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A ‘Geo’ (France) special on the Basque Country, or when life...

Mapa del especial GEO-fr sobre el País Vasco publicado en mayo de 2021
"The Basque Country: A Getaway without Borders" A special from the French edition of 'Geo' on the Basque Country visiting both sides of the Pyrenees

The Delegation of the Basque Government in Paris. 1951-2021. 70 years...

Aguirre, en su despacho de la delegación del Gobierno vasco en París. A la derecha, Urkullu y Ortuzar frente a la sede.
Exactly 70 years ago, the French Government expropriated the building where the Basque Government had established its Delegation in Paris and gave it to the Francoists…and it's never been returned

France returns one of their rights as citizens and as a...

Herri Urrats. La fiesta en defensa del Euskera que se celebra en Iparralde (edición 2019)
The French Assembly, against Macron's party's opposition, passes a law that allows for linguistic immersion in Basque in French public schools

In the Northern Basque Country: “Am I New-Aquitanian? No, I’m...

Ikurriña en una fachada de Baiona
The debate about the appropriateness (or not) of the French "macro-regions" is solved in the Northern Basque Country: they have no idea why they're part of "New Aquitaine"

Le Figaro: “to play in Athletic, all you need is a...

Iñaki William, un jugador vasco, en un equipo vasco
  This article was translated by John R. Bopp Our regular readers will know that we don’t usually talk about soccer.  There are four reasons why: We...

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"

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

A “Welsh Potato” helps the Basques during the Civil War

This article was translated by John R. Bopp We recently found a story in The Telegraph that seemed perfectly timed this year to celebrate the 75th...

We’re joining in on the homage to a Univeral Basque: Julián...

This article was translated by John R. Bopp He was born in Bilbao in 1911: Julián de Ajuriaguerra, a man who, without a doubt, is part...

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...