Category: Basque Country

Online Exhibit of the Basque Culture

Basque dancing, bertsolaris and Basque art and theater are all subjects of videos presented in an online presentation by the website Euskal Munduak (Basque World). The website’s exhibit, Batekmila Basque Worlds, is a contemporary and multilingual view of the world of the Basques. The online exhibit includes photos, music, videos, recordings of normal everyday sounds, to showcase the Basque culture. [...]

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The entrance to the Mondragon Cooperative. Photo by Mattin Larrea Albisu

Mondragon Cooperative helps Basque economy survive recession

By Mitchell Handler The Basque Country may be suffering from a milder recession than the rest of Spain, due in part to what is believed to be the world’s largest worker cooperative, reports the BBC. 
 The cooperative, Mondragon, is headquartered in the Basque town of Arrasate and works as a collective of about 250 companies and organizations. Compared to [...]

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Surfer Kepa Acero and sailing captain Unai Basurko

Basque Surfer Kepa Acero Goes For The Big Antarctic Wave

In the next few days, Basque surfer Kepa Acero will try to ride a huge wave in the Antarctic Ocean. If he succeeds, he will be the first European surfing this untamed, frigid ocean. He is joining the sailing expedition of Pakea Bizkaia, a Basque sailboat heading to Antartica for the first time. Acero’s adventure is part of his “5 [...]

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The Guggenheim Museum seen from the Puente de la Salve.

The Bilbao Effect

The renaissance of Bilbao reflects the perseverance of the Basques.

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Iker Martinez and Xabi Fernandez, Olympic Sailors

Basque Athletes in the London Olympics

Several Basques competed in the latest Olympics, representing Spain.

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Basque San Telmo Museum

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Costume designer Ane Albisu with the exhibit she prepared.

Basque Society Changes Highlighted at Donosti museum

Basque society through the ages in the spotlight at San Telmo Museoa.

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Basque Scientists Want to Know What Makes Bertsolaris Tick

Basque Scientists Want to Know What Makes Bertsolaris Tick

Maialen Lujanbio and Andoni Egaña are part of a unique research project

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Javi Martinez of Athletic Bilbao battles Diego Godin of Atletico Madrid in the Europa League final. Photo: AFP.

Soccer Team Athletic Bilbao Loses Final But Wins Media Attention

The team has a loyal fan base built around Basque identity.

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75th Anniversary of the Gernika Bombing

75th Anniversary of the Gernika Bombing

Seventy-five years ago today, waves of Nazi planes devastated the Basque town of Guernica in an atrocity that shocked the world. The town was was leveled on April 26, 1937, in a blitzkrieg attack by the Condor Legion of the Nazi Luftwaffe during the Spanish Civil War. Residents, many of them in the town marketplace, were trapped as the planes [...]

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