Feb 21, 2019 | Press releases |
“Language is core to our identity, it is the carrier of history, traditions, customs and folklore from one generation to another. Without language, no culture can sustain its existence.” Said Ferran Suay, European Language Equality Network (ELEN) President, in a...
Dec 13, 2018 | Press releases |
The European Language Equality Network (ELEN) with its Welsh, Scottish, Irish and Cornish member organisations, has issued a joint statement over the potentially disastrous effect of Brexit on the Celtic languages and are calling on the UK and devolved governments to...
Oct 2, 2018 | Press releases |
“Speakers of lesser-used languages are facing a ‘digital timebomb’ where their languages are being excluded from an increasingly digitized society,” said Davyth Hicks (ELEN) in his presentation of the Digital Language Diversity Project at the...
Oct 2, 2018 | Press releases |
The Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies’ (CALRE) ‘Valencia Document’ for European cultural and linguistic diversity was launched by the Valencian President Enric Morera last week in the Committee of the Regions. The Document, which...
Sep 12, 2018 | Press releases |
The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in support of Jill Evans MEP’s (Plaid Cymru) Language Equality in the Digital Age Report, a Report which the European Language Equality Network contributed to. MEPs voted 592 for the Report with 45 against. ELEN will...
Jun 25, 2018 | Press releases |
The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages celebrated its 20th anniversary at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg with a two day high level conference from June 18th to 19th with State representatives, NGOs and experts in attendance. ELEN, represented by...