06/29/2020

The Elko Basque Club announced the cancellation of its 2020 National Basque Festival due to COVID-19 some time ago (see here). After canceling the three-day festive gathering that attracts a large audience from various states to the city each year, the local Basque club is now organizing a local Basque festival at its clubhouse, which has an outdoor patio. This event is comprised of a family dinner followed later by ...
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06/29/2020

Tomorrow, June 30th, is the last day to submit original works to the 2020 Literary Contest sponsored by the Eusko Etxea in Corpus Christi, in the Argentine province of Misiones. On behalf of the club, Olga Leiciaga, told EuskalKultura.eus that they had already received 112 works by last Saturday in Spanish and another three in Basque. They have come to them from the Basque Country, Argentina, Spain, ...
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06/29/2020

We still don’t know when they will play, or if they will have an audience when they do so, or if it will be closed to the public, but what is sure is that fans are anxious for the final match of the Copa del Rey, that pitches two Basque soccer teams against each other in 2020: Real Sociedad from Donostia-San Sebastian, and Athletic from Bilbao. We talked to Iker Ruiz de Sabando, president of the Athletic ...
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06/26/2020

The Jon Bilbao Chair at the University Of Nevada, Reno (UNR), consists annually of a research stay at the Center for Basque Studies (CBS) has already named the 2020 researcher. The research project presented by Asier Barandiaran was selected allowing Barandiaran to come to the CBS to conduct research in order to carry out the project, according to the Etxepare Basque Institute.
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06/26/2020

Established at the University of Deusto in 2014, the Ada Byron Award for Women Technologists and Scientists wants to acknowledge and make visible the work of current technologists, "whose careers have been especially relevant for society." The award is aimed at women with degrees or careers in technology, engineering, and other scientific fields closely related to technology, and is sponsored by ...
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06/26/2020

Today, June 26th, Sabrina Otegui from EuskalKultura.eus will interview an entrepreneur that is a member of the Basque-Argentine community and director of the Txapela Basque “made in Argentina" cider Project, Xabier Aguirre. Txapela started a year ago making cider with apples native to Patagonia, Argentina, following recipes and the traditional ways from the Basque Country in a Basque-Argentine ...
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06/25/2020

Next weekend on the US Basque calendar includes the Basque Festival in Homedale, organized by the Txoko Ona Basque Club. Due to the current situation, with the pandemic still out of control in the United States, the physical gathering is not a possibility. Nevertheless, Aita Antton will celebrate mass online, corresponding to this picnic, as he has done before for many others, for anyone wishing to ...
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06/25/2020

Sainy John is one of the most recognized festivities at Basque clubs throughout the Diaspora, maybe because it invites everyone to come out and celebrate together; or maybe because with the anticipation of the arrival of a new solstice all the bad goes away, while the good comes. It doesn’t matter the reason, every June dozens of Basque clubs around the world light a fire for San Juan and dance, sing and ...
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06/24/2020

This is how the Lehendakari was assured yesterday at a meeting held via Zoom. Reporting matter-of-factly, the image they transmitted to the Basque Government clearly reflected that the Euskal Etxeak are not free from the situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic at an international level. On the bright side: according to the data they have, the Coronavirus has not had a significant impact on Basque ...
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06/24/2020

Led by Goio Usunaga Beltran de Gebara, Chef from Bilbao, the Basque-Colombian gastronomic venture, “El Vasco,” specializes in Bogota in the creation of artisanal omelettes “from an original recipe from Euskadi,” according to its advertising, although it also includes other typical recipes from Euskal Herria. The establishment has just signed an agreement with the Basque club in ...
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