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,…
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…
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…
‘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…
The leaders of BNG and Sinn Féin agree on how “big changes” on politics can come from “from the peripheries”
“We have to move towards a social Europe, which has to be the Europe of the peoples”, said the leader of the Front, who recalled that the right to self-determination is considered “a fundamental right”.
Sovereignty in Europe: Specialists advocate for setting standards for territorial conflict resolutions
Under the framework of “Sovereignty Conflicts in Europe: Bases for a Solution” international conferences, organized by Eusko Ikaskuntza (Basque Studies Society) and the Institut d’Estudis Catalans (Catalan Studies Institute), Bases for the elaboration of a code of good practice aiming to strenghten the European project and the links between the…
Researchers from the MIT develop an AI system that will allow the translation of dead languages
The AI system developed by MIT researchers is capable of automatically deciphering dead languages without the need for advanced knowledge of their relationship to other languages….