Breton Language Equality Campaign Targets SNCF

July 9, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Activists have been peacefully targeting railway stations in Breizh calling for equality in the usage and display of the Breton language. There has been considerable upset over signage which displays the French language in large letters with Breton

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Brittany: Language Protests Continue

July 9, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE On Saturday 4 July 2015, Ai‘Ta, a group whose primary objective is to defend and promote the Breton language, targeted what the media call France’s favourite village. A small but vocal and enthusiastic group of Ai‘Ta members gathered

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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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Welsh Minister Speaks At Breton Regional Council

June 29, 2011

Last week (24th June 2011) the First minister of Wales travelled to Brittany to reaffirm the ‘special relationship’ that the two nations enjoy. Welsh First Minister, Carwyn Jones, was invited to address the Breton Regional Council in Rennes by the President of the

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France: Regional Language Bill Unveiled

December 15, 2010

Last Tuesday (7th December) a new language Bill was introduced into the French National Assembly that aims to give greater rights to the languages of the French state, including Breton. The ‘Regional’ Language Bill (développement des langues et cultures régionales) aims to establish

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Kernow: Breton Visit To Cornish Language Preschool

May 20, 2010

The President of a Breton language organisation visited Cornwall’s only bilingual preschool crèche this weekend, as part of the first leg of a bicycle tour of European linguistic minorities. President Emmanuael LeMerlus, of `Unis dans la Diversité Linguistique’, is cycling 19000 miles around

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