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The Free School of Basque Thought at the UNLP in Argentina...

Jornadas sobre cooperativismo vasco organizadas por el Instituto de Estudios Cooperativos de la Facultad y la Cátedra Libre de Pensamiento Vasco
The National University of La Plata (UNLP) is a public university in Argentina, considered one of the two leading institutions of higher learning in the...

Mikel Ezkerro: the Patriot, the Sower, and the Living Memory of...

foto Mikel Ezkerro - Emilia Bastida
It was recently his birthday, so we wanted to write an entry on Mikel Ezkerro, an important figure in Basque culture in Argentina and...

Guillermo Zubiaga: The Connection between ‘Joanes or the Basque Whaler’ and...

imagen de «Joanes the basque wahler» de Guillermo Zubiaga
  A few days ago, we were saddened to report on the passing of Selma Huxley, the researcher who made the world aware of the...

From Canada: footprints of the Jewish presence in the Basque Country

El cementerio judío de Bayona, Francia, alberga 3.000 tumbas sobre el suelo. (Foto de Ron Csillag)
The website of the Jewish weekly Canadian Jewish News (with a run of 32,000 copies) has just published an article by Ron Csillag discussing the presence of...

A trip through the Italian peninsula by Navarrese rabbi and traveler...

Grabado que representa a Benjamin de Tudela
  This article was translated by John R. Bopp The website Italia Mediavale has just published an article on the launch of Peter Hubscher’s new book Beniamino...

Xabier Ormaetxea: Controversy of the discovery at Iruña-Veleia

Una de las ostracas encontradas en Iruña Veleia y que se encuentran en el centro de un intenso debate
This article was translated by John R. Bopp In our “Basque Chronicles” section, we think there should be reference to and reflection on one of the...

The Bilbao-Urdax connection has a much longer history than as a...

El Brokoa a toda vela
This article was translated by John R. Bopp We aren’t especially thrilled that the Vuelta a España has come back to the Basque Autonomous Community.  It’s...

Discovered in the British Admiralty: 50 letters in Basque dated 1757

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This article was translated by John R. Bopp In this case, we’re going to make an exception to our general rule of not making reference to...

A Russian guide shows us the largest collection of Rolls-Royce automobiles...

Colección de Rolls Royces de la Torre Loizaga
This article was translated by John R. Bopp First things first, we can consider Comerfood a brother website.  It’s dedicated to something we love, promoting aspects of leisure...

A fantastic book about the history of Basque whalers (good, nice...

Libro Balleneros vascos bratuito
This article was tranlated by Iustrans As the Spanish saying goes, we all like things to be "good, nice and cheap". We can’t deny that,...