In bright sunshine, the prize of the MiLaS online language competition was awarded at the German schools of Padborg/Padburg and Tønder/Tondern (Denmark) on 2 June. FUEN President Hans Heinrich Hansen and FUEN Head of Office Susann Schenk handed over the third prize for “Lasse and…
Enjoy our short review of the last two years! language diversity … a European campaign dedicated to raise awareness for multilingualism and cultural and linguistic diversity of Europe! … supporting existing events with a regional, national and European impact in the cultural, sports and youth…
On Europe Dat, 9 May 2014, the finals of the MiLaS language competition took place in the impressive concert hall of the Alsion-building in Sønderborg / Sonderburg, Denmark. In the past weeks the language competition led to the creation of more than 30, for a…
It is never too late… make your language famous! MiLaS – what is it all about, many people will ask. Easy: in April our European language campaign “language diversity” organised the first Europe-wide online-language competition for youth and young adults, that focused on linguistic diversity…
From 11 to 17 April 2014, took place a seminar for educational teams in ethno-cultural language camps of the Germans from Russia in Udelnaya (Moscow region). Our “language diversity team” has also been there, giving workshops on multilingualism and linguistic diversity in Europe with a…
It’s never too late… make your language famous! MiLaS – what is it all about, many people will ask. Easy: on 1 April our European language campaign “language diversity” will start the first Europe-wide online-language competition for youth and young adults, that will focus on…
“It’s never too late… But it is never to early either!” That was the subject of a conference that took place in Namur (BE) at the Université du Troisième Age on 12 March 2014. Professor Manfred Peters, a sociolinguist from the department of German Studies…
Right during the carnival period, from 26 February until 2 March, the Slovenian minority youth organisation MOSP from Italy invited everyone to come to the Youth Leader Committee meeting of YEN in Basovizza, near Trieste. Language diversity is also there, because YEN is one of…
“What is the language in which you think?” Stupid question, I thought at first, smiling a little. But as I looked for an answer, I discovered: in several. I did not realise that before. In private I normally think Sorbian, in my profession sometimes German…
The Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN) has every reason to celebrate this year. The annual congress of FUEN, which will take place from 07 – 11 May in Nordschleswig and Sydslesvig, is essentially part of a bigger jubilee in the German-Danish border region. In…