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A Basque at the International Court of Justice in The Hague

A young Basque-Canadian has joined the International Court of The Hague as the law secretary to its former President

The Havana street that still (in practice) bears the name of...

Zulueta se desarrolló y pobló con los años, se le llamó así en 1874. Foto: gprunamilanes/Pinterest.
One of the main streets in Havana, Agramonte, is still known by its original name, Zulueta, a Basque slave trader who moved to Cuba

A route to discover the Basque presence in Tres Arroyos, Argentina

Centro vasco de Tres Arroyos, el corazon de la comunidad vasca ene esta ciudad argentina
La ciudad argentina de Tres Arroyos ha preparado unos circuitos para explicar las aportaciones de diferentes comunidades nacionales, entre ellas la vasca

The “agur” that Christopher Columbus included in a letter in the...

Cuando Cristobal Colón usó la palabra «agur»
Colón utilizó la palabra vasca «agur» en la carta que escribió en uno de los momentos más criticos de su vida

Presenting the Summary Video for the Day of the Diaspora 2020

Día de la Diaspora 2020. Las mujeres han sido en Euzkadi y en el mundo l fuerza que ha unido a nuestra nación
The Basque Government has just debuted the video summarizing the contributions of the Basque community abroad to the celebration of the 2020 Day of the Basque Diaspora

“Basques in the Atlantic World, 1450-1824”: An Approach to Basque History...

Today, we'd like to bring you a work by Xabier Lamikiz, professor at the Department of Public Policy and Economic History at the University of...

Aboitiz & Company: 100 years of a Basque company from the...

Aboitiz Old Cebu Building-Aboitiz & Co.’s first headquarters, in a modest two-story building on Juan Luna Street in the heart of Cebu City.
One of the largest industrial conglomerates in the Philippines, Aboitiz & Co., is turning 100. Philippine daily 'Inquirer' tells the story of this Basque family saga

The accordion is strengthening the Basque community in Idaho, helping to...

Ansotegui’s band, Amuma Says No, performed at the Idaho Botanical Gardens in August.
Boise State Public Radio (part of the NPR network) has published an article by Arlie Sommer discussing the power of music and dance as integrating...

“Mr. Basque”: the deep commitment of US researcher William A. Douglass...

William A. Douglass and Jon Bilbao
Euskal Kazeta is the main news source for the Basque community in the United States.  It was founded in 2009, and you can check...

Azkoitia-born Lope de Olano needs the forgiveness of no king

Lope de Olano. Capitanía de Castilla de Oro
Coinciding with the 510th anniversary of the 1510 discovery by Europeans of the Archipelago of San Andrés and Providencia by Basque Lope de Olano and...