Bayonne

Bernart Etxepare wrote the first book published in Basque in 1545 in Bordeaux. The National Library of France has only one copy of it and has been exhibited in the last three months at the Basque Museum in Bayonne. Although various institutions and elected representatives have requested its stay, it will return to the library in Paris  to keep it in the dark for three years.

France and Hungary, among others. 

The Prefecture of the Atlantic Pyrenees has reported that at 02:00, 80 asymptomatic farmers, using 60 tractors, have blocked the A63 motorway at the height of the northern link of Bayonne dute and since morning there have been major problems in the vicinity, and the Prefecture has also closed the Biriatou border for trucks in both directions.

From Friday, rain, strong winds and snow are expected at ever lower levels, so yellow and orange warnings have been activated for the weekend.

The rain and the fall of temperatures will be the protagonists of Christmas Eve in the Basque Country. We will have Christmas on the same road: cold, frost and snow at low levels.

According to custom, they have arrived in the Labour capital by trainer along the Er￮ river. They have both stressed that they will bring not only gifts, but also Euskera and hope. 

It will be closed on December 9th at 21:00 and reopened on December 10th at 06:00. Vehicles and trucks from the AP-8 to Lapurdi will have to leave Irun.

From Monday, the weather will stabilize. However, on Tuesday a new cold round will bring rain and covered skies; and temperatures will drop; and ice will be brought at the highest points.

The French Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, the mayor of Baiona, Jean-René Etchegaray, and the Minister of Culture of the Basque Government, Ibone Bengoetxea , among others, have been present for 14 years at a cost of 29 million euros.

The museum closed its doors to the public in April 2011 to facilitate its restructuring and double its surface area from 2000 to 4,000 square metres.

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The renovation of the museum has involved an investment of EUR 29 million, which has made it possible to double the exhibition space to 2,000 square metres, an area which is expected to provide the size of the 7,000 works preserved by the institution.

Gure Esku has today presented the"HERRITU"  initiative as a tool aimed at strengthening the Basque community and strengthening its pillars. It will be supported by a physical or virtual card . The subscriber will express his support for the Basque Country and the right to decide. It will be launched at the fair in Durango and aims to disseminate it from town to town in exchange for a subscription of EUR 10.

The first book printed in Basque by Bernat Etxepare, "Linguae Vasconum primitiae", which is exhibited at the Museum of Baiona, will be translated into Paris after two months. With the proclamation of its place here, the Council of Basque Culture and the Basque Confederation have today called for recognition and resources for the Euskera. Halaber

The Iparralde ikastolas festival will celebrate its 2026 edition under the slogan "Building the Future."

In addition to the prison sentence, Aviron, the former Bayonnais coach and observer of the Royal Society, will not be able to work with minors and has been banned from going to sports grounds.

The appointment will take place between 23 and 26 April, outside the Easter holiday period, to try to reduce the number of visitors in recent years, as crime and inconvenience have increased in recent editions.