Every day, in different parts of the world, there is a news item that mentions the Basques. Sometimes it is about an innovative company, others about scientific research, a cultural initiative, a Basque center in the Diaspora, or a political debate. These reports are published in different languages, in different countries, and in very different contexts.
Separately, they seem to be isolated facts. Seen as a whole, they draw something much more profound: the constant presence of the Basque nation on the international sphere.
However, this global image is not usually observed in a unified way. News about the Basques in the world appears scattered in hundreds of newspapers and digital platforms. On many occasions, what is Basque is diluted under state or administrative frameworks that do not always clearly reflect the Basque national reality or the breadth and depth of its projection abroad.
About Basque Country was created to offer this overall vision: to collect, organize, and analyze how the international press reports on the Basques and the Basque reality, building a structured archive that allows us to understand how our nation is projected in the world.
The Basque nation and its international dimension
The Basque nation is not limited to a specific territory or administrative delimitation. Over the centuries, the Basques have developed an international presence that transcends borders and States. The Basque diaspora, spread throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Oceania, forms an inseparable part of this reality.
Industrial companies, cooperatives, researchers, artists, athletes, Basque centers, cultural initiatives, and business projects have contributed to place the Basque reality in very diverse international scenarios. This presence is neither exceptional nor anecdotal. On the contrary, it is constant and has contributed to building the national realities of many places on the planet.
The foreign press regularly picks up on this activity. It publishes analyses, reports, and references that collaborate in the creation of a certain image of the Basques and the Basque nation in the world. But this media construction is rarely analyzed as a global phenomenon.
About Basque Country focuses precisely on documenting, analyzing, and commenting on this international media representation.
An archive to understand how the image of Basques is constructed
Our goal is not to replace the media nor to reproduce their content. Neither are we an automatic aggregator.
We detect, select, classify, and group international news about the Basques, organizing them by topics and offering editorial context when necessary. Politics, economy, science, culture, sports, gastronomy, diaspora, and innovation are just some of the areas we follow constantly. We seek to offer the best selection of news about Basques in the world.
Over time, this systematic compilation has built up a unique documentary archive: a structured base that allows us to observe trends, approaches, narrative frameworks, and changes in the way the world talks about Basques.
We do not copy, we search, and we share links and help to distribute those news items that otherwise would not be known by many of the people interested in the topics we deal with. Also, it is true, we comment and evaluate, sometimes deeply critically, with the aim of critically analyzing the approaches from which the Basque reality is presented in different international contexts.
That is why we consider that, more than a collection of links, About Basque Country is a tool to understand the international projection of the Basque nation.
Basques in the world, an open reality
We understand the Basque nation as a historical and contemporary community that evolves over time. Basque identity is not a closed or ethnic concept, but rather a living reality that integrates those who, inside or outside the territory, recognize they are a part of it and actively participate in its social, cultural, and political development.
The diaspora is not an appendix, but rather a natural extension of that nation. The Basque centers, the communities organized abroad, and the people who maintain links with their origin are part of the same collective fabric.
About Basque Country also includes this foreign dimension, convinced that the Basque reality cannot be understood without its international presence.
A project promoted by the Euskadi Munduan Association
About Basque Country is an editorial project promoted by the Euskadi Munduan Association. For more than a decade, we have been working on the compilation and analysis of international news about the Basques, with continuity and a long-term vocation.
In 2026 we began a new stage, incorporating technological tools that allow us to expand coverage, improve classification, and offer new ways of presenting information. Our goal is clear: to build the most complete archive possible on the international media presence of the Basque nation.
We are a small team that devotes time and voluntary effort to this project, convinced that understanding how the world talks about us is a way to strengthen collective awareness and international reach.
Why it is important to document how the world talks about the Basques
The way in which the international press reports on the Basques is not a minor detail. The way in which news about Basques is presented in the world contributes to building perceptions, interpretative frameworks, and narratives that influence how the Basque nation is understood beyond its borders and also within them.
Documenting this media presence allows us to observe trends, detect changes in approach and better understand how our collective reality is projected internationally. It is a way to become aware of our global dimension and to strengthen our own view of what we are and how we are perceived.
About Basque Country aspires to be an open space under permanent construction. We invite all the people interested in the Basque reality—inside and outside the territory—to collaborate with this project: sending information published in international media, spreading our work, and contributing, as far as possible, to the maintenance and development of this initiative.
The international presence of the Basque nation is not the work of a few. It is a shared reality. Documenting and understanding it must also be a collective task.
Project sheet
Name: About Basque Country
Promoted by: Euskadi Munduan Association
Year started: 2010
Number of unique articles published (February 2026): 5,794
Scope: International news about the Basques
Geographical coverage: Global
Working languages: Basque, Spanish, English (progressive expansion).
Focus: Selection, classification, and editorial analysis of the international press
Objective: To document the media representation of the Basque nation in the world.
Periodicity: Daily update
Nature: Independent and collaborative publishing project