Nationalia

A documentary backed by organisations from all three countries, exploring more than half a century of national and cultural resistance.

The SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Féin sign a memorandum of understanding in Caerdydd to strengthen cooperation between the three nations and call for their right to decide their own futures democratically.

Turkey’s parliament overwhelmingly approves the Framework Law providing a legal basis for the PKK’s disarmament process, but the future of the process will depend on its political and democratic dimension

In the village of Brod, in the municipality of Dragash, at Kosovo’s rugged south-western tip, there are cafés where men while away the hours. In one of them, Sinan, 38, who has lived in Belgium for more than two decades, and Semin, 23, who will soon emigrate to Germany, lament the lack of employment opportunities. They criticise politicians and patronage networks, and regret that, in the face of a system that suffocates hope, young people have no option but to leave – taking with them the future of their community.

The Correllengua Agermanat came to an end this week in Alghero after covering 1,500 kilometres over 17 days and passing through more than 500 towns and villages across all Catalan-speaking territories. Just three days later, on 8 May, a new edition of Ar Redadeg got under way in Brittany, with the major grassroots mobilisation for the Breton language effectively taking up the baton from the Correllengua in the Catalan Countries.

The main independence movement drives Malian forces out of large swathes of territory in an unlikely alliance with a jihadist organisation

The Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights, proclaimed in Barcelona in 1996, remains a landmark in the defence of linguistic diversity. Yet the profound social, technological and political transformations of recent decades make clear the need to update it to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

The political leader chooses not to wear the tricolour sash at a time when recognition of Corsica’s autonomous status remains a distant prospect

Shift in Faroese politics as sovereignist conservatives win

Could the votes from the Faroe Islands and Greenland prove decisive?

FLEC-FAC says it will not stop until it expels Angolan army · Angola maintains firm control over Cabinda, which produces 60% of the country’s oil · NGOs report serious violations of civil and political rights

On the streets of Qamishlo, Hasakah and Kobane, life has returned to an almost everyday rhythm after months marked by uncertainty and military tensions. Markets are operating with relative normality, taxis move along the main roads, and many families are trying to reorganise their homes and recover habits that for a long time had been put on hold. In the cafés of central Qamishlo, young people once again gather in the afternoons while shopkeepers raise their shutters each morning. They are ordinary scenes that, until recently, seemed difficult to imagine.