Spain and the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (posted 4 DEC 2020)

For the last eight years Spain has blantantly ignored recommendations regarding the implementation of the FRAMEWORK CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATIONAL MINORITIES, as regards the Catalan people, among others. Here are relevant extracts from the 3rd (2012), 4th (2014) and 5th (2018) Opinions of the Advisory Committee.

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An article by Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira, "Speaking Catalan in Madrid" (25 NOV 2020)

This is an English translation of an article by Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira, "Speaking Catalan in Madrid", published with the author's permission (25 NOV 2020)

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Extracts from ECRML report on Spain (19 OCT 2019)

Here is a summary of the main Recommendations in the Fifth report of the Committee of Experts in respect of Spain, European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, 9 October 2019.
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Languages and geo-coded Wikipedia articles in Spain

Interesting article on "Geographic intersections of languages in Wikipedia": http://geography.oii.ox.ac.uk/2013/12/geographic-intersections-of-languages-in-wikipedia/

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Tweets in Catalan

From: Interactive Google Maps Mash-ups

Interesting maps of the language of tweets, in Catalonia (1. all languages), the Catalan countries (2. all languages; 3. Catalan; 4. English) and Iberia (5. all languages).

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