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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...

Preconceptions of “national essence” when discussing the Ezkuzta Magdalenian sticks

 Estado original de la varilla 3 en el momento de su descubrimiento (fotografía: Antxieta Arkeologia Taldea).
A few days ago, we came across an article on several sites about a study carried out by a group of Basque scientists on...

The legend of St. Michael of Aralar as told from the...

Santuario de San MIguel de Aralar
This article was translated by John R. Bopp We've been holding onto this one, looking forward to publishing it.  It's about an article by Carlos Evia Cervantes...

Lies and falsehoods about the Basque Economic Agreement, and two places...

  This article was translated by John R. Bopp This is the truest example of a “Highly Exceptional Article” on our blog.  In this case, we didn’t...

Monument to the Navarrese Fueros: “We, the Basques of today”…

Plaza del Monumento a los fueros donde los navarros se defien como vascos
This article was translated by John R. Bopp (originally published in Spanish here). At the end of the 19th century, when the wounds of the last Carlist...

St. Francis Xavier was NOT born in Spain; St. Francis Xavier...

  This article was translated by John R. Bopp Brought up by the choice of the new Pope to call himself Francis, several media outlets have been...

The Pioneers of the “Basque Renaissance” in the Northern Basque Country

Detalle del cartel anunciador de las Fiestas Vascas celebradas el Saint Jean de Luz en agosto de 1892. Es la primera representación gráfica con los escudos de todas las provincias de Euskal Herria
This article was translated by John R. Bopp We'd like to break our rule about referring to Basque media today, because we want to discuss a...