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…
An open forum to support and give hope to the Ukrainian people
Last Thursday, March 3, the Icaza space hosted the II Bilbao Meeting Point, organized by the Fundación Instituto Europa de los Pueblos and with the collaboration of NegoBide and Nergroup. People from countries such as Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Poland and Romania, as well as the United States, France and the…
Terrorism Is Over. Now Spain Needs Lasting Peace
A car bombing that killed two national policemen in the village of Sanguesa in northern Spain in 2003 was attributed to the Basque separatist group ETA.CreditRafa Rivas/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images BILBAO, Spain — Last week, in the small town of Cambo-les-Bains in the Basque region of France — just…
Libro recomendado: “Reinventar las Organizaciones” (FREDERIC LALOUX)
Reinventar las organizaciones presenta el próximo estadio en el progreso de las organizaciones humanas. Uno de los libros de management más aclamados e importantes de los últimos años. Es como ver el futuro. Muchos libros de management se dirigen a los que desean descubrir la fórmula secreta del éxito cómo…
Utopia for Realists
Is Rutger Bregman the heir of Thomas More, author of Utopia? Fives centuries later both authors have something in common. Both defend the view that money should be free and available for citizens. Bregman, a young Dutchman philosopher and writer goes even further, he wants a world without borders. His…
TRUMP: ¿Politics or Show…?
La política siempre ha tenido algo de espectáculo, pero desde que Donald Trump maneja los destinos del país más poderoso del planeta esta se ha convertido en sub-espectáculo. Ética y estética van de la mano, lo mismo pasa con sus mensajes y el medio (Twiter) que utiliza para darlos a…