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This Friday 3rd April between 11.00-12.00 , the EITB MultiBox will host the presentation of Google in Euskera (Basque), thanks to an agreement between the local government department for language policy, the EITB Group, internet multinational Google and the Basque company Expressive S.L.

Attending the event will be the vice-counsellor for linguistic policy, Patxi Baztarrika; EITB''s Director of Stragegy and Internet, Juan Diego; Director General of Google''s Iberian Enterprises, Carlos Gracia, who will give a conference about the possibilities for Euskera on the web offered by the new agreement; and Miguel de Reina, Commercial Director of Expressive and former Commercial Director of Google, who will explain his vision about the opportunities the agreement will offer to Google users.

The main beneficiaries of the new agreement will be those who use Google to search for documents in Euskera, as they will now be able to access high quality contents via the search engine. Companies will also be able to access Google''s e-mail and office applications in the Basque language.