12/28/2018

As EuskalKultura.com announced last week, the Basque Government published today the call for grants for Basque clubs in the Official Bulletin of the Basque Country (EHAA-BOPV). The total budget is 902,300 Euros, 782,307 of which is destined to grants in Chapter IV (operating and activity expenses) with the remaining 120,000 aimed at Chapter VII (infrastructure and equipment). The deadline to ...
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12/28/2018

As we announced you last week on EuskalKultura.com, the Official Bulletin of the Basque Country (EHAA-BOPV) published in today’s edition the call for financial help for Basque clubs to take care of the needs of members in situations of extreme need. The total budget is 202,000 Euros and the deadline to apply is April 26.
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12/28/2018

Submerged in summer, the Basques in Necochea are taking advantage of the season to live and share their Basque traditions even with the tourists that come by thousands in January. The Basque club will participate in the Fair of Collectivities that will take place January 17-20 with a food stand over the four days and to close the festivities they will also celebrate the tamborrada that that same weekend ...
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12/27/2018

The Official Bulletin of the Basque Country has published the Resolution of the Director of the Etxepare Basque Institute with grants awarded Basque clubs for their Euskera courses for 2018-2019. The budget totals 234,000 Euros that was share between 29 entities including three federations FEVA, NABO and FIVU.
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12/27/2018

The contest includes three categories, and so the call is aimed at children under 12, youth between the ages of 13-17; and adults 18 and older. The topic is open and should always refer to the Basque culture. The club provides the following suggestions:
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12/26/2018

Guillermo Blanco passed away on December 8th after a lengthy illness that resulted in medical expenses that his widow is not able to cover. This is the origin of this canpaign calling on the “generosity and solidarity of friends and well-wishers” to help her confront the situation. Guillermo was born in Spain, very near the Basque Country and emigrated, as many Basques, to the Western ...
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12/25/2018

It is Christmas time again, an occasion that provides an opportunity to get together and gather with family and friends; to demonstrate our closeness and caring for those people who we appreciate and those that we may not have expressed it enough to throughout the year. With the end of the year coming this is often an appropriate time to express our support and good wishes to those who surround us, as well as ...
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12/24/2018

The Christmas climate has also arrived to euskal etxeas who have welcomed a visit from one of the most beloved characters from the Basque Country. The Olentzero has visited clubs all over the world to leave presents and candy along with a message of peace, harmony and good wishes to txikis and not so txikis, of course only if they had behaved “reasonably well” during 2018. But Olentzero didn’t ...
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12/21/2018

Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu has addressed his traditional Christmas message to Basques and communities around the world. Urkullu speaks about family, heart, profound sentiment, and hope in his message as well as the capacity of Basques to face and overcome, as well as the asset that the Basque Diaspora represents with increased numbers of young professionals annually. Hospitality, generosity and gratitude ...
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12/20/2018

The Official Bulletin of the Basque Country (EHAA-BOPV) published the resolution from the Director of the Basque Community Abroad today in relation to Basque Government grants for Basque clubs and federations. The total budget for 2018 was 902,306 Euros split between Chapter IV (operating, programs and activities and Chapter VII (infrastructure and equipment. To see the list of all of the clubs who received grant ...
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