Basque people

:This article is about the Basque people. For other meanings, see Basque.

Institutions

While there is no independent Basque state, Spain's autonomous community of the Basque Country, made up of the provinces of Araba/Álava, Bizkaia/Vizcaya and Gipuzkoa/Guipúzcoa, is primarily Basque in character and has a great deal of automony. Similar remarks apply to the Spanish autonomous community of Nafarroa/Navarra.

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The political party EAJ/PNV - "Eusko Alderdi Jeltzalea" in Euskara, "Partido Nacionalista Vasco" in Spanish, "Basque Nationalist Party" in English is a moderate nationalist political party from the Basque region of Spain.

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The political party Batasuna ("Unity"), based mainly in Spain but with a French presence, is generally presumed to be associated with the armed Basque separatist group ETA. In March 2003, Batasuna was permanently banned in Spain by means of a controversial law approved by the Spanish parliament for the control of the activities of political parties.

Related Topics:
Batasuna - ETA

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The Socialist Party of the Basque Country is the local branch of PSOE.

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The mining and industrial areas of Biscay were one of the birthplaces of Spanish socialism.

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The earliest university in the Basque Country was the University of Oñate, founded 1540 in Hernani and moved to Oñate in 1548. It lasted in various forms until 1901. http://www.ehu.es/ingles/paginas/prin_i.htm In 1868 there was an unsuccessful effort to establish a Basque-Navarrese University, thwarted by the hostility of the Spanish Central government.

Related Topics:
University of Oñate - Hernani - 1548 - 1901 - 1868

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The Jesuits founded the University of Deusto in Bilbao by the turn of the Century.

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The first modern Basque public university was the Basque University, founded November 18, 1936 in Bilbao in the midst of the Spanish Civil War. It operated only briefly before the defeat by Franco's forces. http://basque.unr.edu/09/9.3/9.3.35t/9.3.35.07.univ.htm.

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Several universities, originally teaching only in Spanish, were founded in the Basque region in the Franco era. One of those, the University of Bilbao, has now evolved into the Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco / University of the Basque Country.

Related Topics:
University of Bilbao - University of the Basque Country

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There are numerous other significant Basque institutions in the Basque Country and elsewhere. Most Basque organizations in the United States are affiliated with NABO (North American Basque Organizations, Inc.).

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