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1877 May 10: Romania Independence Day
1948 May 15: Nakba Day, Day of the Catastrophe in Palestine
1811 May 15: Paraguay Independence Day
1944 May 16: Day of Sinti, Romani and Roma resistance
1814 May 17: Norwegian National/Constitution Day
1995 May 17: Panchen Lama’s abduction in Tibet
1991 May 18: Somaliland Independence Day
1944 May 18: Day of Remembrance for the victims of the Crimean Tatar genocide
1902 May 20: Cuba Independence Day
2002 May 20: East Timor Independence Day
2006 May 21: Montenegro Independence Day
1822 May 24: Ecuador Independence Day
1991 May 24: Eritrea Independence Day
1946 May 25: Jordan Independence Day
1918 May 26: Georgia Independence Day
1966 May 26: Guyana Independence Day
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Estonia Film 100 Celebrates Nation’s Anniversary with Slate of New Projects
Greece escapes a financial tragedy
Tashi Wangchuk: Tibetan language advocate’s journey to imprisonment
China’s Military Is Waging a Cold War in Tibet
Study Reveals China’s Use of Economic Leverage Against Leaders Meeting Dalai Lama
Central Tibetan Administration President to visit Germany
Tibet Has Never Been a Part of China: Chinese Professor Hon Shiang Lau
Dalai Lama of Tibet meets European Parliament delegation on Europe Day
We are on Tibet side, will never be silent: European Parliament delegation in Dharamshala
We Protest Chinese Government’s Suppression of Minority Languages: European Parliamentary Delegation
Registration Open for ‘Five-Fifty Youth Forum: Shaping Tibet’s Future’
Ten Years On, Sichuan’s Quake Victims Are Silenced During ‘Day of Thanksgiving’
Access Denied: China Enforced Isolation of Tiben and the Case for Reciprocity
Authorities in Xinjiang’s Kashgar Detain Uyghurs at ‘Open Political Re-Education Camps’
Xinjiang Authorities Jail Uyghur Imam Who Took Son to Unsanctioned Religious School
Strikes in Iranian Kurdistan put on temporary hold
Erdogan Vows New Anti-Syrian Kurd Offensive
Troubled Kurdish neighbourhood in Turkey targeted
Conscript in Turkish army ‘lynched’ for singing in Kurdish, MPs say
In Turkey’s Kurdish heartland, a battle for homes and votes
Selahattin Demirtas: The Making of a Kurdish Mandela
Demirtas vows to rally voters from prison despite ‘unfair’ campaign conditions
Turkey bans nine books on Kurds, ranging from genocide, Barzani, and Mahabad to Ezidi faith
Iraq’s Kurdistan region to hold elections on Sept. 30
Peshmerga fighter hospitalized after being tortured by Iranian-backed militia
KDP leads election Iraq in Kurdistan Region, Nineveh according to unofficial results
Trial of Congo’s former presidential candidate opens
Barotseland: Activists Released After International Intervention
Cape Verde aims for free trade zone with Atlantic islands – Premier
Barcelona hosted most international congresses in world last year
Over 10k postcards to Finland in ‘solidarity’ with Catalonia
Controversy in Senate as official taking oath in Catalan obliged to speak in Spanish
Spain to keep nobility title honouring deceased dictator Francisco Franco
European Commission ‘looking into’ concerns about ‘rights regression’ in Catalonia
Jailed speaker tells judge her imprisonment would happen ‘nowhere else’
Juncker insists dialogue is needed in Catalonia to solve crisis
Constitutional Court suspends bill to remotely swear in president
Viggo Mortensen joins Catalonia’s Òmnium Cultural
Madrid court summons Puigdemont’s traveling companions
Spain ‘obstructing’ investigation on police violence in Catalonia, says Amnesty
Judge dismisses charges against five teachers accused of hate speech
Support for independence in Catalonia up to 48%, says new poll
Quim Torra becomes 131st Catalan president
Catalan speaker to bypass meeting with Spanish king
Vietnam asks Beijing to withdraw its missiles from the South China Sea
Georgia Ranked 4th in StrategEast Westernization Index 2018
Year of Young People: I’m proud to use my Gaelic every day in Glasgow
Unionist negativity over indy march won’t stop Yes camp joy
SNP depute race ‘will show when members want indyref2 held’
Outlander tourism boosted by two new series for hit TV show
The big reason why we must never give up on independence: Trident
Catalans praise Scots over Ponsati case
Common Weal paper lays foundations for an independent Scotland
Bahrain aims to emulate Norway when it comes to oil investment, Tamkeen chair says
Tribeca Festival honours Russian Fascist propaganda short
Moscow forming ‘death squads’ in occupied Crimea and elsewhere, Shmulyevich says
“Crimean Cossacks” who whipped Moscow protesters fought against Ukraine in Donbas
Ukraine wants to cut ties with the Russian Orthodox Church
The only ‘Ukrainian school’ left in occupied Crimea teaches in Russian
Ukrainian sentenced to 8 years on bizarre ‘sabotage’ charges in Russian-occupied Crimea
Hague court rules Russia must compensate Ukrainian investors $159 mn for Crimea losses
19 raids, 28 detentions, 39 arrests recorded in occupied Crimea this year
Russia will return Crimea as it returned independence to Baltic States – Volker
As Russia ratchets up repression in annexed Crimea, Crimean Tatars deserve European support
