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Eurolang newsletter

Nòs Ùr song contest calls for entries

A new competition has been launched to celebrate songs from the Celtic
and Scots language communities. Singers and songwriters are invited to
send their entries to Nòs Ùr - the first song contest to be held in
Inverness, Scotland, as part of four regional finals for Liet-Lavlut
to be held across Europe.

"Europeada" the new national minority football tournament to be held
in Switzerland

The Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN), Lia Rumantscha and
Sedrun Disentis Tourism will stage the first Football Championship of
Europe's national minorities in the Romansh-speaking region of
Suselva, part of the canton of Grischun -Graubünden -Grigioni,
Switzerland. The event will be called "Europeada 2008".

Intergovernmental conference on Multilingualism

Encouraging European citizens to learn two foreign languages should be
the basis of the EU's new multilingualism strategy due in September,
concluded a ministerial conference last week (15 February).

Get your entries in for the 5th Liet Lavlut song contest

On Saturday October the 18th 2008 Luleå municipality will host the
fifth edition of the European song contest Liet-Lavlut 2008, the one
and only song contest for singers and bands who sing in a European
lesser used language.

Huge support for Irish language parade

Thousands of people took to the streets of Belfast city centre on 16th
February to show their support for the Irish language and cultural
diversity.  The march, organised by POBAL, the umbrella organisation
for Irish language groups in Northern Ireland, was hailed by the Chief
Executive of POBAL, Janet Muller, as a huge success.

Macedonian President raises the issue of Macedonians in Greece and
Bulgaria with the Council of Europe


Newsletter updates

Eurolang support

Eurolang, established and supported as an EBLUL project since 2000, is
currently seeking new ways to sustain itself.   Eurolang has become
the pre-eminent news and information service for European lesser-used
language speakers and for those interested in language issues and
supporting linguistic diversity worldwide.  We are now seeking not
only to maintain the service but to develop it, and are asking our
readers to send in any suggestions that they may have in terms of
potential direct funding or grants, and any ideas on potential
advertisers. In addition, we welcome any ideas for articles or offers
of translation of any of the online material. Furthermore, Eurolang is
able to widely advertise your event, so if you have a conference or
language course that needs advertising, for example, send the details
in. Send suggestions on the above topics to editor at eurolang.net


Ar Redadeg - the run for Breton

Start. Naoned - Nantes, Breizh (Bretagne, Brittany).
Finish. Karaez (Carhaix)

30th April - May 3rd

Details: http://arredadeg.free.fr/

All are welcome to join this sponsored run to help the Diwan Breton
immersion schools. Diwan receives little substantive state support
despite years of success in ensuring that Breton, defined as
endangered by UNESCO, is spoken by younger generations. It means that
the Diwan schools depend on parental support plus fund raising events
in order to ensure the continued provision of Breton immersion
schooling. Eurolang strongly supports this initiative, the development
of Diwan schools are essential to the ongoing Breton language
regeneration effort.


Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information. We thank
you for your interest in Eurolang.

N'hésitez pas à nous contacter pour d'autres informations. Eurolang,
vous remercie pour votre intérêt.


Dr Davyth A. Hicks
Editor-in-Chief
EUROLANG NEWS
Brussels
davyth.hicks at eurolang.net








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