Autonomous Community of the Basque Country

Today's meeting will be chaired by Counsellor Begoña Pedrosa and will serve, among other things, to analyse the shortcomings of the education system. All these reflections will be transferred to the representatives of the 900 schools that will meet tomorrow in the BEC to take steps together. 

The Education Counsellor has stressed that improving these results is part of the Department of Education 's strategy and has attributed the results to the global trend. 

The fire started yesterday afternoon at the organic matter collection site and, for the time being, although the fire is perimeter, the nature of the materials slows down the total extinction work.

In Álava, births decreased by 1.5 per cent (527 births), while in Gipuzkoa there was a 2.3 per cent decrease (1078 births) and in Bizkaia there was an increase of 0.2 per cent (1,640 births).

At the beginning of the course, ETB has spoken with the Education Counsellor, Begoña Pedrosa, to discuss the challenges facing the department for the new course, including improving the skills of students, ending segregation and measures to combat heat. In addition, language project coordinators will be placed in the centres, supervised by the Euskera Institute.

A 10-minute silence will be observed this Sunday at 7 p.m. in front of the City Hall in memory of the deceased young man and in solidarity with his entourage, as well as a series of changes to today's holiday programme.

Apparently, the stone has fallen about 300 metres above where the woman was, who has suffered severe head trauma and has been transferred to the Asturias General University Hospital (HUCA).

The young man, who was in the harbor following the test of geese, has fallen from a height of about two metres. Thousands of people have gathered in Lekeitio today and the event was developing normally until the accident.

They have the opportunity to taste cider from 32 cider shops in Gipuzkoa. They have threatened the day with music from trikitilaris and bertsolaris. One of the most emotional moments has been the act of tribute to Jabier Ansorena and Marian Matas.

Interviewed in the Faktoria programme of Euskadi Irratia, the President of the Basque Government, Imanol Pradales, has pointed out that the murders of recent years are mainly related to the deterioration of personal relations caused by drugs, addictions or gender-based violence, and has stressed that there is currently no organized crime in the Basque Country.

Also on the A-1, at the N-622 link, in the Irun sense, the queues are about two kilometers.

As a novelty, self-employed workers will also be able to apply for flexible retirement, as up to now only salaried workers have been able to apply. 

The silly turtle rescued in March off the coast of San Sebastian was released this morning, two miles from the coast, after being guarded at the Aquarium of San Sebastian.

The Councillor for Welfare, Youth and Demographic Challenge has urged the State and the European Union to recognise their responsibility for a migration crisis which, in his view, has a geopolitical dimension and Melgosa has announced that he will meet next week (3 September) with Minister Elma Saiz, who will defend the Basque Country's increased migration powers and the need to recognise its role as the Northern Border.

The aim of this new round of meetings, similar to the one held in 2024, is to address the second part of the legislature "through dialogue and the search for agreements between different parties." On the other hand, it has lamented the lack of cooperation in the humanitarian and political crisis in Ceuta.

The Basque Government has announced a budget increase of 51 million euros to strengthen housing policies. Much of the investment will go to the purchase of housing in collaboration with Kutxabank to increase the supply of public park in the ACV. The counsellor has also highlighted the commitment to dotational accommodation and the need for more land.

The Miramar Governing Council will serve to implement the priorities of the Government for the second part of the legislature, with the General Policy Plenary scheduled for September and the pending meeting of Pradales and Pedro Sánchez.

In the ACV, 2,225 mortgages were registered for home purchase in June and 514 in Navarre, with Navarre being the sixth community with the largest increase, above the state average of  (10.8%), and the CAE the seventh.

Since the beginning of July, the water collected in the reservoirs has been below the average of the last 20 years, a difference that has been increasing week after week.