The Basque Government

The Justice Counsellor, María Jesús San José, has said that torture was an abuse of power and has strongly condemned it. She has said that the Evaluation Committee has officially recognised 183 victims. The associations of victims Egiari Zor and Berridatzi have also come to Parliament and have called for the deadlines for applications for recognition of victims to be extended.

The Minister of Culture of the Basque Government, Ibone Bengoetxea, has supported the grant to the Alavés group ETS after more than a hundred musicians have questioned it. He has made it clear that 'cultural success must not be punished, but must be helped'. Bengoetxea has thus answered a question from the Member of Parliament of Supre, Jon Hernández, at the full control of the Basque Parliament.

EH Bildu has proposed that Loiu airport officially bear the name of lehendakari José Antonio Agirre, while lehendakari Imanol Pradales has replied that he will study the proposal.

This summer, international and domestic travel is expected to increase, so the Basque Government will take special measures to improve traffic management and reduce summer incidents. 

The foundation has transferred to the Basque Government 500 applications for admission that were rejected after the deadline.

The authors of the report on these cases call for a careful interpretation of this decline, since many crimes are not reported.

The lehendakari took stock of the first half of his term at an institutional event in Ajuria Enea, in which he highlighted the stability that works in the Basque Country as a determining factor in ensuring progress, well-being and self-government in a "highly unstable" global context.

President Imanol Pradales has stressed that the housing problem cannot be solved "overnight" and believes that the second half of the legislature will reap the first fruits of what has been sown.

The lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, sees the negotiation between the PNV and EH Bildu to reach an agreement on a law regulating Basque profiles in public employment, which will be voted on in the Basque Parliament on 25 June.

The interview can also be followed on the Orain and ETB On platforms from 8.30 p.m. 

Due to the complex summer period, this will be the last week of stoppages for the time being, if the situation is not resolved, but doctors do not rule out an indefinite strike from September onwards.

Vox MP Amaia Martínez has asked the Minister of Culture and Linguistic Policy about the venue of the 2030 World Cup in Bilbao and San Sebastián. She has insisted thatthe conditions of FIFA "are not few, nor small." Among them, she has highlighted the limitation of mobility in cities or the fact that the world championship "does not coincide with other events of the city."

Osakidetza's director, Lore Bilbao, has stated in an interview with Euskadi Irratia that the Basque Government will continue its efforts to reach an agreement, although she has made it clear that as long as the Framework Statute is maintained, doctors will continue to strike.

Monitoring will begin on 15 June and will continue until the middle of autumn, the period of greatest activity of the tiger mosquito, which has already been detected in at least 72 municipalities covering a large part of the population of the CSC, which has led to increased prevention against this invasive dspezie, especially in cooperation with municipalities.

In two words, a summary of what will be news of the Present today.