Euskara

The Basque Government welcomes what has happened with concern and surprise, considering it to be a decision that calls into question the very framework for the normalization of the Basque Country in the public administration. 

The Euskaltzaleon Plaza Libre platform in Bilbao, GUKA, has brought together hundreds of people in the capital city of Bilbao, who have called for the Basque language to be lived in all the neighborhoods of Bilbao and have called for the paralysis of the Castilian language machinery.

Josu Amezaga, of the UPV/EHU research group Nor, explains in the Basque Parliament the presence of minority languages on audiovisual platforms. He warns that in European countries , English content predominates , "often over the official language of the country." The presence of minority languages, "however small, is better in countries with awareness."

Euskera Day is celebrated from town to town with playful and vindictive activities, such as mintzodromos, small groups of people who gather to speak in Basque on all kinds of topics.

"A language is alive if it serves to convey emotions, knowledge and culture," the lehendakari said on Euskera Day, adding that languages "preserve and protect traditions, stories, scientific knowledge and ways of seeing the world."

A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.

EiTB Dataren analisiak baieztatu du euskal hezkuntza-sistemak D eredua finkatu duela aukera nagusi gisa, baina beste datu bat eman du argitara: ikasleek ez dute euskara hein berean erabiltzen eskola-inguruetan eta jolastoki eta espazio informaletan.

The EiTB Data report published on the occasion of Euskera Day shows that 45% of the inhabitants of the ACV are Euskaldunes and that the language has grown considerably in Álava and Bizkaia, although the daily use of the Basque language is not yet predominant, especially in the capitals and large urban centres.

The Bilbao City Council, as part of the celebration of the International Euskera Day, has paid tribute to the Zea Mays group for their great contribution to the Euskera. Esker has been received with this emotion and has stressed that for another 30 years they will be singing in Basque around the world.

On the eve of International Euskera Day, the Council of the Basque Culture, at a hearing in Bilbao, stressed the need to "strengthen Euskaltzalism", for which they felt that the responsibility of the political forces and institutions to bring the Basque Country to the forefront was essential.

The leitzarra Xabat Illarregi is the new champion among the Bertsolaris of Navarre. An the last champagne he sang with his brother, more joy than the hat that inspired him.

Josepe Zuazo brought the idea of a relay race for the Euskera. The academic Jose Mari Satrustegi and the mayor of Oñati took the witness in the first mile.

Under the slogan "Not then, but now", the organizers have recalled the reasons for organizing Korrika: the universalization of the knowledge of the Basque Country and the Euskaldunization of adults. They have stressed the importance of this initiative in reviving awareness in favour of the Basque Country and strengthening the daily work of AEK.

Although the names of the winners had already been announced, today, at the San Telmo Museum in San Sebastián, the Basque Country Literature Awards have been awarded. Seven awards have been awarded in as many sections. In Basque Literature, Unai Elorriaga has been awarded; in Spanish, Garazi Albizua.

The chair, which will be named after the Donostiarra artist Esther Ferrer, aims to "take the Basque Euskera and Basque culture one step further in creative capacity, thought and universality."

A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.