A WEEK IN EUROPE

Edited by Dylan Iorwerth

pp vi140 1995 paperback

This volume gives an insight into life in Europe as seen through the eyes of journalists writing in some of the minority languages of Western Europe. They describe a week in their working life and in this way convey a dynamic picture of their corner of Europe. Subjects covered in the book range from the referendum on Europe in Finland to festivals, conferences, murder-cases and the weather, but always with light thrown, directly or indirectly, on the communities concerned and the state of their languages.

The languages represented by journalists writing in the volume are Scottish Gaelic, Galician, Alsatian, Croation in Italy, Welsh, Catalan (from Valencia), Asturian, Breton, Friûl, Basque, Sorbian, Occitan, German (in Denmark), Provençal (in Piedmont), Swedish (in Finland), Franco-Provençal/French (in the Vallée d'Aoste), Scots, Fries and Irish.

Contents: Introduction Dylan Iorwerth; Mods and reporters: Gaelic in Scotland Martin Macdonald; The robber at the church: Croatian in Italy Angelo Genova; Writing on the wall: A survey of Galician Alfonso Eiré Lopez; Farewell to Germain Muller: The Language of Alsace Evan Knieriemen; Full hearts and empty vessels: The Welsh language's conundrum Dylan Iorwerth; The virtual reality of a country: The Catalan nation as one Eliseu Climent and Rosa Raga; The boulder on the height: A symbol of Frisian freedom Kerst Huisman; Six months and thirteen years: The Asturian language steps ahead PrÓspero Morán; The battle for peace: The dilemma of the Irish Anois; Schools and terrorists: Success and suspicion in Brittany Lena Louarn; Who stole Friûl?: The lost language of Europe Federico Rossi; Who killed Juan José Maiora?: Basque - the language and the nation Alberto Barandiaran; Past, present...future?: The Sorbs in Germany Manfred Ladus; To trust or not to trust: A French minister and Occitan David Grosclaude; No longer on thin ice: Identity through quality on the Danish-German border Jan Sternkopf; Coumboscuro - an autumn in Provence: Italy's Provençal Sergio Arneodo; Yes or No in Finland: Swedish in Finland Dan Kronqvist; Flowers of Scotland: Scots in Scotland Stuart McHardy; Whatever the weather: In the Vallée d'Aoste Alexis Bétemps;