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  • The Restoration of Minority Toponyms.

    In my former post I cited some relevant paragraphs contained in the United Nations’ Manual for the standardization of geographical names , in order to give an understanding of how toponymy is generally considered by the international scientific community. However, there are more specific views about the situation in South Tyrol, which can be found…

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  • Toponymy: What do the United Nations say?

    Few days ago, we were confronted with the incredibly reactionary call made by mainly — but not exclusively — italian linguists and professors, aimed at maintaining the complete toponymic “patrimony” artificially translated and imposed to South Tyrolean places during fascism. In return, we are now publishing some pertinent excerpts from the Manual for the standardization…

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  • No problem on that side.
    Quotation

    If they [Scotland] decide to be independent […] and if they want then to stay in the European Union, they can stay to the European Union. It’s their decision. BBC: Stay in without having to join a queue to get in? Yes, they are in for the moment, so there is no problem on that…

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  • Relax, that’s democracy, baby!

    Source: bbc.co.uk There is definitely no lack of excitement in politics these days. However, the main lesson we must learn from the BREXIT referendum is that we have to calm down, embrace democracy and concentrate on the things that really matter. This is no apocalypse for goodness’ sake – as one might assume when looking…

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  • Journalism or public relations?
    Quotation

    Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations. — accredited to George Orwell See also: 01 02 Feuilleton/ Medien/ · Quotation/ · · · · · English/ Einen Fehler gefunden? Teilen Sie es uns mit. | Hai trovato un errore? Comunicacelo.

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  • Südtirol ist nicht… Hawai’i.
    Feiern oder aussöhnen

    Vor rund einem Jahr feierte das offizielle Italien den Kriegsteintritt gegen Österreich-Ungarn, der sich am 24. Mai 2015 zum hundertsten Mal jährte. Folge dieses Kriegseintritts waren unsägliches Leid, Millionen Tote und unter anderem die Annexion unseres Landes durch Italien. Auch in Südtirol wies das Regierungskommissariat die Gemeinden an, das Jubiläum durch das Hissen der Staatsflagge…

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  • Finnische Mehrsprachigkeitsstrategie.

    Vor wenigen Tagen hatte ich mich an das finnische Ministerium für Bildung und Kultur gewandt, um genauere Informationen über das dortige Schulsystem, insbesondere über den Sprachunterricht (CLIL, Immersion…) zu erhalten. Von dort hat man mich auf das Portal »Strategy for the National Languages of Finland« und speziell auf den als PDF-Datei abrufbaren, gleichnamigen Regierungsbeschluss von…

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