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Good afternoon Basques!

How are you feeling today? Any plans for Easter? If you are planning to visit the Basque Country, there are many places you can visit and we are sure you will love all of them! Besides, according to weather forecast we will have settled weather mostly cloudless in the Basque Country this Easter.

In addition, if you like Basque cuisine, American Tamar Marino provides us the second part of her latest installment on the Basque Fed blog. She tells us about the importance of peppers in Basque cuisine (part 2) and if you like this blog, have a look at the rest of our blogs about the Basque Country we have.

And to finish with, according to a study made by Eustat, Basque average income rose by 27% between 2003 and 2006.

Have a nice day and see you tomorrow.

Agur!

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Hello Basque all around the world,

With the clocks going forward, evenings will become longer meaning we can make more of the warmer weather. Enjoy these galleries full of photos sent by our Eguraldiblog users of the Basque countryside and beautiful gardens and parks.

Mary Culley provides us a link about Elkobasque webpage, Elko Euzkaldunak Club. Thanks Mary!

Yesterday, several cities in the world, and also in the Basque Country turned off the lights between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. for one hour in support of the WWF initiative Earth Hour. Public buildings, monuments and millions of private homes went dark to draw attention to the threat of global warming. Some 4,000 cities in more than 120 countries, starting with the remote Chatham Islands off the coast of New Zealand, were voluntarily switching off on Saturday to reduce energy consumption, though traffic lights and other safety features would be unaffected.

Basque folk singers Pantxoa eta Peio made their debut at the Chino Basque Club in California on Saturday.

The fifth Sagardo Eguna (Cider Day) was held at the Chillida-Leku Museum (Hernani, Gipuzkoa) on Sunday morning.

And to finish with, and as part of the ACB Basketball League, Janis Blums scored a three-pointer with just two seconds left to edge Meridiano Alicante 74-76 and lead Bizkaia Bilbao Basket to a win on Sunday afternoon. In addition, Caja Laboral beat 70-86 at Blancos de Rueda Valladolid and Lagun Aro fall at Gran Canaria 2014 83-68.

See you tomorrow with more.

Cheers!

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Hi Basques,

Good news if you’re planning a trip to the Basque Country this Easter, as the weather promises to be settled with mostly blue skies. Maybe while you’re here you’d like to visit the Chillida works on show at the Ysios bodegas in Laguardia, or see the ‘Pamplona Encounters 72 Exhibition’, which recalls an amazing artistic movement that took place in the Navarre capital in 1972.

If you’re coming in May you’ll be in time for the 5^th ‘Basques and Dance’ Gala, which this year will be headed up local ballerina Lucia Lucarra, and feature two other Basque dancers from Biscay.

American travel company and group members Fresco Tours have written on our wall to tell us about a talk being given today in Florida by Professor Leonard Bloom entitled ‘The Mysterious Basque People of the American West, Spain and France’. If any of you make it, we’d love to hear about it.

Sports news from our English Pelota specialist Tiffany is about Saturday’s final of the Campeonato Parejas Promotion.

Meanwhile, yesterday wasn’t such a great day for Basque football or basketball as Athletic lost to Atletico Madrid and CSKA Moscow thrashed Caja Laboral.

That’s the news for today.

Ondo pasa!

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Good afternoon Basques,

Due to some technical problems yesterday we didn’t send you our usual update of news from our Basques All Around the World group, so here’s a summary of events from the past couple of days:

The biggest news today is about Basque president Patxi López’s meeting with Brazilian President Lula da Silva. His trip of the South American country has brought some positive economic news.

The latest edition to our Basque Country Live Blog is Jess Soodeen, a Canadian with no Basque heritage except for the historical links between the Basque Country and her mother’s native Newfoundland.  Find out how this connection brought her to our shores.

Chef Najat Kaanache, born in the Basque Country to Moroccan parents, is currently in Chicago as part of a three-year trip to learn from the world’s best chefs. Read about her odyssey.

If you’re following the Basketball Euroleague, some bad news I’m afriad as Caja Laboral crash out against CSKA Moscow.

Lastly, if you happen to be in the Basque Country this June, AC/DC will once again be playing Bilbao. Not a few people were left disappointed last year when tickets sold out in minutes, so this year’s gig at the massive San Mames stadium hopes to cater for all.

That’s all for now.

Bihar arte-

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Good evening Basques –

We’ve more than 2,200 members in our Basques Around the World Group and we’re still going strong. We really enjoy receiving your comments and contributions and look forward to receiving many more.

So let us know what you think of three interesting news items we’ve had today:

Firstly, Basque cookery once again enjoyed international fame, this time at the hands of none other than the BBC! But rather than Michelin-star restaurants or pintxos, this report looked at another important part of our tradition: the ‘txoko’, or gastronomic societies.

