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The GUKA platform has called for Euskera Day in Bilbao
The Euskaltzaleon Plaza Libre platform in Bilbao, GUKA, has brought together hundreds of people in the capital city of Bilbao, who have called for the Basque language to be lived in all the neighborhoods of Bilbao and have called for the paralysis of the Castilian language machinery.
A "Little Sun" from Repsol stays at this convent in Bilbao
The guide has awarded for the first time the convents that prepare the pastry, and one of them has been that of Our Lady of the Pillar of Basurto (Bilbao). The eight nuns who manage the worker are delighted and hope that the award will give a boost to the business.
Zea Mays, spreading the Euskera over 30 years singing
The Bilbao City Council, as part of the celebration of the International Euskera Day, has paid tribute to the Zea Mays group for their great contribution to the Euskera. Esker has been received with this emotion and has stressed that for another 30 years they will be singing in Basque around the world.
Sustainable mobility is a challenge for the world's most important cities
Public transport agents have stressed in Bilbao that promoting the use of public transport, in addition to boosting economic and social cohesion, brings health benefits.
Lauaxeta Honor Award for Benito Lertxundi and Jose Anjel Irigai for the song "Bizkaia maite"
On Monday, the Provincial Council of Bizkaia presented the 2025 Lauaxeta Awards, which were awarded to singer Benito Lertxundi and writer Jose Anjel Irigai, in recognition of their contribution to the Basque culture of the song Bizkaia maite . The two winners have not been able to attend the event and have been represented by the singer Olatz Zugasti, the artistic partner of Lertxundi.
Pegasus Airlines will connect Istanbul and Bilbao four times a week
The Turkish airline said tickets are already available from EUR 69.99.
In Bilbao we visited the shooting of the series "Tamara eta Mara", which opens on the Primeran platform in 2026
"Tamara and Mara" is a comedy about the rivalry between two actors in an casting. ETB's new talent contest is one of the winners of this Basque fiction.
UPV unions have called for stops and rallies to demand "more public investment."
The protests will take place from Monday to Thursday. On the one hand, stops have been called from 11:00 to 12:00. On the other hand, rallies will be held at 11:15, depending on the day on one campus or another.
Animalist associations have denounced the Basque bullfighting law that PNV and PSE intend to pass as an "aberration"
On Thursday, the Basque Parliament intends to adopt a proposal for a law regulating certain initiatives in the field of bulls, in order to ensure the continuity of the shows it places "within the broad intangible cultural heritage of the Basque Country".
Mobilizations against the Death Penalty in seven ACV cities to call for an end to this "cruel and inhuman" punishment
Amnesty International says the death penalty is "in decline" but cannot be "relaxed" and has called for universal abolition. 1,518 people were executed in 15 countries in 2024. Bilbao, San Sebastián, Vitoria, Leioa, Portugalete, Santurtzi and Barakaldo will light up significant buildings coinciding with the call.
Bilbao metro service between Urduliz and Plentzia suspended after a tree fell on the tracks
As a result of the incident, service from Urduliz Station has been suspended, but workers are already working to restore normalcy.
Rain and low temperatures will dominate the first week of December in the Basque Country
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.
About a thousand people have demonstrated in Bilbao for public school and against school segregation
A thousand people have demonstrated in Bilbao, called by the Harro platform of the Basque Public School, to denounce school segregation as a "structural" problem. The platform calls for "bold policies" and criticizes that the current measures, including the segregation table, establish an "unfair" system. The demonstration, under the slogan "Against segregation, the public is the way!"
The Solidarity with Palestine platform has denounced that the ceasefire in Gaza is "false" and that Israel is not keeping its promise
In addition, the Palestine Citizens' Collective has read one by one the names of the 20,000 children killed in Gaza.
A continuous reading of the names of the children killed in Palestine has been made in Bilbao
This Saturday, a rally was held in solidarity with the Palestinian people in the Circular Square of Bilbao on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, where a continuous reading of the names of all the children killed was made. The organizers included mainly Gernika-Palestine and Welcome Refugees.
BOS will offer two children's concerts at Basurto hospital
The interpreters of the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra will perform in the Neonatology Unit and the Paediatrics Service of that hospital in Bilbao.
Four restaurants in the Basque Country get their first Michelin star
Peace (Mungia), Islares (Bilbao), La Revelía (Amorebieta-Etxano) and Itzuli (San Sebastián) are the restaurants that have debuted on the famous list. Peace has also earned the mention of the Green Star, which presses establishments committed to sustainable gastronomy.
Thousands of women have denounced "sexist institutional violence" on the streets of Euskal Herria
On International Day Against Macho Violence, convened by the Feminist Movement of the Basque Country, dozens of protest actions have taken place in towns and cities this afternoon. Thousands of citizens have taken to the streets to denounce "sexist institutional violence". Naia Torrealdai, spokesperson for the EH Feminist Movement, has said that organizations repeatedly revictimize women "especially for what they do not do."
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EH Bildu has claimed in Bilbao that Euskal Herria is an "anti-fascist center of resistance"
The Secretary of Political Action of the abertzale coalition, Arkaitz Rodriguez, stated in the presentation of the initiative that, under the slogan "Euskal Herria askatasun haizea", they have called for "a massive act of national and anti-fascist ratification".