Linked to the Enlightenment movement, the Royal Basque Society of Friends of the Country (Real Sociedad Bascongada de los Amigos del Pais), Euskalerriko Adiskideen Elkartea in basque (Euskera), was founded in 1764 and has its origins in gatherings held at the Intsausti Palace in Azkoitia, by the Count of Peñaflorida,…
This three-minute video from LiveLeak takes us through 1,000 years of history and, as it does so, highlights just how young the modern concept of Europe really is. Look out for the constant ebb and flow of the continent’s eastern borders, the speed of change at its heart, and the…
On the 25th of January, Loraldia and the Culture department of the University of the Basque Country announced the initiative “Sormen Ola”, which consists of a workshop program aimed at young people between 16 and 29 years old, which seeks the transmission of Basque culture. The program will be held…
On the past 26th to 28th of October, Bilbao served as the headquarters for “Diálogo sobre Urban Living Labs, Talento e Innovación N-Hélice”, an event regarding innovation, talent and undertaking belonging to Eurocities; this is the European net destined to the promotion of economic development among different European cities. Representatives…
Last weekend (1st and 2nd of October), a delegation of Bilbao’s city Council – led by its Civil and International Participation Councilor Oihane Agirregoitia – visited the Georgian town of Tbilisi; both have been partner cities since 1989. In the visit both parties exchanged experiences in the area of human…
Last 13th of September a new worsening of the armed tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan took place in the area of the Nagorno-Karabaj – a region officially belonging to Azerbaijan but counting with an Armenian majority, as well as a very strong self-determination movement. The confrontation caused several casualties from…
The results of the Italian elections that took place on the 25 of September, presents a new political scenario in the country. The right-wing coalition led by Giorgia Meloni (political party Hermanos de Italia- Fdl) has won the 44% of the votes both in the Chamber of Deputies and the…
The book “The History of Basque Music” was presented the 29th of July in the Basque Studies Center Miren Iñarga, general and academic director of Musikene, and Xabier Irujo, director of the Centre for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno, also took part in the presentation at the…
The town in Wales commemorates the 85th anniversary of that act of solidarity with different events. The Spanish Civil War altered the lives of a whole generation of children for life. Many were forced into exile. Almost 4,000 Basque children became refugees in Great Britain. This Friday and Saturday, the…
In Italy in 2020 about half of the population supported the ‘Italexit’. However, today there are still remnants of Euroskepticism in the Italian inhabitants. In this regard, one can find the following statements from citizens of the troubled neighborhood of Tor Bella Monaca (in southern Italy): “It is the Europe…