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Del Olmo indicts Egunkaria newspaper again

5 de novembre de 2004
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According to Spanish National Criminal Court Judge Juan Del Olmo, newspaper Euskaldunon Egunkaria constituted “an illegal association” from the moment it was created, and he has therefore indicted eight people who held key positions, including Joxemi Zumalabe, the Chief Executive of Egunkaria S.A., despite the fact that he has been dead since 1993. The judge

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Spanish Socialists and Conservatives turn down recognition of Catalan national teams

5 de novembre de 2004
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A joined Spanish Socialist and Conservative vote turned down last Tuesday, November 2, a proposal by Catalan conservative nationalists to modify the Spanish law precluding international acceptance of Catalan sport teams or selections. Socialists rejected the proposal arguing, precisely, that Catalan national selections were out of law. On the other side, the proposal was approved

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Could Wales be safer in a different time zone?

5 de novembre de 2004
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WALES needs a different time zone to help reduce the nation’s injury toll, it has been claimed. Britain should be split into separate time zones to cut down on accidents, says a leading member of Wales’ Green Party. Martyn Shrewsbury believes people in England and Wales should set their clocks to a different hour than

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Does multilingual equal Welsh bliss?

2 de novembre de 2004
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WELSH people who speak more than one language are more likely to be richer, happier and sexier according to a new study carried out by the creator of the Sunday Times Rich List. The first authoritative study by Philip Beresford, for the Michel Thomas Language Centre, into the benefits of learning a second language shows

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Sardinia leader wants to close US nuclear sub base

2 de novembre de 2004
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The top politician on the Italian island of Sardinia, computer tycoon Renato Soru, wants the United States to close its nuclear submarine base there for environmental reasons. Soru, the left-leaning founder of major European Internet service provider Tiscali, said the island “had done its bit” by hosting the base for 32 years but it was

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Bilateral agreement between Veneto and Friuli

2 de novembre de 2004
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A bilateral agreement between Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia has signed in the run up to the creation of the euroregion, a macro-area, as part of the new Europe, which will include, besides the two north-eastern Italian regions, also Carinthia, Slovenia, and Croatia. It has been talked about for some time, but today in Venice,

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Gardai to relax rules on Gaelic

29 d'octubre de 2004
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IMMIGRANTS will not need to speak or learn the Irish language in order to become gardai under new proposals being considered by the Department of Justice. The department is stressing that the proposal to drop the Irish language requirement does not mean an abolition of the rule for everybody. Only immigrants would be exempt. “The

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ICANN will take the .cat suffix into account next December

29 d'octubre de 2004
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VilaWeb has found out that ICANN, the Internet organisation responsible for domain suffixes in the Network, will, most probably, take .cat suffix into account next December at Cape Town. Today, October 29, has been known that .travel and. board suffixes have passed admission to next stage, but this does not mean that the 8 suffixes

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Edition de deux albums de Tintin en occitan

29 d'octubre de 2004
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Les deux albums, “Li 7 boulo de cristau” et sa suite “Lou tèmple dou soulèu”, édités par les Editions Casterman, ont été traduits par Michel Laurent, un retraité de 58 ans, professeur de provençal dans des cours du soir à Salon-de-Provence et membre du Collectif Prouvençau de défense de la culture provençale. Alors que le

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Plaid angered by appointment of non-Welsh speaking judge

28 d'octubre de 2004
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Plaid Cymru’s parliamentary leader Elfyn Llwyd MP today expressed concern over the Department for Constitutional Affairs’ failure to appoint, or even consider appointing, a Welsh speaking District Judge in North Wales. According to Mr Llwyd, the department’s stated reasons for not appointing a Welsh speaking judge to the North Wales circuit are not justified. In

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Experts Commission on Salamanca Papers finally appointed

28 d'octubre de 2004
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The Culture Department of the Catalan Government, and the Spanish Ministry of Culture are finally agreed on the members of the Experts Commission that should discuss and advise, both the Catalan and Spanish governments, as to the best decision regarding the so called `Salamanca Papers’. Among those `papers’ there are all sorts of files and

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Prisonniers bretons: censure illégale à La Santé (Paris)

28 d'octubre de 2004
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L’article D. 444 du Code de Procédure Pénale est ainsi libellé : « Les détenus doivent pouvoir se procurer les journaux de leur choix n’ayant pas fait l’objet d’une saisie dans les trois derniers mois seul le Garde des Sceaux peut retenir « à la demande des chefs d’établissement » les publications, et ce seulement,

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Dastum.net

27 d'octubre de 2004
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La culture et la musique bretonne sont en ligne depuis quelques jours. En prélude au week-end de la Bogue d’or, le site internet dastum.net a été inauguré à la maison de pays jeudi dernier. Ce panorama permettra à toute personne s’intéressant à la culture et à la musique bretonne de trouver des renseignements sur les

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Nationalists get membership boost

27 d'octubre de 2004
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Membership of the Scottish National Party (SNP) has reached the 10,000 mark again, the party’s Inverness conference has been told. The Nationalists’ newest recruit is Bushra Bashir, a 21-year-old student from Glasgow. Meanwhile, delegates have backed a call for Scottish history to be taught in all primary and secondary schools. And returning party leader Alex

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Uxía queda terceira nun Liet que vai para Laponia

27 d'octubre de 2004
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A cantante porriñesa Uxía representou este venres a Galiza no Liet Ynternasjonaal, o festival europeo da canción en linguas minorizadas. O seu tema de nova creación ‘Cadeas’, quedou finalmente en terceira posición, por detrás do lapón Niko Valkepää e dos occitanos Bombe 2 Bal. O festival, onde se dan cita todos os estilos musicais, foi

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