You will no doubt remember the 47 tense days reported here by eitb.com when the Basque fishing vessel the ‘Alakrana’ was hijacked by Somali pirates? Now those seven weeks are to become the subject of a brand new film entitled ‘Alakrana’ from the pen of Basque screen writer Jorge Guerricaechevarría, who wrote the multi Goya Award-winning Cell 211.

Another Basque branching out into international waters is Bilbao-born surfer Kepa Acero, who’ll be heading off in May around the 5 continents of the globe to face whatever nature has to throw at him, as well as 5 world-class waves. You’ll be able to follow his journey – entitled 5 Waves, 5 Continents – on his website.

That’s all for today – let us know what you think!

Bihar arte.

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Aupa Lagunak!

Casa Rural Lizartzanea has left us a post on the wall of our group in Facebook Basque people all around the world telling us about this country house which is 20 minutes far from Donostia-San Sebastian. Thanks to your contribution!

We have good news for Athletic Bilbao lovers since they climbed to sixth with 42 points, despite being held 2-2 by visiting Getafe in a stormy encounter at San Mames in Bilbao yesterday.

In addition, Bilbao Bizkaia Basket took the lead on the scoreboard with just one minute left to end the game to defeat Cajasol and extend their winning streak to 6 and Caja Laboral was unable to stop all-mighty Barcelona.

To finish with, the best eight bertsolaris from Navarre competed for the ‘txapela’ (winner’s beret) in the Basque Bertsolaritza championship celebrated in Lesaka, Navarre.

See you tomorrow and ondo izan!

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Kaixo Basques all around the world!

How is the day going? We have just a few things to tell you today:

For Basque Pelota lovers, Asegarce have announced an extension to the contract of Ruben Beloki, which will keep him in the employ of the Bilbao based company until March 2012. You can read all the information in our Basque Pelota Blog.

From March 18th to 21 Arriaga Theatre in Bilbao hosts the premiere of Nebbia (Niebla) in Spain. Nebbia is presented by Cirque Éloize and Teatro Sunil, written and directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca.

In addition to this, the theatre adaptation of Patxi Gallego’s comic, ‘Xabinaitor’ arrives to Arriaga Theatre in Bilbao on March 22 and 23.

See you tomorrow with more!

Agur

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Kaixo Lagunak!

Today -March 19^th- Father’s Day is celebrated in the Basque Country, so congratulations to all aitas!!

After being closed for five years, The Cafe Boulevard in Bilbao (Biscay) will open its doors again on March 25^th.

Basque Parliament observed a moment of silence yesterday for the French policeman killed by ETA.

As spring comes early, Eguraldiblog users have made the most of the good weather to take their cameras for a walk and send us these beautiful images of the Basque Country.

Every Thursday, Kepa Junkera publishes an article in DEIA newspaper, sharing with all of us anything that he believes to be interesting, giving us a piece of his mind.

And to finish for today, enjoy the new video of the Basques Gose.

Happy fathers day!

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Hi Basques –

American Basque Joe Guerricabeitia, of the Seattle Basque Club, has written to remind fellow US citizens to correctly complete the forthcoming census, making sure to specify ‘Basque’ in the ‘Hispanic other’ section to help give a true picture of the current population.

While we’re on the subject, a new book Diasporas in the New Media Age looks into how modern immigrant communities use communication technology to keep in touch with their families and maintain their cultures. The book was written by Andoni Alonso and Pedro J. Oiarzabal, two Basque scholars, and published by the University of Nevada.

Meanwhile, just before we break for the long weekend, this year’s “Ocean’s Initiative” organized by the Surfrider Foundation, has kicked off with beach cleans being run in San Sebastian and Iparralde. Why not find out where there’s one going on near you.

That’s all for now.

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Good afternoon Basques-

It’s nearly the weekend here as we look forward to San José on Friday…

Meanwhile, there’s been some interesting posts on our Basque People Around the World wall.  It turns out that even as far back as 1960 an American – keen on Jai Alai – was determined to produce a Basque-English dictionary. Strangely enough, he was a White House police official!

Our Irish readers will be interested to know that the second edition of the Royal Basque Language Academy’s cultural magazine Erlea includes a special feature on Ireland, its history and literature, thanks to the collaboration of writer-journalist Paddy Woodworth.

Taking a break from rebuilding the kitchen at his famous Mugaritz restaurant, Basque chef Andoni Aduriz turned up in Australia yesterday to promote his restaurant at the Melbourne Food & Wine festival.

Also out in Australia is Zarautz’s Aritz Aranburu, who got to the third round of the Drug Aware Pro Championship in Margaret River. Compatriot Eneko Acero wasn’t so fortunate.

Lastly, for events coming up in the Basque Country: tickets have gone on sale for the Urban Dance competition Break on Stage, held every year in Bilbao. Making an appearance at this year’s event is, among others, London’s DJ Renegade.

That’s the news for today – Ostegunarte!

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