Tag: Francia

"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

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

The French Assembly, against Macron's party's opposition, passes a law that allows for linguistic immersion in Basque in French public schools

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"

  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...

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

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...

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...

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...