Society
Video: The Principality of Seborga
This report takes us to Liguria, to the small village of Seborga, or should we say, the principality of Seborga. Until 1993, it was a quiet idyllic spot. But then the villagers rediscovered their historical roots, proclaimed the Principality and elected the florist Giorgio Carbone to become Prince G...
- Date | 24.11.10
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Video: The Jenisch in Switzerland
The early 1900s saw the onset of the persecution and resettlement of the Jenisch in Switzerland. It wasn’t until 1998, that the Swiss Travellers were recognised as a national minority in view of the signing of a framework convention for the Protection of National Minorities by the Council of Europe....
- Date | 26.05.10
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Video: The Danes in Germany
This reports takes us to the German-Danish border in Schleswig-Hostein. Until 1920, all of Schleswig used to be Prussian. In 1920, after a referendum, the northermost part was allocated to Denmark and today’s border was established, which resulted in the creation of minorities on both sides of the b...
- Date | 26.05.10
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Video: Bolivia’s New Constitution – More Rights for Indigenous Minorities
In January 2009, a new constitution came into force in Bolivia. It grants unprecedented rights to the 36 indigenous peoples in the country. Its aim is to improve the indigenous people‘s access to primary care facilities, education and health. minet reports on the changes this new constitution brough...
- Date | 25.11.09
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Video: The Dalai Lama in the South Tyrol
The Dalai Lama’s third visit to the South Tyrol. Soon after his arrival, Christina Khuen from minet TV met his holiness to have a conversation with him.
- Date | 25.11.09
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Video: The Karaites – A Small Minority in Lithuania
Trakai, near Vilnius in Lithuania, has been the home of a small community of Turkic Karaites for centuries. In contrast to the Karaites in Israel, the Lithuanian Karaites don’t view themselves as Jews, but as an independent religious community, and that is also how they are seen by the Jewish commun...
- Date | 26.10.09
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Video: Never Without A Turban – The Sikhs Of Novellara
The Sikhs have their origins in the border areas between India and Pakistan. For the average European they are likely to represent the „typical Indian“: long beard, dark eyes and the traditional colourful turban. In Novellara, a small provincial town in Emilia Romagna, they built their largest templ...
- Date | 28.05.09
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Video: Arbëreshë - An Albanian Minority in Southern Italy
During the Easter celebrations in 2009, minet met some members of the Arbëresh community in Calabria. In many villages throughout southern Italy and Sicily, this long-established Albanian minority, which counts about 100 000 speakers, was able to preserve its Albanian traditions and its Byzantine li...
- Date | 27.04.09
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Video: The Copts in Tyrol – A Visit to Innsbruck
More than 12 million believers around the world today belong to the Coptic Orthodox Church, a church that was founded in Egypt by St. Mark the apostle as early as the first century AD. Around 6000 Coptic Orthodox Christians live in Austria – 3000 alone in Vienna, the rest is divided among the munici...
- Date | 25.03.09
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Video: South Tyrol’s Autonomy from an Armenian-Azerbaijani perspective
In 2008, an international film crew from Armenia and Azerbaijan took a closer look at South Tyrol’s autonomy and at the history of the South Tyrolean minority in northern Italy. The four-strong film crew visited a number of conflict areas around the world for their various joint projects. In the Sou...
- Date | 17.02.09
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