Basque News

Euskal Kazeta

Basque News

Euskal Kazeta

Basque News

Euskal Kazeta

About Us

Euskal Kazeta is the premier website for news about the Basque community in the United States.

We also report on topics relating to Basques and the culture in other parts of the world, but our specialty is covering Basque-American events, issues and personalities in the U.S. The Basques are an ethnic group characterised by the Basque language, a common culture and shared genetic ancestry to the ancient Vascones and Aquitanians.

Euskal Kazeta was launched in June 2009 and quickly gained national recognition. Our news site was quickly named one of the nation’s promising new niche news sites by the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri.

Euskal Kazeta was the idea of Nancy Zubiri, author of “A Travel Guide to Basque America,” and was created by Zubiri, producer and journalist journalist Robert Lopez and webmaster Pierre Igoa. Zubiri and Igoa are Basque-Americans who grew up with Basque traditions.

We also receive contributions from writers such as journalists Ander Egiluz Beramendi and Mitchell Handler, professor Joxe Mallea-Olaetxe and historians Steve Bass and Antonio Verdiny.

We are always happy to consider contributions from writers. Payment is negotiable. Write to us at euskalkazeta@gmail.com.

The website is an Amazon Associate and we earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.

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Our Mission

The mission of the Euskal Kazeta website and its social media is to promote the Basque culture and language and the Basque community and activities, particularly in the United States. With those goals in mind, our website and social media often includes posts and listings of Basque events, organizations, restaurants, festivals, etc. at no charge to the groups that sponsor the events. We focus on events that are open to the public.

History of Basque newspapers in the U.S.

Our name: Euskal means Basque and Kazeta means newspaper, gazette or journal.  Kazetari is the Basque word for journalist.

Only two newspapers have been published in Euskera (Basque) in the United States. Both came out of the Los Angeles in the late 1800s. Coincidentally, this news website is also published in Los Angeles. Lawyer Martin Biscailuz published Escualdun Gazeta (newspaper of the Basques) during the 1880s. Basque journalist Jean Pierre Goytino published  California’ko Eskual Herria (the Basque Country of California) (No. 19), (No. 39), ( No. 52) during the 1890s. It was created out of concern that the Basque language would disappear in the United States. Los Angeles had a flourishing Basque neighborhood (based around Aliso and Alameda streets) from 1880 to 1930. It was the first significant Basque community in the U.S.

During the 1970s, a non-Basque, Brian Wardle, published a newspaper in English called The Voice of the Basques out of Boise, Idaho for about three years.

Today, in addition to the news website Euskal Kazeta,  a few Basque websites and blogs exist that publish posts on a fairly regular basis, such as Buber’s Basque page (news and information), A Basque in Boise (a blog) and HellaBasque (a blog).

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We are interested in contributions from the community. If you are interested in contributing an article or other item, please e-mail us.

How to contact us

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To contact us, send e-mails to:
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Or call us at (310) 821-6579. Please leave us a message if no one answers! We run Euskal Kazeta in our spare time.

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