ELEN Press Releases

The sponsored race for Breton, Ar Redadeg, starting in Kemper on May 4th and finishing on Saturday May 12th in Plougerne, has raised 180,000 euros for Breton language projects. The event also featured a conference on the different sponsored runs for lesser-used...

ELEN met with the Valencian President Enric Morera Català in Valencia on May 4th at the launch of the new Language and Cultural Diversity Intergroup that Mr Morera has set up as part of the Committee of Regional Legislative Assemblies (CALRE). The meeting included...

Following the demonstration ELEN repeats its call for the immediate release of all political prisoners, the return of those exiled, and negotiations between the Catalan and Spanish Governments. 750,000 marched in Barcelona on Sunday under the slogan, "For rights and...

ELEN Statement to Spain and the EU with regard to the pre-trial imprisonment of Catalan leaders and police violence against peaceful voters on October 1st 2017. The European Language Equality Network / La Xarxa Europea per la Igualtat Lingüística (ELEN), the...

'Aspects of Irish Language Revival: Local and International Models'. International Conference on Language Legislation. 14th March 2018. St Mary's University, Belfast. The conference, organised by ELEN members Conradh na Gaeilge, will explore aspects of minoritised...

The European Language Equality Network / La Xarxa Europea per la Igualtat Lingüística (ELEN), following the Catalan Parliament election held on 21st December 2017, reaffirms the Resolution passed unanimously by its General Assembly held in Valencia in November. ELEN...

The European Language Equality Network has called for closer cooperation between the NGOs and governments to help the Charter implementation process.  ELEN Secretary-General Davyth Hicks was in Strasbourg on November 21st for the 58th Plenary meeting of the European...

L’éducation en langue minoritaire est une priorité, selon Fernand de Varennes, rapporteur spécial des Nations Unies pour les minorités. Jeudi 30 novembre et vendredi 1er décembre, Kevre Breizh avec le Réseau européen pour l’égalité des langues (European languages...

The European Language Equality Network celebrated a highly successful General Assembly from November 10th to 11th in Valencia, hosted by the leading Valencian language and culture NGO Acció Cultural del País Valencià (ACPV) in the iconic Octubre Cultural Centre, and...

The European Language Equality Network (ELEN), at its General Assembly held in Valencia at the weekend, voted unanimously to call for the immediate release of Catalan civil society and political leaders. The NGO is the international organization for the protection and...

Professor Maria Vicente Mestre, Vice-Rector of the University of Valencia, announced on Friday November 10th that the University will become a member of the European Language Equality Network (ELEN), in an official ceremony in which the Director-General of Linguistic...

Valencia is set to become the European capital of linguistic diversity with the European Language Equality Network (ELEN) holding its Annual General Assembly in the city this weekend (10th-11th November 2017). The network represents 45 lesser-used languages with 150...