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Antonio Basagoiti, leader of the basque branch of the spanish...

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:29:37 +0200

Antonio Basagoiti, leader of the basque branch of the spanish nationalist right-wing “Popular Party” mixed norwegian killer Breivik, basque prisoners, their relatives, the major of San Sebastian, the Head Deputy of Gipuzkoa, prostitution and proxenetism all in the same paragraph, just to explain why he did not return the greeting to the Head Deputy of Gipuzkoa (basque left-wing nationalist Martin Garitano) during an official act.

Basque phrasebook

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:00:36 +0200

Basque phrasebook:

Are you planning to visit the Basque Country? This simple phrasebook colud help you should you want to communicate in basque ;)

Video

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:03:39 +0200

Conceptual nightmare

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:15:37 +0200

Conceptual nightmare

Video

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:08:38 +0100

Guess who’s been the inspiration for Johnny Depp’s...

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:07:54 +0100

Guess who’s been the inspiration for Johnny Depp’s stylists in Tim Burton’s Alice!

Video

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:11:45 +0200

Video

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:40:01 +0200

According to this ‘confidential report’ on ‘El...

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:24:51 +0200

According to this ‘confidential report’ on ‘El Confidencial Digital’, Alberto Surio, the new non-basque-nationalist head of the Basque Public Broadcasting Service, is looking for new presenters for the Basque public television. The article explains that current presenters, designated by the previous basque nationalist director, ‘look too basque: women with shot hair and men with ‘northern’ physical traits’.

A research team from the University of Zaragoza has discovered...

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:41:00 +0200

A research team from the University of Zaragoza has discovered what appears to be the oldest map in Europe, inside the Abauntz cave, in Navarre.

Researchers believe that the drawings found on one of the rocks inside the cave are a representation of its surroundings. If so, prehistorical navarres might have invented Google Maps! :)

Last Saturday, TOPAGUNEA organized SPRAIKADA ‘09, the...

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:49:54 +0200

Last Saturday, TOPAGUNEA organized SPRAIKADA ‘09, the basque graffiti competition, in Mutriku (Gipuzkoa). 10 graffitis, choosen out from more than 25, competed to win one of the three great prizes: 1.500, 1.200 and 900 euro. There’s a bunch of pics on Topagunea’s Flickr account.

This video shows the basque hip-hop/rap/break-dance festival that took place in the evening.

This week, on ETB3 (Basque Television), they have integrated a...

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:52:14 +0200

This week, on ETB3 (Basque Television), they have integrated a live twitter feed on top of the TV screen during ‘Nick dut Nik’, a web cuture program. The experience has been very positive, and opens new ways of interaction among the audience. More info in spanish and basque

Now I really know what I want for my birthday!!! I mean it!

Sun, 17 May 2009 20:44:00 +0200

Now I really know what I want for my birthday!!! I mean it!

"My great-grandfather made a great effort to prevent his children from getting locked in the barn: he..."

Thu, 14 May 2009 16:47:00 +0200

“My great-grandfather made a great effort to prevent his children from getting locked in the barn: he forbidden to speak Basque at home, so that they learned Spanish.”

- Mister Jaime Mayor-Oreja, candidate for the European Parlament for spanish Partido Popular (People’s Party), proudly promoting cultural diversity.

I’ve been the first guest blogger in Nick dut Nik, a new...

Fri, 01 May 2009 12:34:25 +0200

I’ve been the first guest blogger in Nick dut Nik, a new program on ETB3, the basque public tekevision.

www.teknopata.net, this site’s mothership, has been...

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:37:18 +0200

www.teknopata.net, this site’s mothership, has been nominated for the Euro Blog Awards. If you have nothing to do, maybe you could spend a minute voting for me! (FaceBook account required)

"There are some communities in which children can express themselves only in their mother tongue"

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:28:09 +0200

“There are some communities in which children can express themselves only in their mother tongue”

- Ángeles González-Sinde, new Minister of Culture of Spain.

Daito Manatabe, the inventor of the music-to-electroshock...

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:53:15 +0100

Daito Manatabe, the inventor of the music-to-electroshock machine, strikes back… now with some friends help!!!

Filling up a Social Security form, 1970’s style

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:38:00 +0100

Filling up a Social Security form, 1970’s style

We want GMail in basque!

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:53:23 +0100

We want GMail in basque!:

The GMail user interface was community localized to basque long time ago. Despite that, Google does not offer GMail in basque.