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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.
On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the United States, the Brittany Cultural Institute – Skol Uhel ar Vro is dedicating a conference and an exhibition to Armand Tuffin de La Rouërie in Vannes. On Saturday, October 3 at 3 PM, three authors, Thierry Jigourel, François-Xavier Lefranc, and Thierry de Navacelle, will participate in a round table titled "La Rouërie, from American Commitment to the Defense of Breton Liberties."
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.
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.
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).
Founded a year ago in the Gulf of Morbihan, the young company of Alexandre Martin launched its online service on September 10. Its promise: to read in a quarter of an hour everything the web says about a company, including AI responses, and then provide its manager with an action plan and the content to execute it. Discover more at www.wayveio.fr
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.
Monique Loquet, née Thobie, passed away on Monday, September 7, in Saint-Nazaire, at the age of 96. Born on August 28, 1930, she lived in Guérande.
Bretagne Réunie once again submits a petition to the National Assembly for a consultation on the attachment of Loire-Atlantique to the Brittany region.
The second edition of the Kraków Celtic Festival takes place from September 4 to 6 in Kraków, Poland. For three days, musicians and dancers from Poland, Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Brittany gather in the former Polish capital. A Celtic presence that may be surprising nearly 1,500 kilometers from Brittany, but which is based both on a very active local music scene and on a much older history.
14 CDs, including 1 double "Live", 1 CD-ROM, 1 Book, here is the COMPLETE WORK of Claude BESSON: "I am a tree"
Five documentary witnesses preserved at the Archivo General de Simancas and dated from November 29 to December 2, 1483, allow us to follow the negotiation and then the implementation of an agreement between Francis II, Duke of Brittany, Ferdinand II of Aragon, and Isabella I of Castile. Bretaigne DAO publishes the references of the sources already found, what they actually establish, and the documents that still need to be located.
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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