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News about the Basque language, culture and contemporary creation.
Euskara. Kultura. Mundura.
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2023-01-13 Kinku Zinkunegi: “Basque teachers at the Euskal Etxeak show enormous motivation and involvement”
From January 14th to 21st twenty people are sharing quarters at the Basque Centre of Tandil, Argentina. Their nine-day stay is aimed at becoming more proficient in the Basque language. They began studying Euskara three years ago, and will soon become Basque teachers at an Euskal Etxea or Basque Centre.
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2022-12-30 Interview with Irene Larraza I/II: 2022 achievements, Saison Québec - Pays Basque and professional meetings
The Etxepare Basque Institute’s activities in 2022 returned to normal with a diverse and fruitful year. This is how Director Irene Larraza assesses 2022.
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2022-12-30 Interview with Irene Larraza II/II: collaboration with other cultural institutes, attracting the international and challenges of the diaspora
Irene Larraza, director of Etxepare Euskal Institutua, reviews the past years work. This is the second half of the interview.
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2022-12-22 Exams to certify the level of Basque in Madrid, Barcelona and Buenos Aires
Part of the Etxepare Basque Institute’s efforts to promote the Basque language include organising exams to certify the level of language competence and command.
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2022-12-20 “I´ve had the chance to learn about new aspects of Basque identity at the University of Nevada”
Izaskun Larrieta, profesor and researcher at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), completed a research fellow residency in the United States at the University of Nevada, Reno.
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2022-12-16 “The Alan R. King Chair has allowed us to share experiences between the Welsh and Basque communities”
Imanol Larrea is the first researcher to have taken part in the recently inaugurated Alan R. King Chair and assessed the experience as very positive.
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2022-12-05 California State University, Bakersfield, inaugurates the Frank Bidart Chair for research and creative project development
The Frank Bidart Visiting Research or Artistic Fellow, housed at the CSUB Institute for Basque Studies, was created to promote research in the field of culture, art and innovation, and to develop creative projects.
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2022-11-24 Euskadi Literature Prizes awarded
The winners in the categories of ‘Literature in Basque’, ‘Literature in Spanish’, ‘Literature for Children and Young People in Basque’, ‘Literary Translation in Basque’, ‘Illustration of a Literary Work’, ‘Essay in Basque’, and ‘Essay in Spanish’ gathered at Donostia’s Tabakalera building for the event.
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2022-11-17 Etxepare Basque Institute joins Euskaraldia in the role of ‘arigune’
The new edition of Euskaraldia will be held from 18th November to 2nd December, and participants will take the activity to their towns, neighbourhoods and ´arigunes´ or spaces set aside for the use of the language.