Basque language
Language of the Basque people
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Aguirre
Alma Rosa Aguirre's projected year of death.
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| 2025 |
Mendoza
Moises Sandoval Mendoza died, year of death matching the current context date.
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| 2025 |
Iruña-Veleia
Pieces from the 1990s Las Ermitas excavation in Espejo, Álava were reexamined, revealing ostraka with incised graffiti that matched Spanish rather than Latin spelling, prompting further investigation by the Basque police.
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| 2024 | Concludes her tenure as lead vocalist of La Orega de Van Gogh after releasing four albums with the band: A las cinco en el Astoria, Cometas por el Cielo, El planeta imaginario, and Un susurro en la tormenta. |
| 2024 |
Alberdi
Cristina Alberdi passed away, concluding her career as a notable Spanish politician and lawyer.
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| November 2024 | Received a Special Mention at the Leeds International Film Festival (LIFF). |
| November 2024 | Received a Special Mention at the Wench Film Festival. |
| October 2024 | Won the Mirinae Grand Prix at the Seoul Indie-AniFest. |
| October 2024 | Won Best Feature Film at the World Festival of Animated Film Varna and received a Special Mention at the Animest International Animation Film Festival. |
| October 2024 | Received a Jury Special Mention at the International Animation Film and Comics Art Festival of Yerevan. |
| September 2024 | Won the EITB Award at Animadeba, Festival internacional de animación. |
| June 15 2024 | Sultana's Dream won the Contrechamp Grand Prix at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. |
| June 8 2024 | Won the Grand Competition Feature Film award at Animafest Zagreb. |
| May 2024 | Won the Best Visual Development award at the Quirino Awards, recognizing the visual artistry of Isabel Herguera, Rocío Álvarez, Elena Jariego Antón, and Duna Tàrrega. |
| April 2024 | Won Best Animation at the Celtic Media Festival and Best Screenplay & Special prize at Cartoons on the Bay. |
| February 2024 | Received the Award for Best Animated Feature at the Festival international du film d'animation de Bruxelles. |
| 2023 | The film received an unprecedented 17 nominations at the Goya Awards, which is the highest number of nominations ever received by an animation film at this prestigious Spanish film awards ceremony. |
| 2023 | Published 'Le code Jésus le Christ' in Beaumont-Pied-de-Boeuf through NVA publishing. |
| 2023 |
Velasco
Concha Velasco died.
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| 2023 |
Góngora
Augusto Góngora passed away.
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| 2023 |
Arana
Mariano Arana, an Uruguayan architect and politician, dies.
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| 2023 |
García
Mauricio Garcia passed away.
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| 2023 |
García
Léa Garcia passed away after a significant career in Brazilian acting.
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| 2023 |
García
Andrés García passed away.
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| 2023 | Isabel Herguera directed the animated drama film 'Sultana's Dream', co-writing the screenplay with Gianmarco Serra, which was based on Rokeya Hossain's 1905 short story. |
| November 17 2023 | Sultana's Dream was released nationwide in Spain. |
| October 7 2023 | The film won the Hamburg Producers Award for European Cinema Co-Productions at Filmfest Hamburg. |
| September 30 2023 | Sultana's Dream won the Basque Film Award and Best Basque Screenplay at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. |
| September 24 2023 | The film premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it was awarded the Basque Film Award and the Best Basque Screenplay award. |
| September 23 2023 | Film presented at the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival. |
| June 2023 | Sultana's Dream was screened as a work-in-progress at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. |
| 2022 | Released as a Spanish-Argentine adult animated drama film directed by Fermín Muguruza, with a screenplay co-written by Muguruza, Isa Campo, and Harkaitz Cano. |
| 2022 |
Echeverría
Luis Echeverría Álvarez passed away.
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| 2022 |
Landa
Konstantin Landa passed away
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| November 14 2022 |
Hand of Irulegi
Official announcement of the Hand of Irulegi's discovery, with the regional president of Navarre present, bringing public attention to the archaeological find.
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| September 30 2022 | Theatrical release of the film 'Black Is Beltza II: Ainhoa' in Spain. |
| April 8 2022 | The Earth Orchestra (Orkestra Lurtarra) premiered, a Basque animated film directed by Imanol Zinkunegi and Joseba Ponce, distributed by Paycom and dubbed in Catalan. |
| January 18 2022 |
Hand of Irulegi
Restorer Carmen Usua discovered writing on the hand during the cleaning process, prompting further investigation by epigraphers.
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| 2021 | Comprehensive sociolinguistic survey of Basque-speaking territories conducted, showing overall increase in Basque speakers to 30.6% of the population across all regions. |
| 2021 | In the Basque Autonomous Community, 36.2% of people aged 16 and above are fluent Basque speakers, a significant increase from previous years, with the highest percentage (74.5%) in the 16-24 age range. |
| 2021 |
Larrañaga
Jorge Larrañaga passed away.
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| June 2021 |
Hand of Irulegi
Excavation team led by Mattin Aiestaran unearthed the Hand of Irulegi during archaeological excavations.
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| 2020 | Fernando Villamor published a basic dictionary and grammar of the Iberian language, contributing to linguistic research and documentation. |
| 2020 | Released studio album 'Un Susurro en la Tormenta' with La Oreja de Van Gogh |
| 2020 |
Zambrano
Jorge Luis Zambrano, an Ecuadorian drug trafficker, passes away.
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| 2020 |
Arana
Hugo Arana, Argentine actor, passes away.
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| 2020 |
García
Dámaso García passed away.
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| August 2020 |
Iruña-Veleia
A group of 14 scientists published a letter in Basque newspapers arguing that the forgery accusations represent an unresolved scientific controversy that should be discussed in scientific forums, not courts.
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| July 24 2020 | 'Offering to the Storm', the final film in the Baztán Trilogy, was released on Netflix after the pandemic-related delay. |
| June 2020 |
Iruña-Veleia
Archaeologist Eliseo Gil was pronounced guilty of fraud and connivance regarding fraudulent archaeological claims about inscriptions at Iruña-Veleia.
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Velasco, Larrañaga, Aguirre (surname), The Legacy of the Bones, Mendoza (name), Zambrano, José María Sánchez Carrión, Landa (surname), Arana (surname), Basque language, Leire Martínez, Black Is Beltza II: Ainhoa, García (surname), Góngora (surname), Echeverría, Hand of Irulegi, Sultana's Dream (film), Alberdi (surname), Iruña-Veleia & The Earth Orchestra, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.