At Los Nordicos last week we had the privilege to listen to an interesting lecture by historian Bengt Kummel, PhD, from Finland. The topic was “The dramatic circumstances around the transfer of Estonian Swedes to Sweden in 1944”. Dr. Kummel started by giving some historic data on the Swedish population of Estonia, a linguistic minority residing in the coastal areas and islands of what today is western and northern Estonia.
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Unpopular Autonomias
by Martin Myall •
In a recently national survey one in four Spaniards said that they were against the autonomous region composition of the Spanish state. The sentiment is growing, fed it appears by the nationalist regions of País Vasco and Cataluña, especially the latter with its ongoing calls for independence.
Independence for La Rábita?
by Martin Myall •
La Rábita wants to become independent from Albuñol, or so claims the independence party – the Mayor of Albuñol doesn’t agree.
Brief Independence?
by Martin Myall •
Torrenueva and Carchuna-Calahonda fought for a long time to gain administrative independence from Motril, eventually achieving it, albeit to a semi-autonomous degree, but now with the Government cuts, their independent state can be very brief, indeed.
Independence Day
by David Darby •
Political parties including the PP, PSOE and IUPA have met and set out a roadmap to support the push for La Herradura to become self-governing, however, is does require that the pro-ELA independence group win over the people and be able to get enough support to ensure an independent La Herradura town hall. The initials…
Independence Day
by David Darby •
We reported last month on the movement created by a group of young Herradureños, to make La Herradura a local autonomous entity. In other words, to break free from Almuñécar and have it’s own Town Hall and control over a local budget. It seems that, not only has the movement gained momentum with a large number of new members, but has also attracted the attention of the four opposition parties, according to their spokesperson Juan Carlos Cacín Barbero.