03/02/2020

As part of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the Basque Government has organized the “Euskadi-Japan 2020” program aiming to promote the Euskadi Basque Country mark better internationally, and support all Basque actors related with Japan. The Basque-Japanese relationship that is most notable surely in the area of gastronomy, although there is no doubt that in other areas the third world economy is a very ...
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03/02/2020

Every year, “Day of the Balearic Islands” is celebrated and the Artea Basque Club in Mallorca usually participates at the fair with a stand. Their hope is to “make our activities more visible and present our culture to the local society that welcomes us, while facilitate the approach of Basques and Navarrese who are passing through, or who have come to work here,” Angel Luis Merlo explained ...
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02/28/2020

The Urrundik Basque Association and the “Presencia Vasca” (Basque Presence) radio show conducted by Federico Borras Alcain will hold this year a double celebration. In fact the Euskal Etxea will celebrate its 20th anniversary while the radio show will celebrate its 30th anniversary of uninterrupted broadcasting. These special events have not gone unnoticed by the Basques in Parana and they ...
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02/28/2020

The National Sun Festival begun on Tuesday and will run through Saturday, February 29th with a rich program that includes shows by international figures, among other activities. The festival takes place at the Costanera Fair Grounds in the provincial capital city, and local communities take part annually including the Basque community through San Juango Eusko Etxea.
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02/27/2020

After a period of inactivity after the death of Clavel Sagredo, Basque club founder and president, the Basque community in the Northeast of the province of Chubut in Patagonia, Argentina is working to reactivate the Basque club. The first step was to create a new board of directors that could “put things in order” the legal situation, and the club’s facilities. The board was elected on ...
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02/26/2020
With summer behind us, and after the Aguirre-Soraluce family’s farewell, on December 29th, of the Zazpirak Bat Restaurant in Rosario, renowned Argentinean Basque Chef, Itziar Aguirre, presents her new project, “Trainera.” “The evolution of a family project; the continuity of a 25-year career that seeks to sustain and maintain the essence of Basque cuisine but in a more inclusive concept, conquering and adding new generations in our client audience,” she explains.
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02/26/2020

February 28th is the deadline to apply for 2020 Basque Government Grants for Basque clubs, Federations, and Confederations. The total budget to be awarded is 902,300 Euros of which 782,300 is allocated to Chapter IV Grants (operating and activity expense), and the remaining 120,000 is for Chapter VII Grants (infrastructure). The resolution dated December 17, 2019, date of approval by the ...
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02/25/2020

The Basque club in Arrecifes is approaching its centennial as club president Laureano Villa Zabaleta reminded everyone in his welcoming remarks at the inauguration of the club’s 98th anniversary festivities. The birthday party was on February 22nd, and gathered some 130 guests. The event began with an Aurresku performed by Anabella Bilbao Valieta and Elisa Barroso Tognolotti to the former club ...
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02/25/2020

The 48th edition of the National Calf Festival and Branding Day will take place March 8-15 in the city of Ayacucho, province of Buenos Aires. The local Euskal Etxea will again guarantee the presence of the Basque community at the event with its queen candidate and its float. The candidate, Camila Ceverio, was presented at the club’s dinner on February 1st and will participate in the contest Gala ...
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02/24/2020

After reaching an agreement with directors from dance groups from all over the country, the Euzko Alkartasuna Basque Club in Macachin, the site of Semana Nacional Vasca 2020, determined a date for the first director’s meeting. The meeting hopes to delineate what the Theater Evening, at Semana Vasca will look like. The meeting will take place this weekend, Saturday February 29th and Sunday March 1st in ...
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