Montenegro:Strasbourg, minority language policy is necessary
Delimitation of territories too "vague" to enforce norms
29 September, 14:31The report focuses on measures undertaken to protect and promote Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian and Romani languages.
Experts point out that so far the implementation of the measures provided for in the Charter has been hindered by a "vague" delimitation of the territories where it should be enforced. But now a new law should change the situation, evisaging that an idiom is officially recognized if spoken as a mother tongue by at least 5% of the population in a specific area. The report shows that the most protected language is Albanian, while the Romani language is the less protected and promoted idiom.
(ANSA).