Bizkaia

Firefighters intervened this morning in Algorta (Bizkaia) to quell the fire in several containers due to the use of pyrotechnic material on New Year's Eve.

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.

At 12:00 in the afternoon the bells rang and they said goodbye to 2025 in Basauri so that the children can celebrate the change of year in a good atmosphere and on a good schedule. Without waiting until midnight, the festival organized by the merchant association is consolidated year after year, with more and more families participating. In the square of Arizgoiti, many children and parents have gathered in a festive atmosphere.

The number of deaths has increased significantly in Álava (16), with seven more deaths, falling in Gipuzkoa (16) and remaining in Bizkaia (9). 

As for the capitals of Hego Euskal Herria, the San Silvestre race will begin at 12:30 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, at 16:30 in Bilbao and at 16:45 in Pamplona. 

A number of trials will focus on the judicial interest throughout next year.

The Basque Government has opened a negotiating channel with the Ministry to define the vaccination strategy, including new areas with a higher livestock burden.

The local institution met this morning as a matter of urgency to agree on an institutional declaration containing the name of Josu Andoni Begoria with a target in the middle. The text was approved with the votes in favour of the PNV and the PP, not signed by EH Bildu. 

The four diverted flights have landed in Santander, where a Loiu-Barajas connection has been cancelled, with delays on three other flights.

The Civil Guard has seized more than 800 counterfeit products in Bizkaia worth 35,000 euros. Searches have been carried out in Getxo (two) and Muxika. For the time being, two persons are being investigated as alleged perpetrators.

The snow level is expected to be between 600 and 800 metres, and low Christmas and Christmas temperatures will continue.

The combination of holidays and the annual closure of Mercabilbao will leave fishmongers without supplies between 26 and 30 December.

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.

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.

A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.

Experts recommend not to publish the observation area, not to approach these animals less than 10 meters because they "may get stressed," and not to give them food.

Barakaldo City Council has concentrated in Herriko Plaza to denounce the macho murder of a 54-year-old woman. Emakunde's director, Mira Elgarresta, has strongly condemned the murder and blamed "social inequalities" as the main cause of the increase in "social machismo."

Although the incidence of influenza has decreased, the Department of Health and Osakidetza have called for caution about the increase in social activity this Christmas.

The Civil Guard has searched three homes in Bilbao, Barakaldo and Miranda de Ebro (Burgos) and seized material related to the crimes investigated.