Libe, the first child in the Basque Country in 2026, was born at 02:43 in the hospital in Mendaro
Pending confirmation from other hospitals, the first New Year's baby is Guipuzcoan, as it was last year, and the second is Xalo, born at 07:11 at the Alto Deba Hospital in Gipuzkoa.
The first child born in the Basque Country in 2026 is Libe, born at 02:43 on 1 January at the Mendaro hospital, according to EITB.
Pending confirmation from other hospitals, the first baby in the new year is Guipuzcoan, just like last year.
The second baby is Xalo, born at 07:11 at the Alto Deba Hospital in Gipuzkoa, weighing three kilos.
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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.
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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.