Uzkudun and Gaztañaga: a Stubborn, Symbolic Fight Outside the Ring
by Juan Luis Zabala Boxing is going through an amazing revival in the Basque Country in recent years, at least in the Southern Basque Country…
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The Move toward Creating a Community of the Northern Basque Country
by Eguzki Urteaga The institutionalization of the Northern Basque Country has entered into a decisive phase as a large majority of towns, representing more than…
Basques from the Northern Basque Region and the First World War: Shooting at Smiles
by Eneko Bidegain. They left happy and hopeful. According to various testimonies, when France drafted all males aged 18 to 49 on July 31, 1914,…
The Basque Country in the European Union: Diversity Beyond the Nation-State
by Ander Errasti López. The Main Features and Relevance of the EU In a time where the European Union’s future is full of uncertainty, its present…
The Far East of Judas Arrieta
by Koldo Almandoz. The artist Judas Arrieta was born in 1971 in Hondarribia, a small village located in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa. His interest…
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 Legal Status of the Basque Language in France
by Eguzki Urteaga. Just as the parliamentary debate on minority languages is taking place, with the French National Assembly having just approved a draft of…
Basque Basketball Navigating Against the Economic Crisis
by Borja Santamaría. Two almost opposite realities merge in Basque basketball. In sporting terms, the situation is close to ideal. Not so many years ago…
An Essential Basque History, Written by a Non-Basque
One of the challenges of being Basque can be figuring out exactly what a Basque is. Is it somebody who speaks Basque? There are a…
San Sebastian: My Place in the World
by June Yamaguchi. I arrived in Donostia-San Sebastian on a sunny summer day, one of those days that just doesn’t get any better. I enjoyed the…