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[Harold F. Schiffman]

Telethon to save a Breton bilingual class
Douarnenez, 14/10/2005 by Yann Rivallain

School parents of a Lorient bilingual class, where pupils are still
waiting for a teacher to be appointed 43 days after school started, have
beefed-up their campaign with a touch of humour.


Plaid Cymru: The Welsh language needs a new language act
Penygroes, 14/10/2005 by Dafydd Meirion

Although many people in Wales think that the Welsh language has equal
rights with English, this is not so as the 1993 Welsh Language Act says
that this is only true when this is practical. Now Plaid Cymru Member of
Parliament Hywel Williams wants a new language act that states that both
languages are equal in Wales.

Austria: controversy on bilingual signs continues
Biel / Bienne, 13/10/2005 by Peter Josika

Federal and regional representatives from across the political spectrum
commemorated the 85th anniversary of the 1920 Carinthian plebiscite during
an event in the provincial parliament at Klagenfurt/Celovec on Monday.

EBLUL Slovakia : strong support from the Slovak government for the
Commission's linguistic diversity plans
Somorja / amorn, 11/10/2005 by Davyth Hicks

Deputy Slovakian Prime Minister Pl Csaky promised the full support of the
Slovak government to the Commissions proposals for linguistic diversity
and support for regional or minority languages at the weekend.

Being able to speak Galician should be a duty: interview with Marisol
Lopez Cangas, 10/10/2005 by Alexandre Girldez

A Eurolang interview with the new Head of the Galician Linguistic Policy
Department, Marisol Lopez.

Catalonia moves towards greater autonomy
Barcelona, 06/10/2005 by Alexia Bos Sol and Davyth Hicks

Last Friday, the Catalan Parliament celebrated after its approval of a new
autonomy statute which will re-write Catalonia's relationship with Spain.
Yesterday the Statute was delivered to the Spanish Congreso where it will
have to win votes to become law.

Strong support for lesser-used languages from Estonian President and
Ministers at Estonian EBLUL meeting Roosta, 04/10/2005 by Davyth Hicks

The President and Ministers from the Estonian government voiced strong
support for linguistic diversity and minoritised languages at the weekend
at a conference hosted by the newly formed Estonian European Bureau for
Lesser Used Languages (EstBLUL).

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