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News
New report on the application of the
Charter in the Slovak Republic
18/11/2009:
The Council of Europe
Committee of Ministers has today made public the second report on the situation
of minority languages in Slovakia.
On the basis of the report, the Committee of Ministers recommends the
Slovak authorities to provide for adequate teaching of all minority languages
at all appropriate levels of school education. Teacher-training should also be
improved. ( more...)
December conferences on minority
languages
Paris, France, 3-4 December: Colloquy "Regional languages and cultures of France"
The University of Paris Descartes is organising a
colloquy at the Sorbonne on the theme of France's
regional languages, in the light of the recent inclusion of "regional
languages" in the French Constitution. Ten years after the
first colloquy organised at the Sorbonne on this same theme,
the debate will be re-opened to see how the land lays and take
stock of the outstanding problems, new preoccupations and on-going
discussions.
Eskilstuna,
Sweden, 2-4 December: Conference "Recognised! 3"
A major national and cultural event on Sweden's and Finland's national
minorities will take place in Eskilstuna, Sweden from 2 to 4 December,
exactly ten years after the recognition of the five national
minorities of Sweden by the Swedish Parliament. The conference
will gather participants from Sweden and Finland to discuss their
national minorities and their languages. There will be a special
focus on how media and technology influence the future of minority
languages, in Sweden and Finland but also further afield.
 Sami
rockband wins Liet International Song Contest for minority
languages
The Minority Song
Contest ''Liet International'' celebrated its 6th edition promoting contemporary
new songs in minority languages on 31 October in Leeuwarden, Ljouwert (The
Netherlands). Bands performing in Asturian, Sami, Frisian, Irish, Karelian,
Latgalian, Occitan, Gaelic, Low German, Friulian and Sardinian competed for a
Prize sponsored by the Council of Europe, Charter for Regional or Minority
Languages. The jury award went to Sami rockband Somby and the public award to
Sardinian band Dr. Drer & CRC Posse.
Photo Sandro Weltin/ © Council of Europe
Call for Proposals!
Minorities in Russia: Joint Programme
of Council of Europe and European Commission
The Council of Europe and the Ministry of Regional Development
of the Russian Federation are organising a Call for proposals
in the framework of a Joint Programme on “Minorities in
Russia: Developing Languages, Culture, Media and Civil
Society” between the Council of Europe, the European
Commission and the Russian Federation. The aim of the call for
proposals is to contribute to the objectives of the Joint
Programme by identifying, supporting and promoting the best
initiatives of the civil society and regional/local
authorities, regarding national and regional minorities’
rights in the field of culture, media, education and civil
society development.
Reports on the application of the Charter
in
Armenia and Cyprus
23/09/2009:
The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers has today made
public reports on the situation of minority
languages in Armenia and in Cyprus. These reports have been drawn up by a
committee of independent experts which monitors the
application of the European Charter for Regional or Minority
Languages.
Armenia is called upon to develop
a structured policy to make available sufficient teacher
training and up-dated teaching materials in Assyrian, Yezidi
and Kurdish at all education levels. ( more...) .
Cyprus is encouraged to
adopt a structured policy to protect and promote the Armenian
and Cypriot Maronite Arabic languages.
( more...)
Earlier News
Reports on the application of the Charter in Serbia and Sweden
06/05/2009:
The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers has today made
public reports on the situation of minority
languages in Serbia and in Sweden. These reports have been drawn up by a
committee of independent experts which monitors the
application of the European Charter for Regional or Minority
Languages.
Serbia is called upon to
ensure that all its minority languages are taught at least at
primary and secondary levels ( more...) .
Sweden is also
encouraged to strengthen education in minority languages and
to take urgent measures to maintain the South Sami language
( more...)
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