News Archive

Gig for Gaza
09/02/2009 - 14:50
On Friday night, March 13, a very special night will be held in Caernarfon to raise money for the people of Gaza. Cymdeithas yr Iaith (the Welsh Language Society) will give people a chance to contribute by supporting the event where Steve Eaves and Gwilym Morus will be performing. The night was the idea of Steve and Gwilym, and we are confident that it will give many people the chance to contribute to a cause that has touched them deeply.
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A Comprehensive Language Measure – Demand more for the people of Wales!
02/02/2009 - 12:00
Publication of LCO is a start – but also an obstacle on the road to full linguistic rights.With the publication of the Welsh language LCO, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg has challenged the Welsh Assembly Government on this historic day to demand further powers in order to draft a more comprehensive measure –without any interference from London.The LCO does include the powers to m
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Language LCO - Email your AM and MP
30/01/2009 - 22:08
Fersiwn Gymraeg - Munud o'ch amser!Do you realize that the Welsh language is not an official language in Wales today, and that you have no rights to use the Welsh language in your every day life?The Welsh Assembly Government has just published its Legislative Competence Order (LCO) calling
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Call for the Welsh Language to be a central consideration in the consultation paper One Wales: One Planet
28/01/2009 - 00:41
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg have declared their dissapointment regarding the amount of consideration given to the Welsh Language within a Assembly Government's consultation paper regarding sustainablity within Wales. The paper, that aims to adopt reasonable tactics that will pave the way for a sutainable Wales has been through a process of consultation since the end of 2008. At the moment there exist only a rushed clause at the end of the paper that considers the Welsh Language as an intrinsic part of the vision of a sustainable country for the future.
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Call on Assembly Members to call Minister to account over Village schools Report
26/01/2009 - 11:45
This Wednesday (28th) will see a debate in the Assembly Chamber on the report of the Rural Development Sub-committee on the Re-Organisation of Schools in Rural Wales (pdf). The Education Minister has given a written
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'Calan' Rally Highlights
25/01/2009 - 13:24
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Property Occupied For The Future Of Our Welsh Communities
24/01/2009 - 13:49
At 11 am on Saturday the 24th of January, a flat in the Caernarfon’s Victoria Dock development was occupied by members of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg. This symbolic act is part of the campaign for the future of the Welsh-speaking communities of Wales, and hopes to focus attention on establishing the Right to Rent as part of the answer to the crisis that is facing those communities.
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MP's in London threaten to weaken the Call for Transferring Powers
15/01/2009 - 12:53
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg call on MPs and AMs to ensure the rights of everybody in Wales to the Welsh LanguageIt has become apparent that Parliamentary Members in London will be attempting to weaken the draft of the Assembly's LCO for the right to legislate for the Welsh Language. They will consequently threaten to weaken the rights of the Welsh people to the Welsh language.
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New Year – New Linguistic Attitude
10/01/2009 - 15:58
Following a year of campaigning against major companies in the private sector, Cymdeithas yr Iaith (The Welsh Language Society) held a Rally on the main retail street of Wales and our capital city, Cardiff, today to draw the attention of the Assembly Government to the need for all legislative powers regarding the Welsh language to be devolved from Whitehall to the Assembly in Cardiff.
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Santa Clause Gives a Welsh Language Shopping List to 'Orange' shop in Aberystwyth
10/12/2008 - 18:16
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg can reveal that Santa Clause will visit the 'Orange' franchise mobile phone shop on Terrace Road, Aberystwyth this Saturday the 13th of December. Santa will pull from his sack a list of the services he would like to see 'Orange' provide in Welsh. Santa will then hand over the list to the workers at the shop asking them to forward it to 'Orange' head office, he will also ask the shop to support Cymdeithas' campaign by sending a letter to 'Orange' asking them to provide a bilingual service to their customers.
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