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Abstract

From the articles of the volume 3/4, 2008, of Europe Ethnica we especially point out the articles written by Markku Suski, “Land rights and real property in the Nordic Countries: a tentative sketch of an argument with some Nordic examples” and Lauri Hannikainen and Anne Nuorgam, “Cross-border Cooperation of the Northern Indigenous Saami People natural and necessary”. The first article offers real property as a solution for diminishing the conflicts appeared among ethnic groups in Nordic countries. He makes a distinction between property rights and land rights. The second article defines the Saami who “are one whole indigenous people living in four different countries which are neighbors with each other”. The four countries are Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. There is a Saami Parliamentary Council which creates conditions of cooperation for Saami from the above mentioned countries. There is also a Draft Nordic Saami Convention which facilitates cross-border cooperation and harmonizes the legislation related to Saami people. Volume 1/2, 2009 of Europe Ethnica includes articles concerning the protection of minorities in Sweden, in Czech Republic, in Germany, in Austria or in Finland. The articles are presented below. Two interesting articles are “Diversity in School. Challenges for educational systems in the field of converging interests of protection of minorities and anti-discrimination” written by Katrin Wladash, Katharina Kohler and Margit Ammer and “Minority Education in Sweden-problems and trends” written by Sia Spiliopoulou Akermark. The first article talks about religious diversity, linguistic diversity, equal opportunities in education for minority as well as for majority, access for minorities at all levels of education. The authors refer to the difference between us and others which they present as “an important step within the process towards de-constructing the picture.