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How to find a medieval document when you only know the name of a city or a signatory? Bretaigne DAO opens its research notebook. Two manuscripts preserved in Rennes serve as a starting point. In Nantes, a reference to the second treaty of Guérande provides an initial lead to verify.
A cyberattack against Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, headquartered near Brest, is reported to have diverted around 118 million euros. The banking group acknowledges that the hackers accessed the platform of an external service provider. This incident raises questions about the security of IT outsourcing, well beyond the banking sector.
In "The Other Memory of Chateaubriand," Carole Naulleau imagines a meeting between a reader from 2025 and the viscount. Their conversation takes him back to his Breton childhood.
Gathered on October 23 and 24, 2026, in Chur, Switzerland, for the 10th Forum of European Minority Regions organized by FUEN, representatives of linguistic minorities, researchers, and technology companies presented the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence to preserve and develop their languages. From Romansh to Irish, including Ladin, initiatives are multiplying. Experiences that could also inspire the digital future of Breton.
The article published in Ouest-france about the de-Bretonization of the Coat-Edern school allowed the mayor of Plouzane, Yves Du Buit, to avoid answering our legitimate questions and to caricature us by calling us "nationalists." This warranted a response from us. Above all, this example once again demonstrates the disinterest of certain elected officials in our Breton heritage.
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This Saturday, October 31, the eve of All Saints' Day, marks the festival of Samhain. Known as Kalan-Goañv in Breton, literally "beginning of winter," this ancient Celtic celebration marked, at dusk, the end of the light season, the onset of winter, and the beginning of a new year.
Excavations conducted at Vieux-Vy-sur-Couesnon, in Ille-et-Vilaine, reveal the organization of a vast Gallic settlement covering 125 hectares. This discovery adds to an already considerable collection of remnants of Gallic civilization in Brittany, from Paule to Yaudet, including Huelgoat and Tronoën. It also invites a reconsideration of the claims made by archaeologist Yannick Lecerf, who stated that the Celts never came to Brittany.
Late on Monday, October 26, 2026, the Corsican nationalist representatives left the Senate and announced their withdrawal from the negotiation process regarding the island's autonomy. The reason: the adopted amendments that call into question several essential elements: a distinct community, resident status, or the recognition of the Corsican language.
36th edition of the "Jazz à l'Ouest" festival
Bretaigne DAO continues to build its historical corpus with new manuscript reproductions, legal research tools, and a digitization campaign initiated with the Archives of Côtes-d’Armor. Recent advancements include an old copy of the will of Claude of France preserved in Carpentras and the identification of thirteen letters from Anne of Brittany addressed to the bishop and chapter of Tréguier.
A survey by Ifop published on October 22, 2026, reveals that 56% of residents in the five Breton departments support the attachment of Loire-Atlantique to the Brittany region, compared to 44% in 2012. Support reaches 62% in Loire-Atlantique and 52% in the other four departments. Conducted for Regions and Solidarity Peoples (R&PS), the survey also shows a majority support for federalism and the recognition of regional languages.
The 13th screening-debate of the film "Anatole Le Braz, from Brittany to the World," marking the centenary of the death of the renowned Breton writer, will take place at the Alain Gérard media library in Quimper this Saturday, November 7 at 3 PM. This cinema-debate follows the one in Tréguier on Wednesday, November 4 at 6 PM - a second screening due to the audience that could not find a place in early June and precedes the screening in Lanvellec (Trégor) on Sunday, November 15 at 4 PM. For this autumn tour, the screening in Quimper will...
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