The genetic background of modern day Europe can often be a complicated topic to talk about. History often brings the migrations of faraway peoples, which is how the Indo-Europeans merged with the ...

From exile epics to pop-rock portraits, Basque filmmakers showcase resilience and range with 13 World Premieres - led by Asier Altuna’s ‘Karmele,’ José Mari Goenaga and Aitor Arregi’s ‘Maspalomas' and ...

The million-odd Basques in northern Spain are Spaniards mainly by geography. As one of Europe’s oldest national minorities,*they have fought for centuries to keep their identity distinct from their ...

San Sebastián is where Basque cinema’s strategy plays out at scale. This year’s bumper lineup – 13 Basque world premieres and 38 total projects across features, shorts, docs and retrospectives – ...

For the first time in over a decade, thousands of people from around the world will gather in Boise’s Basque Block to celebrate Jaialdi. The six-day festival honoring Basque culture through food, ...

Tens of thousands of people will soon gather in Boise for Jaialdi, one of the world’s largest celebrations of Basque culture. Basque contributions to the world extend beyond food, sports and dance.

I’m only a few sips into my picon punch, a bright and bitter (and very boozy) cocktail, when I hear my companion place her order: “Can I have a Franco Is Still Dead?” It takes me a moment to decipher ...

In a warehouse-like space on a narrow island in Bilbao, Spain, linguists and technologists are testing the possibilities of automated translation. Their projects include antispoofing work to better ...

THE Basques or Euskaldunak (i.e. “the Men”), as they call themselves, are a most remarkable people who have long been an interesting problem to ethnologists. The most anomalous point about the Basques ...

Editor’s Note: Watch CNN Original Series “Eva Longoria: Searching for Spain,” following the award-winning actress on a gastronomic pilgrimage across the rich tapestry of Spanish cuisine. The Basque ...

Editor’s note: This story was first written for the class SPAN: 405 Advanced Conversation, taught by Professor Rosana Calvo in the spring of 2025. Both an English and a Spanish version of the article ...