Eurolang newsletter

[Harold F. Schiffman]

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Education victory for Irish in Northern Ireland


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Gaelic activists in the North of Ireland scored a significant victory
this week after it was announced that a recommendation to decrease the
status of the language in the education system had been dropped from a
new Draft Education Bill presented to the Westminster Parliament on
Monday.

Liet-Lavlut song contest set to showcase new songs in Manx, Votian,
Romani and Meankieli
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This year's edition of the minority language song contest Liet-Lavlut
in Östersund, Sweden, will present eleven new songs in European
lesser-used languages. Five of those eleven are songs in languages
which have never participated in the song contest before. These
languages are: Meankieli, Romani, Manx, Votian and Swedish Finnish.
The jury of Liet-Lavlut chose the eleven finalists out of more than 60
entries in 25 languages.

Honouring 'The Welsh Rosa Parks'
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Known as 'The Welsh Rosa Parks' Eileen Beasley, a lady now in her 80s,
was honoured in a ceremony in Aberystwyth on Saturday.

EBLUL's Partnership for Diversity 2006 goes to Skye

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The next Partnership for Diversity conference will take place on the
Isle of Skye, Scotland, on the 29th – 30th June. The Partnership for
Diversity Conference is an ongoing project of the European Bureau for
Lesser-Used Languages and has become the key and influential meeting
point for all those working and interested in the field of lesser-used
languages.

In brief / en bref:

European Parliament Intergroup appalled at dire situation of Alsacian
language and culture

Wanted : an Irish medium medium!
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