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Since the beginning of August, hostile inscriptions against tourists discovered in several municipalities of southern Finistère have been widely reported in the national media. Visitors' cars have notably been vandalized in Plobannalec-Lesconil, while inscriptions have been found in Penmarc'h and Douarnenez.
Emglev Bro an Oriant organized this conference held at the CCI of Lorient during the Interceltic Festival. With British Cornwall being the guest of honor this year, Michel Le Coz recounted over 10,000 years of history of this Brittany across the Channel, whose language, Cornish, is so close to Breton that many words and expressions, as well as part of the Cornish toponymy, are immediately understandable to a Breton speaker.
On the occasion of the Interceltic Festival of Lorient, historian and geographer Jean-Michel Le Boulanger came to present his latest work, Bretagne Monde, created with photographer Yvon Boëlle. For just over an hour, he questioned what, beyond history and geography, constitutes "the soul of Brittany."
Koun Breizh is outraged by the decision of the Administrative Court imposing the relocation of the calvary of Kerdalaes in Saint-Divy. This decision confirms the impossibility for Bretons to preserve their original heritage. It concerns our culture, our heritage, and our roots. We can no longer accept such secular intransigence that fuels discomfort, conflict, and all forms of hatred.
Invited to the Interceltic Business Forum in Lorient, Frank Feighan, the Irish Minister of State responsible for digitalization, advocated for strengthening economic relations between Ireland, Brittany, and the other Celtic nations.
Moving away from hydrocarbons requires electrifying the economy. Electrifying requires lithium and other strategic minerals. If Europe refuses to extract them, it will remain dependent either on hydrocarbons or on countries like China. This is the reasoning put forward by Perran Moon, Labour MP for Camborne and Redruth, who supports the mining revival in Cornwall. This direction sharply contrasts with that taken in Brittany.
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At the GAA World Games 2026, the French women's A team won on Friday, July 17, in the final of the international first division against San Francisco, in Waterford (Ireland). Two licensed players from Gwened Vannes Gaelic Football were part of the victorious squad.
The Interceltic Business Forum celebrated its tenth anniversary on Monday, August 3, at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Morbihan, in Lorient, as part of the Interceltic Festival. About 300 participants from various Celtic countries and regions gathered for this anniversary edition.
The new book by Marie-Josée Christien, "Just a Little Water" (with 12 photographs by Yann Pérennou) will be released on August 25, published by Tertium editions.
In practice, a high school student who has taken, for example, math classes in Breton will now be able to take the written mathematics exam in Breton.
Three new books have just been released in the first half of the year, adding to the catalog of the association "Les Éditions Sauvages."
Opening of a secure online store for pegsunioù (stickers) Yes Breizh on Hello Asso
The Celtic Planet: Celtic Archaeology, the Latest Discoveries in Europe.
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