF SORBIAN VILLAGE CONTINUES
Göttingen 12/10/2004 by Simone Klinge

A few days ago, the 500 year-old church of the now nearly completely
destroyed Sorbian village of Horno in the federal state of Brandenburg,
eastern Germany, was demolished to make space for the large-scale open cast
lignite mining of the major Swedish mining company Vattenfall. The
inhabitants of the small village located in the Lusatian mining region have
already resettled to a new village 10km away in the suburb of the town Forst
after a long lasting dispute, reported on Eurolang.


NEW MINORITY MAGAZINE 'AZINLIKCA' LAUNCHED IN GREECE
Athens/Komotini 12/9/2004 by Georgios N. Papadakis

The first, and up until now, only bilingual magazine, has been published by
members of the Turkish minority in Greece. It reached its 5th number this
month and feedback to date is generally positive.


HUNGARIAN DUAL CITIZENSHIP REFERENDUM FAILS BECUASE OF LOW TURNOUT
Kolozsvár / Klausenburg/ Cluj 12/8/2004 by Áron Balló

Results in so far from the referendum in Hungary on Sunday show a majority
voting in favour of offering dual citizenship for the ethnic Hungarians
living outside of Hungary, however the proposed legislation is unlikely to
become law because there were not enough votes cast for it.


END OF LINE FOR THE WELSH LANGUAGE BOARD
Abergele 12/4/2004 by Huw Morgan

The National Assembly of Wales has announced that the Welsh Language
Board, established in 1994, will be abolished in 2007. This is part of the
Labour dominated Assembly Government's aim of reducing the number of
semi-official bodies. In July 2004 it announced that bodies with
responsibilities for economic development, education and tourism would be
abolished in 2006, and at the beginning of December it announced the end
of the language board, the curriculum assessment board and the health
professionals’ body.



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