The Etxepare Basque Institute received the BIKAIN gold certificate yesterday at an event held at the Kursaal in San Sebastián. This certificate accredits a certain level of standardization in the presence, use and management of Basque language by an entity in the socio-economic field.

The EUNIC network Board of Directors will meet on December 11 at the Basque Government delegation in Brussels. It will be the second time in history for the Basque delegation to host this regular meeting of representatives of the National Institutes for Culture of the European Union.

At the Edinburgh International Book Festival held last August, Bertsolari and writer Uxue Alberdi participated in an event entitled ´Throwing Voices´, together with Scottish poet Ciara Maclaverty and Gaelic harpist Rachel Newton. The event was meant to highlight the richness of minority languages through musical poetry.

The Guadalajara International Book Fair, commonly known as FIL Guadalajara, opened its doors on November 30, and once again the presence of Basque literature is guaranteed. This year Eider Rodríguez (Errenteria, 1977) will be at Latin America´s largest book event, which brings together thousands of authors, professionals and publishers every year.

Today, the Etxepare Basque Institute and the Aurten Bai Foundation have signed a collaboration agreement to promote the teaching of Basque abroad.

The rock band has just clinched the silver medal at Suns Europe, the music festival held in Friuli, Italy, that rewards European minority languages. The event was held on the last day of the festival, November 30, with artists from all over Europe.

Following the dynamic of previous years, on December 3, International Day of the Basque Language, our language will be echoed around Europe and America with cultural programmes organized within the international readership network of the Etxepare Basque Institute.

Suns Europe (Udine, Friuli, Italy), the festival that brings together performing arts in minority languages, is on from November 15 to 30. One more year, the Etxepare Basque Institute has promoted Basque participation at the festival, this year with two Basque musical performances: soloist Eneritz Furyak and the band Mocker’s.

The ANIMASIVO animation film festival, held in Mexico City, will host a Basque window this year. The event, which will last from November 27 to December 1, will invite Basque animator Begoña Vicario and musician and filmmaker Fermin Muguruza, among others.

EIZIE has organized a series of activities in Warsaw to talk about the importance of translation in cultures and especially in Basque culture. They will be attended by writer and translator Danele Sarriugarte, translator Katarzyna Sosnowska, EIZIE member Arantzazu Royo and professor and researcher Aitor Arruza.