Txakoli, a Basque Wine Open to the World
A country that boasts its own personality and character must have elements and indigenous traditions that set it apart from neighboring countries. That is the…
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Orbea – Passion for Bikes
by Juanma Molinero Ugalde. Julien Absalon, five-time world champion in mountain biking, and Samuel Sánchez, a veteran cyclist of the BMC Racing Team, compete in…
“Basque Country is waiting for your talent”
by Alex Sevilla This year marks the 10th anniversary of bizkaia:talent, the association promoted by the Department of Economic Promotion of the Government of the…
Basques in the Silicon Valley: Everything to Gain
by Ander Egiluz Beramendi. There is not much to be written about John Arrillaga (the Basque-American real estate mogul who helped the Silicon Valley become…
IK4 Research Alliance: Adding Value to Basque and European Industry
by David Vidorreta. During these past years of worldwide economic crisis, which has hit Spain extra hard and which the Basque Country was not exempt…
TERNUA, A Basque Garment on Top of the World
by Juanma Molinero Ugalde. On September 25, 1992, the Iñurrategi brothers, Alberto (Aretxabaleta, 1967) and Félix (Aretxabaleta, 1966-Gasherbrum II, 2000) became the youngest mountaineers to…
The Commonality of the Exception to the Rule (The Basque Business Point of View)
by Asier Alea. There are truths on this side of the Pyrenees which are falsehoods on the other. – Blaise Pascal (XVII century French mathematician,…
Tecnalia: the Basque Technological Giant, a Reference Point for European Research
by David Vidorreta. Transforming knowledge into GDP. Summarized in these four words is Tecnalia Research & Innovation´s reason for being. Without getting lost in grandiloquent…
Manuel de Gotor: a Basque on the Conquest of the Interior World
by Borja Elorza. Manuel de Gotor is without a doubt an icon of men’s underwear fashion in Spain. This Basque designer born in Bilbao began his…
Will a Jesuit Pope Boost Basque Tourism?
by Aitor Azurki. Recently the Buenos Aires newspaper ‘La Nación’ published a story about the impact on tourism in Argentina by the first Argentine Pope of…