Zazpiak Bat Basque Club from Reno celebrated its annual Basque festival with several hundred people attending. Organizers say they want to share their Basque festivities with others so that other people can learn about different aspects of their culture and who the Basques are. Festival activities included traditional Basque song and dance, gastronomy and rural sports exhibitions.

Several hundred festival goers braved the 90 degree heat to enjoy the festivities on Saturday in Reno’s Wingfield Park. There was a variety of Basque rural sport and dance exhibitions, gastronomy, and music for everyone’s enjoyment. This is the 41st annual festival and the organizers, Zazpiak Bat (the seven provinces are one), are very keen at understanding the local crowds desire to learn more about Basque cultural and the club’s ability to showcase it in a weekend.

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The global Basque community would like to extend our condolences to Igor Aristegi's family and friends.

The young Basque man from Beasain, who had a bright and promising future in the field of scientific studies of philosophy, died while on vacation in North America in July. Cause of death has not been confirmed.

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There is a new Basque band in the western US, it is called Amuma Says No. Each one of its members brings their strengths and complimentary value to ensemble a new type of Basque music in the North American scene. EuskoSare interviews one of the founding members, Dan Ansotegui, to help us get acquainted with the group and with ideas of how cultures survive with change.

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The Last Conquistador filmmakers, Cristina Ibarra and John Valadez say, "The film is less about the statue, and more about people seeing the statue, and peoples' inability to see the perspectives of others in their community." The film will be showing this week on PBS. Find out what reactions have occurred in the El Paso community since the statue's making.

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The deadline to take part in EuskoMovie has been extended until September 14. EuskoMovie is the first online short film contest organised by EuskoSare. You can record your project with a phone, photo camera or camcorder and this must be only 2 minutes long. You could win €600, €400 and €200! The deadline to take part in EuskoMovie has been extended until September 14. EuskoMovie is the first online short film contest organised by EuskoSare. This contest has been organised by the Cinema Section of Eusko Ikaskuntza in collaboration with the Basque Filmoteque.

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Only 10 days are left to enter in EuskoSare’s first on-line, short film contest; EuskoMovie. You can use your mobile phone, photo or video camera to shoot your work. 600, 400 and 200 euro prizes will be awarded. You have until July 20th to enter.

The countdown to enter EuskoMovie has started. The contest has been launched with the combined support of Filmoteca Vasca and the cinematography division of Eusko Ikaskuntza. The film work must be recorded with either a mobile phone, photo or video camera and be no more than two minutes long, including the credits.

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The Elko Euzkaldunak Basque Club hosted its 45th annual National Basque Festival in Elko, Nevada from July 4th through the 6th. The Elko festival is a long-time favorite of many Basques and friends with people coming from as far as the Basque Country and many US states to participate and enjoy the cultural and educational activities.

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Members of the Urrizaga family, originally from lower Navarra, will be celebrating their first family reunion from July 17 - 19 in Reno, Nevada. The get-together will reunite descendents of Pierre Urrizaga and his brothers, who came to the United States in the early 1900s to begin new lives and to settle into the great west.

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The telecommunication industry is being transformed.
Growth through transformation

After emerging from the crisis of 2000, the telecommunication industry is being transformed. Technological changes and the development of new services are affecting the core businesses of telecommunication operators. Voice continues to be the key driver in OECD telecommunication markets which have now attained revenues of USD 1 trillion. However, voice services, and the structure of telecommunication revenues, are evolving. Mobile services now make up 40% of all OECDarea telecommunication revenues, and mobile subscribers outnumber fixed subscribers by a ratio of 3 to 1. At the same time, technologies such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) are exerting strong downward pressure on prices for voice services. The impact of VoIP is apparent in prices for international fixed-line calls, which many VoIP operators now bundle into flat-rate subscription plans. As a result, the future of voice revenue streams is unclear.

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Annie and Alaina Gavica have recently returned to the USA from their barnetegi experience just two weeks ago. EuskoSare asked them to share their thoughts about their newly attained confidence in speaking Euskara.

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