“The people in Lusatia should cherish the natural bilingualism and multilingualism in their region and know how to use it!” That was the bottom line according to the participants of the first Forum on Language Planning for the Upper Sorbian language in Bautzen / Budyšin,…
On Saturday 7 September 2013 at 10:00 hr a Forum on Language Planning for the Upper Sorbian language will take place in the House of the Sorbs (Serbski Dom) in Bautzen/Budyšin, Postplatz 2. The meeting is organised by the WITAJ Language Centre in cooperation with…
On Saturday and Sunday, 24th and 25th of August, the Federal Ministries of Germany invited citizens for a “state visit” in Berlin following the motto “Pass by, get informed, experience!”. The language diversity team was there and supported the Secretariat of the autochthonous, national minorities…
The Eurobarometer is a periodic public opinion survey in the countries of the EU, ordered by the European Commission, aimed at monitoring the development of public opinion among the European population. European citizens recognise the advantages that come with the proficiency of languages, such as…
The Eurobarometer is a periodic public opinion survey in the countries of the EU, ordered by the European Commission, aimed at monitoring the development of public opinion among the European population. From the 2012 Eurobarometer survey “Europeans and their languages” it becomes clear that the…
From 11 till 14 July, the region Lusatia in Germany celebrated the tenth International Folklore Festival Lausitz/Łužica with music, dance and languages from around the world. For four days, several folklore groups from 9 countries, among them Sorbian ensembles from the region itself and also…
According to estimates of UNESCO half of the 6000 languages that are being spoken today will disappear before the end of this century, if nothing is done to prevent that from occurring. If the unwritten and not documented languages will disappear, this means that not…
Only weeks ago we were in Brixen/Bressanone, and already now we are on the move again: from 11 till 14 July the Folklore Festival in Lusatia, Germany takes place! Ten groups from all over the world and many different dance and folklore groups of the…
For one day long, the town square in Brixen (in Italian: Bressanone, in Ladin: Persenon (Gherdëina dialect) or Porsenù (Badia dialect)) in South Tyrol radiated multilingualism: on Friday 21 June 2013 it was here that the European Citizens’ Initiative and the Minority SafePack for diversity…
During this years´ FUEN Congress from 20-23 June 2013 in Brixen/South Tyrol, the official start of the European Citizens’ Initiative “Minority Safepack” will take place on 21 June 2013. There, the representatives of the 7-member citizens’ committee will be present – with the Prime Minister…