There should be a tax on advertising to fund a new Welsh language broadcaster that would operate on radio, television and online, according to a discussion paper launched by Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg today.
The first rights to receive services in Welsh won’t be operational until next year - 5 months later than planned - following a severe reaction to the Welsh Government’s draft regulations.
Leading Welsh musicians have backed calls to abolish national housing targets in order to strengthen the Welsh language at a community level, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg have announced today.
Cymdeithas yr Iaith have asked Carmarthenshire County Council for urgent clarification as to why there is still no mechanism in place to implement a radical new language strategy which the Council adopted in early April.
Welsh language supporters have gone on a 24 hour hunger strike today (Monday 30th June) calling on the Welsh Government to make planning law changes in order to strengthen the language at a community level.
As we bring a 36-hour vigil to a close Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg have responded to the First Minister’s statement about the Government’s Welsh language policy today (Tuesday, June 17).
Robin Farrar, Chair of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, said:
Cymdeithas yr Iaith has sent a message to every councillor in Ceredigion ahead of a key Council meeting next Wednesday (18/6) which will decide the fate of a number of Welsh-medium village schools in the county.
