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The reintroduction of Italian on public signage is being debated in Rijeka (or Fiume). An official sanction of bilingualism is promoted by the Italian-speaking community of the Kvarner city, but its representatives are divided on the form that this should take. The question directly impacts on the local identity and future.
Repression of media freedom continues in Turkey, along with a more general crackdown of the opposition. Yet occasionally there is some good news, like the release of two journalists of Cumhuriyet that was decided last week – as Fazıla Mat reports.
Two female members of Yerevan City Council were physically and sexually attacked during a session of the institution, and were even later blamed for “inappropriate behaviour”. The incident shows that women are seen as a challenge to the still dominant patriarchal system in Armenia.
