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St. Francis Xavier: the Navarrese Saint who spoke in the “Biscayne”...

Representación de San Francisco Xabier
Today, December 3, is the feast day of St. Francis Xavier, as well as the Day of Navarre and the Day of the Basque...

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

Basque and Iberian do not appear to be related, according to...

MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
The possible relationship between Basque and Iberian has inspired a great deal of study that dates back at least to the 16th century, when...

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...

The king of an island in the Moluccas who, in the...

  This article was translated by John R. Bopp We found this story so interesting that we just jumped at the chance to break the rules and...

“Agur” (“Hello”/“Goodbye”), a powerful Basque word with a long history

El enigma de la palabra Agur en Deia
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Today, we’re going to make one of those exceptions we so love and talk about an author who’s...

Discovering the work of Basque settlers: A Basque researcher in the...

Sheep crowd the corral where Basque student Iker Saitua worked during shearing and lambing seasons.
This article was tranlated by Iustrans   It is not the first time we speak of  Iker Saitua, a young Basque historian from Algorta who is...

The Shanghai Euskal Etxea honors the “Euzkadi Assistant Marine “

Exhibición en la Euskal Etxea de Shanghai sobre la Marina Auxiliar de Euzkadi
This article was tranlated by Iustrans The City Weekend website of Shanghai reported the exhibition and lunch organized on March 15 by the Shanghai Euskal...

400 years later: reconciliation between Basques and Icelanders

Hól­mavík. El lugar donde se colocará la placa en recuerdo de los balleneros vascos asesinados Photo: Sigurður Bogi Sæ­vars­son
This article was tranlated by Iustrans Truth be told, the reconciliation between Basques and Icelanders took place many centuries ago, as evidenced by the existence...