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Officially presented yesterday, Saturday, September 19, 2026, at 6:00 PM at the Espace Bouvet (Saint-Servan, Saint-Malo) on the occasion of the European Heritage Days, this new work by Gilbert Louet drew a full house of 200 people for a screening and discussion about the 17 centuries of history of the Alet district.
The 25th edition of the Maintenant festival will take place in Rennes on October 1st.
The 37th Book Festival in Brittany, which will take place on October 24 and 25 in Carhaix, has chosen a particularly popular theme this year: "Brittany, a Sporting Power / Breizh, ur vro a gar ar sport." The 2026 edition will be held under the honorary presidency of journalist and writer Georges Cadiou, a great connoisseur of the history of sport in Brittany.
Autonomy, reunification, climate change, the Breton language, digital future... The Brittany Region invites Bretons to express their views on their future!
The results of the international PISA 2025 survey confirm the decline in academic performance in a large part of Europe, while several Asian countries continue to occupy the top of the rankings. The Celtic countries are not exempt from this trend.
According to The Guardian, the leaders of the three main nationalist movements from Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland met on Monday in Cardiff to strengthen their cooperation and assert their nations' right to democratically decide their future.
Comments made by RN deputy Jean-Philippe Tanguy comparing the traditional Breton headdress to the Islamic veil have sparked reactions in Brittany. Regional councilor Christian Guyonvarc'h particularly criticizes him for his ignorance of Breton history and culture.
In Nieuport, on the banks of the Yser, a Breton delegation will pay tribute on Saturday, September 19, to quartermaster Yves-Marie Carval, a sailor from Plogoff killed in January 1915. Behind the fate of this man lies one of the bloodiest chapters of the First World War: that of the marine rifle brigade of Breton Rear Admiral Pierre-Alexis Ronarc’h, sent to Belgium in the autumn of 1914 to halt the German advance.
In the face of the failure of centralism, the choice of federalism
Saturday, September 19, we will be in Nieuport to celebrate the memory of Chief Petty Officer Yves Marie CARVAL, who was killed in 1915 and buried in a mass grave. More than a century later, Bretons will go to honor the memory of one of their own. The family will be present, along with local authorities, for a ceremony in the Breton language.
On the occasion of the European Heritage Days, a new work by Gilbert Louet dedicated to the remains of the Cité d’Alet and the history of Saint-Malo will be officially presented on Saturday, September 19, 2026, at the Espace Bouvet, at 6:00 PM (free entry).
90 years of Kredenn Geltiek Conferences and Concert Aziliz MANROW
XIth Keltia Conference "Sacred Waters among the Celts" Celtic tradition did not merely acknowledge that water was the essential element for life. It personified and deified the various water sources based on perfectly coherent criteria, the understanding of which is essential for anyone wishing to comprehend this spirituality.
The Irish author Diarmuid Ó Breasláin has just published "A Short History of the Breton Language," a work in English that traces about 1,500 years of the history of the Breton language, from its Brittonic origins to its contemporary situation.
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