Ertzaintza has launched a group specializing in violence against women
The Security Department of the Basque Government has announced that it has been operating a unit specializing in violence against women for weeks.
This group consists of six women, a commissioner, a manager and four officers, who are responsible for "coordination to improve the management and care of cases of male violence" and who join the work carried out in all police stations.
This group provides active protection to the victim, regardless of the court decision, and the battered woman in the most serious cases is escorted to court by the officers when she goes to the first proceedings .
The Department of Safety and Security has reported this new unit along with this year's data report on violence.
According to the data, the number of complaints of male violence has increased. Between January and October 2025, the Ertzaintza recorded 5,975 crimes in different forms of violence against women committed by a partner or ex-partner, a family member at home or against sexual freedom. Compared to the same period last year, this type of crime has generally increased by 0.66%.
In the case of the murders, this is a homicide in Zarautz (Gipuzkoa) on 15 October, when a 47-year-old man killed his 53-year-old partner.
There have been three cases of homicide (domestic violence) committed inside the home.
The largest number of complaints of male violence have been reported by partners or ex-partners , 4,303.
The second area where most attacks on women occur is domestic, with 1,023 cases of domestic violence detected.
Withregard to sexual violence, the number has increased in the last two years, to 649 this year, 4.34 per cent more than last year.
You might like
Oyarzabal: "We will always carry Seville and this Cup in our hearts, but seeing your happiness is priceless and we stay with it."
Cries, applause, tears and madness in San Sebastian! 100,000 people were expected in the capital of Guipuzcoana to welcome the Royal Society players and celebrate the King's Cup, and expectations have been met.
Pradales: "Football owed the Royal what we live in today."
The president, Imanol Pradales, has stressed that, in five years, the Basque teams have won three cups, two of which have been won by the Royal Society, and has thus highlighted the time that the Basque sport is going through because "it fits in with our identity".
The Ertzaintza is investigating an attempted sexual assault on the Oñati campus
The Vice-Chancellor of Science, Universities and Innovation has participated in the rally convened by the University and stressed that "in the face of any kind of violence and, of course, sexual violence, a strong response to is essential".
Happy in their personal circumstances, but housing and economic issues squeeze young people
The Basque Government's Aurrera Begira report puts the personal welfare index at 73 points out of 100 but increases uncertainty about the future.
Sentenced to four years in prison for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old student in Pamplona
The defendant shall no longer be able to speak to or approach the victim and shall remain on probation for a period of five years, once he has served the prison sentence, and shall not be able to perform the duties of minors, whether paid or not, for 10 years.
Gipuzkoa has an "open attitude" towards immigration and a "positive view" of coexistence
The report "Attitudes, Situations and Xenophobic Narratives in Gipuzkoa" by the Provincial Council and the Begirune Foundation states that immigration is a problem for only 8%.
The president has supported the new network of men politicians for equality: "We have a great responsibility."
Imanol Pradales has stated that "there is still no equality" between women and men.
It will be news: Reception to the Royal, Iran's truce in check and face-to-face regularization
Summary of the main news that Orain is working on today.
A man has been arrested in San Sebastian for stabbing a roommate in the neck with a knife
The attack took place in a house in Altza, where the alleged aggressor left the house but was located in the vicinity and arrested on charges of attempted murder.
Watch the Cup Final again at ETBO!
Excitement and tension were blown up on Saturday night in Seville during the Copa Final that lasted until the penalty. At ETBO the platform can watch the full game and award delivery again whenever you want.