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The “Aita Gurea” that has been on the Mount of Olives...

Iglesia del Pater Noster Jerusalén  by_Madelien_Knight
On this day 118 years ago, a plaque with the text of the Lord's Prayer in Basque was placed in Jerusalem.  There were a...

Amaia Gabantxo. Video-poems by Basque poets translated into English #BasqueVideoPoems

Amaia Gabantxo #BasqueVideoPoems
Amaia Gabantxo has become a regular visitor to the blog.  We've had the pleasure of speaking about her both for her work teaching Basque...

A Course to Train 35 Basque Teachers Starts in Argentina

Curso 2020 de profesores de Euskera en Argentina
The San Nicolás Basque Center has just started a new course to train Basque language teachers for the Basque Centers of South America.  This year,...

From Argentina—Basque: a language that is part of local history

Many places around the world, wherever there are Basques or friends of Basques, celebrated the International Day of the Basque Language, the Euskararen Nazioarteko Eguna,...

The New England Basque Club is taking the Basque language to...

Clases de euskera en Harvard, organizadas por el New England Basque Club
We've blogged about the New England Basque Club on other occasions.  It's a group of Basques and friends of Basques that is active and imaginative. ...

Amaia Gabantxo: Word Warrior

Izadora Angel y Amaia Gabantxo en una presentacion en la libreria City Lit Books de Chicago
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Amaia Gabantxo is from Bermeo (like our Basque language editor, Leire Madariaga), and really, we shouldn't have to...

Gaelic vs. Basque: Basque wins; an analysis of the situation, from...

Euskera vs Gaélico. Una visión desde Irlanda
This article was translated by John R. Bopp This article by Patrick McCusker was published back in August 2018 on the Irish website HeadStuff.  In it, he analyzes...

‘The Economist’ published an ode to ‘bertsolaritza’

Maialen Lujanbio. Campeonato bertsolaritza 2017
This article was translated by John R. Bopp On Valentine's Day, The Economist, in both their print and online editions, regaled their readers with a true love...

The True History of Olentzero

Imagen de leñadores vascos - El arca de no se
This article was translated by John R. Bopp This isn't the first time we've brought up Félix Mugurutza's wonderful blog.  Recently, we linked to his amazing discussion...

Kurdish news agency ANF interviews Basque author and bertsolari Uxue Alberdi

Uxue Alberdi
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Kurdish news agency Firat is headquartered in the Netherlands, as the states this people find themselves under do not...