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Former President Mujica celebrated his 80th birthday in Euskadi

El expresidente uruguayo José Mujica con el lehendakari, Iñigo Urkullu, durante su visita anterior. (Foto: Efe)
This article was tranlated by Iustrans   Two years ago, José Mugica  visited Euskadi while he was still Uruguay’s president. Now that he’s Uruguay’s former president,...

Basques in the Solar Sytem: an open list

This article was translated by John R. Bopp (Updated April 19, 2018) The other day, one of our readers sent us a reference to a crater on...

The color “Basque red” also exists in the English-speaking world

There's also a shade of red in the US and Great Britain with the same name, just translated into English: "Basque red"

“Arto gorria”. Basque corn saved in a convent

The recovery of a variety of corn, Arto gorria (Grand Roux Basque) which was the most basic variety for Basque harvests for centuries

Two Basque carols interpreted by the Cambridge Choir of King’s College...

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge
  This article was translated by John R. Bopp Birjina gaztetto bat zegoen is a popular Basque carol that was discussed in 1887 by Charles Bordes in...

The Economist: Basque is easier to learn than English, German, Spanish…

'The Economist' has published an article covering how difficult different languages are to learn

Maurice Ravel, the Basque musician who composed Basque music, and who...

Maurice Ravel was a Basque musician, not only because he was born in the Basque Country, but because he felt that way

National Geographic 1968: A look back, to 45 years ago, at...

This article was translated by John R. Bopp In August of 1968, National Geographic published an outstanding 37-page article titled “Land of the Ancient Basques”.  It...

What does the Basque Country sound like? “Hear our country”...

The SOUNUMAPA project allows us to discover the sounds of our nation and, as it is a collaborative project, it means we can contribute sounds we find interesting

Maurice Ravel, the Basque who believed in his country

This article was translated by John R. Bopp The peoples who don’t usually write their history, because it’s usually written for them (by the victors in...