basque heritage worldwide
12/31/2014
Old Havana, in the heart of the historic district of the Cuban capital, will be the site of the Eleventh International Conference of Euskal Herria Mugaz Gaindi, dedicated this time to Basques in Cuba. The event is being co-organized by the Center for Basque Studies of the University of Nevada, Reno and the Basque Government in cooperation with the Basque-Navarran Charitable Association Basque club in Havana, among others.
12/31/2014
Red Bay, Canada will celebrate its “III Jaialdi Red Bay Basque Festival” on July 7-9, 2015 including a conference on its inhabitants in the 16th and 17th centuries. As the most important Basque whaling station at that time, which will be recreated for visitors to also include fishermen’s way of life coming from Biarritz, Baiona, Donibane Lohizune, Pasaia, Donostia, Orio or Bermeo nearly 500 years ago. There will be Basque gastronomic exhibits and the city will be brightened with Basque cultural exhibits.
12/30/2014
The latest newsletter of the Agirre Lehendakaria Center for Social and Political Studies (ALC) based on the Leioa Campus of the University of the Basque Country and directed by former Lehendakari Juan Jose Ibarretxe, included an evaluation of the talks that Ibarretxe has carried out in universities, Basque clubs and other places in Brazil, Uruguay and Chile during the month of November.
12/29/2014
Help for Basque clubs to aid those in situations of extreme need in the Basque community abroad was published in today's Official Buleetin of the Basque country. As part of the agreement and priorities of the Directorate of the Basque Community Abroad, a total of 202,000 Euros is dedicated to these grants. Deadline to apply is one month from tomorrow.
12/29/2014
The presentation was attended by a large crowd interested in the history of Gandara -- a district of Chascomus -- and the presence and influence that Basques and their descendants had in this county (partido) of the province of Buenos Aires. At the end of the 19th Century Gandara was the location for a important factory founded by a group of Basque entrepreneurs.
12/26/2014
The Official Bulletin of the Basque Country published today (BOPV-EHAA on December 26, 2014) includes the Resolution of the Secretary General of Foreign Action opening up the application process for 8 scholarships in the specialization of professionals in the area of Foreign Action 2015. Four of these scholarships are set in Vitoria-Gasteiz; with 2 more in Brussels; one in Santiago, Chile ; and that last one for Bogota, Colombia.
12/26/2014
Itxaso Cayero is one of NABO’s (North American Basque Organizations) Euskera Coordinators. She was born in Boise and at 25 years of age her work includes the cultural revitalization and community involvement of the North American Basque community in regards to the language. She also creates materials to teach Basque to children.
12/23/2014
The Bizkaia Talent association has published new career opportunities on its website for highly-qualified professionals as part of its mission to attract talent from outside of Bizkaia and the Basque Country and to encourage the return of highly-skilled Basques who currently work abroad. The deadline for some of these opportunities is this week and so we invite anyone interested to check their site right away.
12/23/2014
The Zazpirak Bat Basque Club initiative, in Gral. Las Heras, is a classic and so on its 4th edition it gathered a large group of participants once again. During the entire week, as seen in the photo gallery, the club provided the community with a large number of activities linked to the rural sports and some other Basque traditional ways, like mus, pelota paleta and dance.
12/22/2014
Lehendakari Urkullu addressed Basques around the world on the occasion of Christmas, stressing the importance of their contribution made in their dual capacity as citizens rooted in the country in which they live and carry out their day-to-day lives, and as a members of the community made up of Basques and descendants of Basques who maintain and cultivate the feeling and the bond of attachment to their country and culture of origin. Urkullu specifically mentioned tghe relevance of the Basque Country Strategy and announced the 6th World Congress of Basque Collectivities to be held in the fall of 2015 in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
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