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The institutional campaign “Essential” tells the story of migrants to Navarre in first person

11/06/2020

Paola was born in Ecuador and is 24 years old.  She works at the hospital in Estella-Lizarra.  She is one of those featured in the campaign “Essential,” shows the role during the pandemic of Navarrese people born in other countries and is the first public awareness campaign that the Government of Navarre launches under the brand “Navarre in Colors – Nafarroa Koloretan” (see the presentation here). “Essential,” shows eight absolutely real protagonists without adornment or make-up, portrayed at their ...

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The campaign “Navarre in Colors,” presented in Pamplona; the Directorate of Migration Policies' headquarters talks 10 languages

11/05/2020

The Director General of Migration Policies in the Navarrese Government, Patricia Ruiz de Irizar in front of her headquarters presenting the campaign. The Government of Navarre, through the Department of Migration Policies and Justice, presented this Wednesday its brand “Navarre in Colors – Nafarroa Koloretan,” a transversal brand that will identify all actions and campaigns related to intercultural coexistence in the Foral Community.  The official presentation consisted of a video with the symbolic “digital,” discovery of ...

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The “Hamaika Gara” movement also invites the Diaspora to sign its petition “in favor of being able to decide via referendum”

11/05/2020

Poster from “Hamaika Gara – We are Many” 'Hamaika Gara – We are Many' is a "massive gathering of supporters and commitments in favor of the right to decide by referendum".  Its objective is "to make the majority position in favor of the exercise of the right to decide visible and make effective progress in the various territories that make up Euskal Herria.  The meeting of signatures is being held in the ...

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Kylee Leniz, 16 year old Elko, Nevada resident of Basque origin was shot and killed while working at a local McDonalds

11/05/2020

Selfie of Kylee Leniz with her dad Iñaki.  The event has everyone in shock. GB Elko is in shock, and the family of Kylee Leniz, 16 year old who was killed while working the drive through at the local McDonalds, has suffered a tremendous blow. Leniz was shot in what seems to be a random and indiscriminate attack that caused her death at the local hospital. The suspect, Justin Michael Mullis, 24, was later arrested.

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The city of Boise, Idaho promotes its Basque Block and the local Basque culture as one of its touristic attractions

11/04/2020

Traditional Basque choirs during Santa Ageda singing verses in the middle of the Basque Block in front of Boise’s Euskal Etxea The Basque Block in Boise is one of the attractions that the capital of Idaho has to offer its visitors.  This central zone of Boise that once housed Basque hotels and meeting places for Basque emigrants has been rehabilitated and transformed into a pedestrian zone that includes places to have a drink, taste Basque food or visit with friends on a patio. The Block also includes the Basque Museum and Cultural ...

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Etxepare Basque Institute to open a new Basque language and culture lectureship at Tiblisi University in Georgia

11/04/2020

Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University or TSU is the oldest university in Georgia and the Caucasus region As a result of the collaboration agreement signed in September 2020 between the Etxepare Basque Institute and Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University in Georgia, in February 2021 the Georgian university will launch a new Basque Language and Culture lectureship. On November 17, the Institute will start a selection process for a Basque Language and Culture Lecturer to teach for the ...

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FEVA offers a virtual course for Basque Choir directors on November 14th taught by Maestro Miguel Pesce

11/04/2020

The course will be on November 14th, 2020 Even if there is no Semana Vasca so no Basque Choirs Gathering this year, FEVA has kept this in mind when considering its virtual proposals, paying attention to this activity that continues to grow every year in Basque clubs.  This is why they have organized a workshop on November 14th at 6pm for Basque choir directors entitled “El Coro no me mira,” (The Choir doesn’t look at ...

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The Euskal Etxea in Mallorca provided talks at schools about Euskera and Basque culture, singing Txoria Txori

11/03/2020

The Artea Euskal Etxea in Mallorca is preparing to celebrate the Day of Navarre as well as ENE, the International Day of Euskera In response to a request, the Artea Basque Club in Mallorca has given talks in Palma at schools presenting a panorama of Basques, Euskera and Basque culture.  For the majority of the students this was their first introduction to Euskal Herria, its language and culture, as well as to the existence of the eighth Basque province and Basque communities and clubs worldwide.  The activity was conducted ...

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SNV 2020: “Virtual pelota” in Macachin and maybe a small gathering in front of the Basque club for the local community

11/03/2020

Images of the last Semana Nacional Vasca hold in Macachin, in 2015 Under normal conditions, EuskalKultura.eus would be publishing  here the final program for the SNV,  Semana Nacional Vasca (Argentine Basque National Week) for this year that was to be held in Macachin November 16-23, hosted by local Basque club Euzko Alkartasuna.  Two weeks apart from what would have been the beginning, the club has let us know that they will commemorate the date ...

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Cecilia Corcuera Berasategui: The first Basque woman to enlist in the US Army during World War II

11/02/2020

Cecilia Corcuera Berasategui The Sancho de Beurko Elkartea Association has published the identity of the first Basque woman born in the Basque Country that served in the US Army during World War II.  Her name is Cecilia Corcuera Berasategui and she was born in Araia-Maeztu, Araba in 1916.

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