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Historical/ Arbëresh with official language for journalism services and RAI channels

Historical/ Arbëresh with official language for journalism services and RAI

Arbeşti will be the official language for journalism and program services on RAI Calabria channels in Italy.
On May 25, 2024, it was published in the Official Gazette with no. 121 that the Arber language will be the official language for the journalism services and programs of RAI Calabria, in Italy.

This historic achievement for the Arber communities of Italy will also extend to the Piedmont region. The Service Contract for the programs of RAI Calabria for the years 2023-2028, formalizes the use of Arberian as the language of the historic Arberian linguistic minority recognized by law no. 482/99. Below you will follow the full article of one of the initiators and perseverants in this matter, the former director of RAI Calabria, Mr. Demetrio Crucitti.
The Center for Arbëresh Studies and Publications (QSPA) has been emphasizing the importance of Arbëresh harvesting at the community, institutional and scientific level for four years, through activities and international conferences, as a vital issue for the Arbëresh communities in Italy, which is becoming a reality. after 49 years from the RAI reform law 103/75, taking the first step in the importance that the issue of language should take in journalism services and in education, in the host country, Italy.

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