Catalan in Europe

The general director of Linguistic Policy for the Govern, Joan Melià, the UIB professor, Jaume Corbera and the person responsible for the Social and Cultural Works of Sa Nostra, Andreu Ramis, presented las January 26 a series of conferences "La llengua catalana a Europa" that will start on January 31 and will last until March 15.

The seven conferences of the cycle, coordinated by "Amics de La Bressola" will deal with different topics that revolve round the situation of Catalan in Europe. All the sessions will start at 7.30 p.m. at the Cultural Centre of Sa Nostra at Calle Concepció 12 in Palma.

According to the general director of Linguistic Policy, Joan Melià, this cycle of conferences starts the activities that the Balearic Government will promote this year for the celebration of the European Year of Languages 2001 and the centenary of the reading of "Lletra de Convit" by Antoni Ma. Alcover Sureda (1862-1932) that took place on November 5, 1900, at the beginning of the elaboration of the Diccionari Català-Valencià-Balear.

Complete programme of the cycle of conferences in the Catalan version of the news.

Datum: 28/01/2001

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