ELEN Press Releases
ELEN at a pedire sa ratifica italiana de sa Carta europea de sas limbas regionales o minoritàrias (ECRML) e unu agiudu globale pro su recùperu de sa limba sarda in s’Assemblea generale chi at èssere fata in Casteddu custa chida.
Su tema de prus importu de ocannu, ospitadu dae s’Assòtziu Babel e dae su Babel Film Festival, est su recùperu efetivu de sa limba, chi ast a cumintzare cun unu atòbiu, a sa presèntzia de su reladore ispetziale de sas Natziones Unidas subra sas minorias, su...
ELEN set to call on Italy to ratify the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages at its General Assembly in Sardinia.
ELEN is set to call for the ratification of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML) and comprehensive support for Sardinian language recovery at its General Assembly in Casteddu (Cagliari) this week. The overarching theme of this year’s...
European Language Equality Network calls on all EU Member-States to back Spain’s proposal to make Catalan, Basque and Galician EU official languages
PRESS STATEMENT. Monday 18th September, European Parliament, Brussels. The European Language Equality Network (ELEN) welcomes the proposal by Spain for the inclusion of Catalan, Basque and Galician as full, working EU-official languages, and together with its members:...
Catalan, Basque and Galician – the next EU official languages? ELEN Press Conference, 18th September.
The European Language Equality Network (ELEN) and its member organisations that represent Catalan, Basque and Galician, will be holding a press conference next Monday 18th September at 16.00 in the press centre of the European Parliament, Brussels. The organisations...
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe celebrates 25th anniversary of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML) on Thursday (27th April) with a hearing featuring the PACE President, Council of Europe DG Democracy and Human Rights,...
UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues highlights lack of progress in minority rights and need for new UN Convention.
UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, Fernand de Varennes, made his final report to the UN The Human Rights Council on Thursday (March 23rd). Noting the overall lack of progress and backsliding in minority protection globally since the 1992 Declaration on...
UN Forum on Minority Issues: Review, Rethink, Reform.
The UN Forum for Minorities celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Declaration of the Rights of Minorities in December in Geneva on the theme "Review. Rethink. Reform." ELEN President Elin Haf Gruffudd Jones spoke at an official side event organised by the Catalan...
CYNULLIAD CYFFREDINOL ELEN CAERDYDD 2022 – ELEN GENERAL ASSEMBLY REPORT
The ELEN General Assembly Caerdydd 2022 broke new ground this year with a record number of participants, a new format which helped to highlight the various challenges facing European lesser-used languages today, as well as having full support from the Welsh Government...
Cynulliad Cyffredinol ELEN Caerdydd 2022: cadw Cymru ynghwlm ag Ewrop.
Bydd ELEN, sef The European Language Equality Network, prif fudiad Ewrop ar gyfer gwarchod a hyrwyddo ieithoedd lleiafrifol, yn cynnal Cynulliad Cyffredinol yng Nghaerdydd ddiwedd mis Hydref. Bydd y digwyddiad yn cael ei gefnogi gan Lywodraeth Cymru a Phrifysgol Cymru...
ELEN General Assembly Caerdydd 2022: keeping Wales connected to Europe.
The European Language Equality Network (ELEN), Europe’s leading organisation for the protection and promotion of lesser-used languages, will be holding its General Assembly in Cardiff at the end of October. The event will be hosted by the Llywodraeth Cymru (Welsh...
UN Special Procedures issues official communication to France over discrimination against territorial languages, following ELEN complaint.
UN Special Procedures have issued an official communication to the French state noting their concerns over discrimination against territorial languages following the Constitutional Court’s intervention against the Molac Law in July 2021. The Communication is a...
University of Valencia – ELEN Summer School: “Minority Languages: Rights and Practices” 18-22nd July, Gandia, País Valencià.
The Summer School "Minority Languages: Rights and Practices" will be held in the University of Valencia campus in Gandia, Pais Valencia, from Monday 18th July to Friday 22nd July. It features a packed programme opening with UN Special Rapporteur for Minorities, Dr....