Ertzaintza will increase alcohol and drug checks on the roads next week
A positive on an alcohol test is considered a very serious offence and involves a penalty of between €500 and €1,000 and a maximum of 6 points.
The Ertzaintza, in coordination with the local police, will increase alcohol and drug prevention controls from 15 to 21 December.
The Basque Government has recalled that if it refuses to pass the control, the person driving the vehicle may be charged with an alleged offence against road safety.
In the case of alcohol control, the driver may continue his or her career if he or she is less than 0.25 milligrams of alcohol (0.15 milligrams for professional drivers and less than 2 years old with a driving licence).
If more than 0.25 milligrams of alcohol (or 0.15 milligrams) appears in the air emitted and less than 0.60 milligrams of alcohol, the driver shall incur an administrative offence, whereas if more than 0.60 milligrams of alcohol appear, it shall be considered an offence against road safety.
In the event of a positive result in the test, it shall be regarded as a very serious administrative offence, with a fine of 500 euros and a reduction of 4 points on the driving licence if the result is equal to or less than 0.50 mg/l, and a fine of 1,000 euros and a reduction of 6 points if it is greater than 0.50 mg/l and less than 0.60 mg/l.
Inthe case of drug control, a saliva sample is used for the test. If the test results are positive, this positive should be confirmed in a subsequent laboratory analysis.
If the positive is confirmed, it is a very serious offence, which could result in a fine of EUR 1,000 and a withdrawal of 6 points.
You might like
Pamplona ready and hot for the Sanfermines
The uninterrupted holiday will begin at noon for 9 days, 204 hours, when the sub-director of the Tafalla Emergency Service and the UCI mobile nurse launch the sucker. Temperatures of 40 ° C are expected this Monday in the Navarre capital and a similar trend in the coming days.
In June, 207 people died in Hego Euskal Herria from heat and 27 others died in the first four days of July
According to data from the Daily Mortality Monitoring System (MoMo) of the Carlos III Health Institute, 153 people have been able to die in the last four days from heat, and in June there were almost 1,000 deaths attributable to high temperatures.
A huge forest fire broke out in Imarkoain
The fire started shortly before 5 p.m. on a cereal field just 10 kilometres from Pamplona/Iruña, and as a preventive measure the AP-15 has been cut off in both directions and the power supply of the nearby catenary railway has been cut.
A huge forest fire broke out in Imarkoain
The fire started at about 5 p.m. in a pine grove in this Navarre town, where two helicopters are working to extinguish it and farmers are helping with tractors.
The staff of the Navarra Emergency Services are "very happy" to be able to launch the blow shot at the will of the citizens
Despite their extensive work throughout the year, and especially during the Sanfermines, their efforts do not always receive the recognition they deserve. They have been given the responsibility to launch this year's blowjob, which will be an incentive for health workers to get on with the work of the holidays. Clint Fernandez, Deputy Director of Emergencies, and Araceli Sergio, Nurse, will take to the balcony of the City Hall on behalf of all the emergency staff.
The Busti Zaitez initiative has brought hundreds of people together to highlight multiple sclerosis and boost its research
The initiative, organized annually by the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, has been carried out this year on five beaches and a dozen municipal swimming pools, with the aim of raising public awareness of this chronic neurological disease and raising funds for patients.
PETA and AnimaNaturalis denounce in Pamplona the "sin" of tauromaquia
As every year, animalist associations have held their traditional anti-bullfighting performance in the Town Hall Square in Pamplona, giving the action a Catholic character, placing a bloody Jesus Christ in the middle of the square and around it several half-naked people, with their bodies stained with red paint and horns on their heads.
In the absence of hours for the blow shot, the mayor of Pamplona, Joseba Asiron, has called for a respectful and safe party
In a few hours the party will break out in Pamplona/Iruña and Joseba Asiron, on the balcony of the City Hall, has uncovered the main innovations of the Sanfermines of this year 2026 to ETB journalist Maider Arteaga, who has called for respect, especially for the freedom of women.
Renfe's train will not run between Arrigorriaga and Bilbao until Wednesday due to construction
The route between the two municipalities is being carried out by buses, with the interruption affecting the Long Route trains between Bilbao and Miranda de Ebro. In Basauri, work is being done to improve the Bidebieta station, which has caused the incident.
The second heat wave of summer is already underway
For today there are yellow warnings for extreme high temperatures in the Rioja Alavesa, the centre of Navarre and the Ribera. Tomorrow the alert level will be reached in almost the entire territory. On Tuesday thermometers will drop, except in the centre of Navarre and the Ribera, where they will remain on alert.