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…
Bilbao, headquarters of the European net for economic development Eurocities
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…
Delegation of Bilbao’s city council visits the Georgian town of Tbilisi.
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…
Tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan remain in the Nagorno-Karabaj Region
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…
Change in the Italian political landscape after the general elections
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 first book on the history of Basque music in English
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…
Caerleon brings together Basque children exiled from the war in 1937
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…
“Rather than a community of peoples we are in a Europe of finance”
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…
The ‘Mother Tongue’, much more than just a language
The idea to celebrate International Mother Language Day was the initiative of Bangladesh. It was approved at the 1999 UNESCO General Conference and has been observed throughout the world since 2000.
‘Self-Determination Caucus’: EH Bildu, PNV, ERC, Junts per Catalunya, Sinn Féin and Régions et Peuples Solidaires create a group in favour of the rights of self-determination
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from EH Bildu, PNV, ERC, Junts per Catalunya, Sinn Féin and Régions et Peuples Solidaires have presented a group in favour of the reight of self-determination, which in the next Conference over the Future of Europe a new ‘European clarity act’ aiming to “settle…