2008 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 2008 to Wales and its people.

2008
in
Wales

Centuries:
  • 19th
  • 20th
  • 21st
Decades:
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
  • 2020s
See also:
2008 in
The United Kingdom
England
Ireland
Scotland

Incumbents

Events

Arts and literature

Awards

New books

Classical

Albums

Singles

Film

Broadcasting

Welsh-language TV

English-language TV

Sport

Births

    Deaths

    See also

    References

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    2. "New £6 Million Interpretation Centre Opens At Cardiff Castle". Culture24. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
    3. "Tory candidate apologises for 'greasy wops' comment". The Guardian. London. 14 June 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
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    5. "Cigar blunder minister quits job". BBC News. 18 July 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
    6. "Survey turns hill into a mountain". BBC News. 19 September 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
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    9. "'Historic' use of Welsh in EU". BBC News. 20 November 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
    10. "22m counterfeit cigarettes found". BBC News. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
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    13. "Crown Winners". National Eisteddfod of Wales. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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    22. "Neil Aspinall, 'the fifth Beatle', dies aged 66". The Daily Telegraph. 25 March 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
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    28. "FAW mourn defender Ron Stitfall". BBC Sport. 24 June 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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    30. "Professor Michael Baxandall: Influential art historian with a rigorously cerebral approach to the study of painting and sculpture". The Independent. 22 October 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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