Autonomous Community of the Basque Country
EH Bildu finds it incomprehensible that the Guipuzcoana Fund refuses to be part of the Basque consortium that the foundation is forming for the purchase of Ayesa
Maddalen Iriarte has called for more ambition from the jeltzales in Gipuzkoa so as not to lose the roots of Ayesa in the territory. "Gipuzkoa will have no voice in Ayesa because that is what the local political and financial elites have decided," Iriarte regrets.
The average retirement pension in the Basque Country is EUR 1841.80 per month, the highest in the State
By territory, the average retirement pension in Bizkaia is €1,873.61, in Álava €1,857.58 and in Gipuzkoa €1,788.35.
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.
Last shopping before Christmas: Salesmen's Day
Today is Christmas Eve, and the shops are going through the most frantic moment. The day is marked by haste, nervousness and last-minute orders, while the vendors juggle to serve all customers. The toughest day of the Christmas campaign, we took a look across the counter.
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.
Public transport will have special schedules on Christmas Eve in Hego Euskal Herria
Some services will advance their final journeys this evening, and in some cases night service will be strengthened.
EH Bildu has denounced that the "offensive" against the Euskera is "crossing all red lines"
The sovereign coalition has called for participation in the event organized by the Basque Culture Council for this Saturday at the Bilbao Arena to join the "show of strength and unity of the Euskaltzales".
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.
Flu falls for the second consecutive week in the CSC
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 2026 Basque budgets have been approved with the refusal of the entire opposition
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.
The driver of a car died when he collided head-on with a truck on the GI-636 road in Lezo
The road is cut in both directions and holds of up to four kilometres in the Irun sense. In the direction of San Sebastian there have also been long delays.
Abadiño's neighbors, excited after winning the tenths of the Lottery Grand Prix thanks to a cultural association
The number 79432 has been awarded the highest prize of the extraordinary draw of the Christmas Lottery, with four million euros per series (400,000 euros per tenth).
Due to nodular dermatosis, animal markets in the CSC will be suspended until February
During the duration of the measure, the Member States may exceptionally authorise certain events with animals.
The third Christmas Lottery prize (90693) has left 500,000 euros in Zumaia
The Zumaia Administration No. 1 has distributed 500,000 euros thanks to 90693, the third prize in the 2025 Christmas Lottery draw.
The Basque Government will pay officials this year's salary increase in January
An increase of 1.5% is planned for next year, but the CCOO union in the Basque Country is calling for a further increase.
This is how the fourth and fifth prize of the Christmas Lottery was celebrated in Leioa
At the Artea Shopping Centre in Leioa, two prizes have been awarded for the special draw of the 2025 Christmas Lottery, namely a fourth prize (78477) and a fifth prize (77715).
The third prize of the 2025 Christmas Lottery (90693) has left millions of euros in Igorre
In that case, each winner will receive 50,000 euros per tenth (500,000 euros per series), but 20% must go to the Tax Agency, so those with a tenth will receive about 40,000 euros.
Fourth Christmas Lottery Award 2025:78477, a series sold in Leioa
The winner will receive 1,000 euros per euro played or 20,000 euros per tenth (200,000 euros per series). In this case, no 20% contribution should be made to the Tax Agency.
