On Monday, the Provincial Council of Bizkaia presented the 2025 Lauaxeta Awards, which were awarded to singer Benito Lertxundi and writer Jose Anjel Irigai, in recognition of their contribution to the Basque culture of the song Bizkaia maite . The two winners have not been able to attend the event and have been represented by the singer Olatz Zugasti, the artistic partner of Lertxundi.

Counselor Oscar Ordeig suggested that the African swine plague could arrive by road through a contaminated sausage dumped in a truck transit area and the Spanish Confederation of Freight Transport (CETM) has reacted angrily. They have defended the professionalism of drivers and called for prudence and rigour.

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At least one million people have been evicted from their homes on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, because of the worst floods of the year in Asia, while the authorities estimate that 631 people have already died and 472 are missing.

One third of households are single-person, and more than 100,000 are single-parent.