Bilbo
Bilbao City Council approves the 2026 budget, and all parties have made the usual toast at the end of the year
The votes of the PNV and the PSE have been sufficient to approve the budget without accepting the opposition's proposals. The capital will have 751 million euros, 32 million more than in 2025, which will be used mainly to cover social spending, improve infrastructure and promote culture. As in recent years, the Bilbao City Council will not borrow.
The Basque Country has been filled with words and songs by various Basque cultural actors
Actors, musicians and bertsolaris have taken the stage at the Euskera event, with a musical performance by Gorka Urbizu, Maia Ibarne and Gontzal Mendibil, among others. Bertsolaris Ane Labaka and Sustrai Colina have also been on stage.
The Basque Culture Council has gathered thousands of people in Bilbao to promote the Basque Renaissance
Idurre Eskisabel: "This will be the first spark of the resurrection of the Euskera"
The Council of Basque Culture has convened this Saturday to fill the Bilbao Arena. The purpose of the meeting is to mobilize all Basque speakers to "ignite the spark", according to its Secretary General, Idurre Eskisabel, in favour of a new "renaissance" of the Basque Country, combining the claim with the Basque culture, since "the culturalists are essential for a language to have meaning and a future."
Yellow snow warning this Friday inside the Basque Country
The snow level is expected to be between 600 and 800 metres, and low Christmas and Christmas temperatures will continue.
Two men arrested in Bilbao for attempting to steal from a restaurant and a hairdresser
Olentzero and Mari Domingi have been with the children of the Basque cities
Olentzero and Mari Domingi have made their last visit to the children of the Basque Country before handing out their Christmas Eve presents, as the couple have visited the Arriaga Theatre in Bilbao, the Basurto Hospital, the Gasteiz City Council and the Donostia University Hospital.
A landslide on the wall of Artxanda Park has forced the area to close
The area has been cordoned off and the works will be done "as soon as the project is completed".
The cold will catch Christmas Eve on the threshold of an icy Christmas
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.
Bilbao Airport will offer more than 200 flights between today and tomorrow
In total, the Bizkaia terminal will host 2,368 flights during Christmas. Last Friday, 19 December, was the day with the largest number of scheduled operations, 137 in total, followed by Monday, 22 December, with 136 operations.
Olentzero and Mari Domingi have a lively agenda at night before gifts are delivered
The main events of Olentzero and Mari Domingi will be held in Bilbao, Donostia-San Sebastián, Vitoria-Gasteiz and Pamplona, with receptions, urban tours and horseback rides.
Fifty people from an alleged criminal network have been arrested for defrauding more than 400 people online
The Civil Guard has searched three homes in Bilbao, Barakaldo and Miranda de Ebro (Burgos) and seized material related to the crimes investigated.
There will be news: discussion and resolution of the Draft General Budgets, concentration in Barakaldo and visit of Olentzero and Mari Domingi in Bilbao
A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.
Olentzero and Mari Domingi will fill the streets of Bilbao with illusion this Tuesday
The kalejira will begin at 5.30 p.m. from Moyua Square and will cross the Gran Vía to the Arriaga Theatre, where there will be a show, workshops and a visit to the most beloved Christmas characters in the Basque Country.
The workers at the Bimba and Lola establishment have been awarded the second prize
The second prize (70,048) has distributed happiness to the sellers of the fashion chain Bimba and Lola in Bilbao and San Sebastian, which is the number with which the company played.
Parades, kalejiras and delivery of letters in the capitals: Olentzero and Mari Domingi are coming!
The capitals are preparing to welcome the protagonists of Christmas: parades, kalejiras and special reception for children in town halls.
Thousands of people at the St. Thomas Fair in Bilbao
The rain and the winter atmosphere have not intimidated the population and thousands of people have approached the Arenal to enjoy the special market.
The Ertzaintza is investigating a shooting in Bilbao this morning
They're celebrating St. Thomas in Bilbao and San Sebastian
It has begun its day in the Byzantine capital from the wet, but that has not intimidated the visitors, and thousands of people are coming and going through the Arenal.
Here's St. Thomas, the biggest fair of the year
Bilbao and San Sebastian celebrate one of the most important fairs of the year this Sunday. The umbrella will be essential during the day, as a front will leave rainfall.