Politics
Video: Amikejo – An Esperanto State in the Heart of Europe
Amikejo used to be a place of friendship, and in many ways it still is. Today it is known as Kelmis. It lies in the heart of Europe and, at the beginning of the 20th century, was set to become an independent new state amidst Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. The artificial language Esperanto was...
- Date | 26.03.08
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Video: Friulian in Friuli – A Language with Hip-Hop Accents
Friulian is spoken by about half a million people in the Friuli, and it is recognised as an official language for the regional authorities and in schools. The language is mainly spoken in the provinces of Pordenone, Udine and in the Carnic Alps.In the 13th century it was sometimes used even as ...
- Date | 26.03.08
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Video: Dalmatia and Istria in Bolzano – Bolzano’s Minority Mayors
Bolzano’s 2005 mayoral election: Giovanni Salghetti Drioli and Giovanni Benussi are going head to head in an exciting election battle. Both of them have their origins in what is now Croatia, and both of them belong to the Italian minority in Dalmatia and Istria. They maintain their culture of origin...
- Date | 07.12.07
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Video: Unnoticed Belgium? The German Speaking Community
Although there is no „Belgian“ language, the Belgians have no less than three official languages: Dutch, French and German. The Germans in Belgium play a somewhat minor role, they live in the smallest of the Belgian counties and represent only 0.7 percent of the total population. minet visited the G...
- Date | 02.11.07
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Video: Russians in Estonia – The Story of a Moving War Memorial
In 1947, the Soviet authorities put up a monument in the shape of a bronze soldier. Many Estonians see this statue as a symbol of their country’s occupation by the Soviet Union in the period of 1940/41 and 1944-1991. When the tension increased in September 2006, the police put barricades around the ...
- Date | 08.06.07
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Video: The U’wa Tribe in Northeast Colombia on the border to Venezuela
The U’wa tribe in Colombia has been fighting for years to be noticed by the international community. The small community, which counts around 5000 people, appears powerless and insignificant when faced with the greedy demands of large oil companies. The images in this minet report have been filmed b...
- Date | 13.10.06
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