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[Harold F. Schiffman]

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LANGUAGE CHARTER EXPERTS FINDS DANES TOO PASSIVE TOWARD LINGUISTIC MINORITIES
Brussel / Bruxelles 7/2/2004 by Jim Fife and Brigitte Alfter

The report of the Committee of Experts on Denmark's compliance with its
undertakings under the European Charter for Regional and Minority
Languages (ECRML) gives the state a mixed review. Although complimenting
the Danish government's action in some respects, the experts faulted it
for being too passive in a number of other areas affecting the 15 to
20,000 German speakers living in the county of Sønderjylland
(Nordschleswig).


CZECH-ONLY LANGUAGE LAW REJECTED
Prague 7/1/2004 by Peter Josika

The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM) made it's second attempt
to enshrine Czech as the official language of the country. However, the
motion was rejected by the overwhelming majority of deputies in the Czech
lower house including the majority of MPs from the right wing Civic
Democrats (ODS).


COUNCIL OF EUROPE LANGUAGE EXPERTS REPORT ON SLOVENIA
Brussel / Bruxelles 6/30/2004 by Simone Klinge

The Committee of Experts of the Council of Europe has submitted its first
monitoring report on the implementation of the European Charter for
Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML) in Slovenia.



FRYSKE ACADEMY CHIEFS RESIGN OVER ONE MILLION EURO DEFICIT
Ljouwert / Leeuwarden 6/25/2004 by Onno P. Falkena

The Board and directors of the Fryske Academy, the scientific institute
for the Frisian language and culture, have been forced to step down. The
province of Friesland and the Royal Dutch Academy of Science KNAW have
told the board and the director to go because of a deficit of 1 million
euros for the years 2002 and 2003.




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