Breton Arrested After Visit to Arts Council of Wales Stand at Inter-Celtic Festival

August 25, 2012

News from Celtic Press It is not often that a complaint is made by a Celticist on a visit to the An Orient/Lorient inter-Celtic festival, but the Celtic League has recently received a report from a Breton member about an incident that occurred

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Olympics – Breton Flags Confiscated

August 17, 2012

The Cultural Olympiad may have been running alongside the Olympic Games in London over the last month, but the Olympic cultural legacy of the 2012 London Olympics has left a bitter taste in the mouth of the Bretons who had their flags confiscated

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UBD Sympathiser is Elected in Brittany

June 20, 2012

News from Celtic Press Following the French (Legislative) Parliamentary elections that were held this month (10th and 17th June), the Union Democratiqe Breton (UDB) has described the election of one of the new Members of Parliament (Deputy) in Brittany as: “… une bonne

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New French President is Full of Promises, But Can He Deliver?

May 16, 2012

NEWS FROM CELTIC PRESS Yesterday (15th May 2012) a new French President was inaugurated in Paris, but whether this means a new French approach towards Brittany remains to be seen. President Hollande has promised Bretons that he is prepared to consider the ratification

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Demonstrations in Support of Breton

March 31, 2012

Demonstrations in Breizh/Brittany and the USA will take place today calling for the French presidential candidates in the forthcoming elections to state their position on how they support Breton language rights and if they support an amendment to the French constitution in favour

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Breton GAA Moves

December 30, 2011

Source – ‘Experience Gaelic Games’ The Breton and Irish Branches of the Celtic League are working together to help coordinate a Gaelic football match between a Breton team and an Irish team, with the aim of progressing the recognition of a Breton team

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Breton Reunification Moves a Step Closer

December 26, 2011

The French Parliament has voted in favour of a change in the law that could herald the reunification of Brittany. In the evening of Wednesday 21st December 2011 the French Parliament voted in favour of allowing residents of a department to hold a

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Prominent Breton Nationalist And League Founder Remembered

November 15, 2011

A very thorough obituary of the prominent Breton Nationalist Yann Fouéré has been published in the UK independent newspaper today (14/11/11). Yann Fouéré who was a co-founder of the Celtic League and one of the few survivors from the Leagues early years died

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AGM – GS Provides Detailed Report On Events In Breizh

November 10, 2011

As part of his presentation to the 50th AGM of the League the General Secretary provides detail on developments in all the Celtic countries. The Section of the General Secretary’s report on Brittany which complements the branch report provided by Breton delegates at

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Conference on Pan Europe Preschool Minority Language Programme

October 9, 2011

Academics, policy makers, politicians and language campaigners from two of the six Celtic countries were among the speakers at a conference in Brussels last week (6th October 2011) about the importance of early year’s education in the development of minority languages. The Multilingual

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