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06/16/2021
The story “A Curious Observer,” by Monica Rojas Turpaud, was selected as one of the 19 winning stories by the Otxarkoaga “Story Contest without Borders," organized as part of the 39 Children’s Days of the Txirula Kulture Taldea Association in Otxarkoaga, Bilbao. The story that this young woman from Lima wrote will now be part of the book that will be presented next ...
06/16/2021
The William A. Douglass Center for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno has announced this year’s “Basque Writing Contest.” Original and unpublished works in English whose subject is the Basques, their language and culture, the Diaspora, the Basque Country or any subject related to anything Basque are eligible to participate in this contest.
06/15/2021
The first snowfalls begin in the Sierras de Comechingones, in inland Argentina, between the provinces of Cordoba and San Luis, and local media turn to “El Vasco” (The Basque) to tell them what the winter temperatures are like on the edge of the mountain. And “El Vasco,” is none other than the Osintxuarra, Roman Agirrezabal, who came to Argentina almost 20 years ago and was trapped, not ...
06/15/2021
At the beginning of this year, the Hegaldia Choir at the Lagunt eta Maita Basque Association in Pau published its CD “Herria gogoan.” The recording took place during the pandemic at Notre Dame de Guindales, near Pau. Restrictions due to COVID-19 made the production difficult, but the Basques of the Béarnaise capital city managed to bring the project to fruition. The CD ...
06/15/2021
The historic building erected in 1940, by Benito Ysursa, immigrant from Iurreta, as the site of the Valencia Basque boarding house [Ysursa had previously run the Modern Hotel] will soon begin preparations for the opening of a restaurant in the upper part, and a game room below. The building is now owned by the Barclay Group and it remained empty as the pandemic interfered with previous plans. Over ...
06/14/2021
The Diaspora is part of Arantzazu Ametzaga Iribarren's DNA as it is her Basqueness. Diaspora Basqueness that many lived and live all over the world with intensity – some despite never having set foot on Amalur, the European Basque homeland – in her case as a daughter, wife, mother and grandmother, of Basques born wherever life took them. Sometimes due to vicissitudes ...
06/14/2021
As published by the Basque Government on May 31st, following the regulations in force regarding administrative procedures, the applications for grants for Basque clubs that used to be sent by mail, or presented to the corresponding Basque Government Delegation, will now be processed electronically beginning with the 2021 grants.
06/14/2021
For years, the Euzko Etxea in La Plata has maintained a strong commitment to the inclusion of disabled people, specifically in relation to sports. As such, the Basque club will begin a new cycle of training talks for inclusion, entitled “Inclusion in the Physical Education Class,” which will last throughout the month of June, with sessions every Tuesday, on the 15th, 22nd, and 29th. It will be ...
06/11/2021
This is the first meeting of this nature organized by the young Trujillo Basque Club which brought together members of the Lizarzaburu family via Zoom who attended from places as diverse as Mutriku, Deba, Tolosa, Paris, Amsterdam, Santiago, Lima, Trujillo, Guayaquil, Quito, Ciudad Juárez and California. “The reunion focused on the founding farmhouse Lizartzaburu in Lizartza, Gipuzkoa, to rescue the ...
06/11/2021
The natural Basque-Argentine cider, Txapela, celebrated its first two years this June and will celebrate it with a variety of promotions, raffles, and special proposals with friends and referents in the world of Gastronomy. But without a doubt, one of the most significant moments for this company that is “the best of two worlds,” will be a special edition of “Txapela: KM0 Anniversary,” ...
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