[lg policy] EUROLANG NEWSLETTER

[Harold Schiffman]

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Dear Sir/ Madam,
We include a brief summary of the latest articles published on Eurolang.

Chère lectrice/ cher lecteur,
par la présente nous vous envoyons de brefs résumés d'articles publiés sur
Eurolang.

Highland capital set to be rocked by Celtic and Scots song contest

This weekend Eden Court Theatre, Inbhir Nis (Inverness), will be a
hive of Celtic and Scots cultural activity with a number of events
celebrating new song-writing and developments in these lesser used,
but regenerating, languages.

European elections 2009, new pro-linguistic diversity MEPs

The European elections saw a mixed bag of results in terms of how the
new Parliament will be dealing with the issues faced by Europe’s
lesser-used language speakers and national minorities. On the plus
side the elections saw several MEPs elected who are proactive in their
support for lesser used languages and national minorities, on the
negative side activists will have to watch the right and far right
MEPs who have a record of denouncing national minorities.

Ireland and Brittany launch bilingual news sites

Ireland and Brittany have both launched bilingual news websites. The
new Irish service Inside Ireland focuses on business and was
officially launched in Foras na Gaeilge’s offices in Dublin yesterday.
The Breton service Daktu is launched today in Lorient and will have
the daily news in Breton and French.

Celfeden: a Welsh project to unite artists and lesser used languages

Celfeden is a new event which aims to unite artists, minority
languages and cultures while providing a unique opportunity to respond
to Wales’ spiritual and cultural landscape through a range of artistic
media.

Coming up on Eurolang

Ofis ar Brezhoneg celebrates tenth anniversary

Eurolang is now available on Facebook and Twitter for regular updates.

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Gorhemynadow a'n gwella / best regards,

Davyth Hicks

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