Russian censor prohibits Crimea Human Rights Group from informing Crimeans of their rights
EU Council sanctions five persons over Putin’s elections in Crimea – Poroshenko
Crimean Tatar faces huge sentence in Russian FSB’s ‘machine of wholesale persecution’
Only Crimean Tatars targeted in Russia’s most lawless trial “because the victor calls the shots”
Taiwan’s laws on language are showing China what it means to be a modern, inclusive country
At least 41 Palestinians killed as protests turn deadly ahead of US embassy move
The Palestinian whose life spans the ‘Catastrophe’ of his people
Most foreign envoys absent as Israel, U.S. launch embassy festivities
Belfast City Council advertises for Irish language officer
Roma Burned From Their Homes by Masked Men as Violence Escalates in Ukraine
Angelina Jolie Producing Biopic on Native American Athlete Jim Thorpe
Indian Country Today editor on future of Native journalism
Nelson: Inuit bore brunt of Greenpeace activism
Lacrosse wins mean more than records to Cherokee’s Gab Bodine
The First Native American Congresswoman in US History Could be Elected This Year
How 250 Siberians Became the First Native Americans
Budding writers produce books at Cherokee
‘Wiñaypacha’ Is the First Peruvian Movie Shot Entirely in the Aymara Language
Native superheroes should be drawn from real life
Aboriginal Gathang language brought to life for Taree school students
Doctors raise alarm about ancient HTLV-1 virus: ‘Prevalence is off the charts’ in Australia
Australia expanding Aboriginal land rights
Both sides in Cameroon’s escalating separatist crisis turn on journalists
Lack of Welsh speaking mental health staff ‘risks illnesses being misdiagnosed’
Neil Hamilton calls for ‘Welsh stamp’ on UKIP Wales
We’re punishing Welsh speakers for their good English
Y Lolfa and Parthian frontrunners on Wales Book of the Year shortlist
‘Speaking Welsh makes me feel less like a stranger’ says actress who fled Turkey death threats
Labour has sold Wales down the river and they can’t even explain why
Existing Welsh laws will be unenforceable thanks to Westminster power-grab
BBC rejects calls for independent review into how it portrays the Welsh language
Why racism against Welsh people is still racism
The Decaying Remains of France’s “Human Zoo”
Compensation for land must come from former colonisers: ADeC
West Africa: Fulani conflict getting worse
New Zealand to boost Pacific aid as China’s influence grows
Peacemakers mark end of violent Basque separatist group ETA
Madrid lacks imagination to facilitate Basque identity even post-Eta
‘Terrorists’ or ‘Mistaken Idealists’? Spain Confronts ETA’s Bloody Legacy
7000 protested in support of Basque medium education in Baiona, north Basque Country
Bashkir Activists Say Police Idle As Gay-Bashing Campaign Gains Steam
Adidas accused of historical insensitivity for its Russia ‘tank dress’
Top-6 Soviet World War II myths used by Russia today
Magomed Khazbiyev — an Ingush dissident challenging the state
How 250 Siberians Became the First Native Americans
Chechnya Proposes Constitutional Changes to Help Vladimir Putin Stay in Power Longer
Armenia protest leader Pashinyan wins PM vote
New Armenian PM tells Putin he wants closer ties with Russia
Independent candidates get most votes in Tunisia’s 1st free municipal election
Protests after investigative journalist Olivera Lakic shot and injured in Montenegro
Serbian police seal off village to prevent far-right rally
Serbia Bars Kosovar Karate Team At Border
Somaliland: Prosecutions Threaten Free Expression
Kenya president says 9 soldiers killed in attack in Somalia
Somalia suicide bomber strikes market, kills at least 10
Kyrgyzstan man faces prison for Facebook insults
RFE/RL Correspondent Forcibly Detained In Turkmenistan
Landslides kill 18 in Rwanda, death toll at 200 since January
Gambia declares criminal defamation unconstitutional, keeps some laws on sedition, false news
Why Singapore for the Trump-Kim summit?
Windrush migrant who returned to Jamaica gets PM award
Singapore, Brunei ink pacts to boost cooperation in finance
UN Security Council pushes Myanmar on accountability over Rohingya
Islamic countries call Rohingya crisis ‘ethnic cleansing’
Maldives court jails 2 Supreme Court justices
The Quest to Hurricane-Proof Dominica
What makes the Bahamas one of the most progressive financial centres
Burundi media regulator suspends BBC and VOA, warns other broadcasters
‘Castrate the enemy’: Violence grips Burundi ahead of vote
Mauritius story tells us that Africa can transform, develop
Mauritius 2017 FDI jumps 28 pct yr/yr
British-born scientist, 104, dies in assisted suicide in Switzerland
Paraguay to relocate its embassy to Jerusalem, following US
Latvian embassy in Moscow “attacked”
George Soros’ Open Society Foundations to move from Hungary to Germany
Bhutan, known for its Gross National Happiness Index, comes to terms with mental health crisis
Equatorial Guinea opposition party ban upheld by nation’s highest court
A Sindhi living in Sindh, yet ashamed of their own “tacky” language
Sindh: Author and Activist Recounts Struggle for Recognition of Language
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