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🇨🇦 Global News
National & Local

‘Go Habs Go!’ to return to Montreal buses after language controversy

Montreal's transit agency will reinstate the slogan 'Go Habs Go!' on city buses following approval from the provincial language watchdog after public outcry.

Feb 26 • 16:50 UTC
🇨🇿 Deník N
National & Local

Point N: A Turk in the Fight Against Windmills Speaks the Language of NIMBY

Czech lawmakers are proposing a bill aimed at overcoming local opposition to development projects, known as NIMBYism, which has stirred controversy regarding its implications for cultural heritage protection.

Feb 25 • 18:50 UTC
🇨🇦 National Post
Sports

What do Olympic hockey players think when curlers speak their, uh, language?

Natalie Spooner comments on the recent curling controversy involving Marc Kennedy and expresses relief that hockey players are not miked up during games.

Feb 14 • 19:36 UTC
🇲🇽 El Financiero (ES)
National & Local

Bad Bunny: industry, language, resistance

Bad Bunny, receiving a Grammy Award, champions Latino culture and American identity, stirring controversy and discourse around his music's influence.

Feb 11 • 07:30 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
National & Local

Welcome to the calentón: no nation speaks and thinks in a single language

The article discusses the cultural significance of multilingualism and highlights the controversy around Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance, emphasizing the enrichment that different languages bring to nations rather than weakening them.

Feb 11 • 04:30 UTC
🇪🇪 Postimees
National & Local

THE LANGUAGE SHARPENER ⟩ Bureaucratic Fog in the Dictionary

The new edition of the Estonian language dictionary has sparked controversy over the exclusion of certain vulgar words, leading to public petitions for their reinstatement.

Feb 11 • 00:00 UTC
🇮🇳 Aaj Tak (Hindi)
National & Local

Mohan Bhagwat said - We have no enmity with English

Mohan Bhagwat addressed issues related to caste system, language controversy, conversions, and illegal immigration.

Feb 8 • 08:54 UTC
🇮🇳 Aaj Tak (Hindi)
National & Local

'Ponga Pandit' Became 'Bribe-taker...': What Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak Said About the Film

Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak addressed the controversy surrounding the film 'Ghushkhor Pandit,' which he believes uses derogatory language against the Brahmin community.

Feb 7 • 07:22 UTC
🇮🇳 Aaj Tak (Hindi)
Crime & Justice

MNS leader threatened bank officer

A viral video shows an MNS leader threatening a bank officer in Mumbai for not speaking in Marathi, sparking a new language controversy in the Mahim area.

Feb 6 • 09:58 UTC
🇪🇸 El Mundo
National & Local

The mayor of Colmenar de Oreja says 'f***ing Police' in a plenary session: 'It was a mistake, I apologize'

Miguel Ángel Pulido, the mayor of Colmenar de Oreja, admits to using inappropriate language towards the police during a municipal plenary session and has pledged to publicly apologize.

Feb 4 • 23:04 UTC
🇮🇹 Il Giornale
National & Local

Arabic as a curricular language at the Montale high school in Rome sparks political controversy

The Montale linguistic high school in Rome becomes the first school in the capital to offer Arabic as a third curricular language, igniting a political debate regarding the inclusion of non-European languages in education.

Jan 14 • 09:41 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
Life & Tech

Eamonn Holmes 'told off like a teenager' as he's forced to apologise on GB News

Eamonn Holmes apologized to GB News viewers for using inappropriate language during a live broadcast.

Jan 7 • 15:58 UTC
🇬🇷 Proto Thema
World

The Slavo-Macedonians, the artificial language of Skopje and... the 'local' dialects

The article discusses Slavo-Macedonians, the artificial language policy in North Macedonia, and community responses to cultural interventions, sparked by a recent controversy involving the mayor of Florina.

Dec 29 • 07:43 UTC

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