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A look at the Mondragón Cooperative Corporation from Australia

Biscay is redesigning its fiscal policy to promote Sustainable Development Goals

Mei Lan Fang (梅兰芳) en el Forum de Tianjin sosteniendo una chistera.

The story of jai-alai in China

Webinar June 11, 2020 – Conference in English on the Basque...

Jérôme Junqua

Surfing with dolphins on the Basque Coast

Ministro de Seguridad Social, José Luis Escrivá

The Economist: It would seem Minister Escrivá has not understood why...

Webinar June 1-4, 2020: Basque Country Fiscal Advantages after Working Abroad

A gambler writes down his horse racing bet ouside a gambling joint in Malabon, Metro Manila, Philippines, March 21, 2015. Horseracing is one of the more popular forms of sports betting, both legal and illegal, in the Philippines. When paying your final respects for a relative or friend, the last thing you might expect to see at the wake is people placing bets on a card game or bingo. Not in the Philippines. Filipinos, like many Asians, love their gambling. But making wagers on games such as "sakla", the local version of Spanish tarot cards, is particularly common at wakes because the family of the deceased gets a share of the winnings to help cover funeral expenses. Authorities have sought to regulate betting but illegal games persist, with men and women, rich and poor, betting on anything from cockfighting to the Basque hard-rubber ball game of jai-alai, basketball to spider races. Many told Reuters photographer Erik De Castro that gambling is only an entertaining diversion in a country where two-fifths of the population live on $2 a day. But he found that some gamble every day. Casino security personnel told of customers begging to be banned from the premises, while a financier who lends gamblers money at high interest described the dozens of vehicles and wads of land titles given as collateral by those hoping lady luck would bring them riches. REUTERS/Erik De Castro

Jai Alai, as Told by Business Publication ‘Quartz’

Players like Inaki Williams understand, and embrace, the connection between Athletic and its Basque identity.Jon Nazca/Reuters

What is Athletic? The ‘NYT’ Knows

“Open Arms, Broken Hearts”: 83rd Anniversary of the Voyage of the...

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