Headlines of the Day

The 48-year-old man tried to kill his wife in Berriz and the woman was taken by helicopter to Cruces hospital. The detainee is still in the police station awaiting a statement before the judge. On the other hand, summoned by the Berango City Council, a rally will be held this afternoon to denounce the murder of Amaia.

As planned, four of the mission's astronauts — Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen — have lost communication with the Earth for 40 minutes. Then they have observed the hidden side of the satellite and been able to collect photographs and data from unseen sites.

The four astronauts entered lunar orbit today and will begin to observe the hidden side of the satellite.

In particular, the robberies have been carried out in the Goierri area. The Ertzaintza has called on the citizens who have been victims of these robberies to come to the Beasain police station to check whether their items are there. 

Easter Monday has taken on an unusual look. Hot weather has left beaches and streets crowded. Hotel occupancy levels have been around 80-90% during Easter. 

Another child under the age of six and two adults have been seriously injured in the accident, according to the Emergency Service of the Government of Castilla y León, two of whom have been taken to Cruces University Hospital.

Born in Matute, La Rioja, he was a neighbour of Bilbao and fought in the Ensanche battalion of the Republican Left during the Civil War.  His identification has been obtained thanks to a sample provided by his 91-year-old daughter.

According to Aena, the "significant" increase in the activity of the  airport has been a consequence of the decision. The General Deputy of Álava, Ramiro González, has assured the media that the decision has been repeated.

The Basque Government estimates that there will be 540,000 journeys  in the next few days on the roads of the Basque Autonomous Community. 

The measure will be maintained in Special Risk and Surveillance Areas: 12 municipalities in Navarre will continue to be confined by poultry farms and six in the ACV.

Seven people have been taken to hospital this afternoon as a result of a fire in a house in Lodosa. A 77-year-old woman has been evacuated with severe burns by helicopter  to the University Hospital of Navarre. The rest suffer minor injuries from smoke inhalation.

Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen has stressed that special attention needs to be paid to the transport sector and has proposed a decalogue of activities to address the energy crisis.

On the one hand, the City Council of Vitoria-Gasteiz, the Provincial Council of Álava and the Basque Government have held the event alongside the sculpture 'Isilasunean Oihuka', and on the other hand, the left-wing parties — EH Bildu, Podemos Euskadi, Ezker Anitza-IU, Berdeak and Suma Movement — have organized another tribute.

The Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa has organized a series of activities in four localities for the 18th of April so that citizens who are not going to Seville can live the atmosphere of the final.

"We will do what belongs to an organization: we will hold an evaluation meeting with those responsible for the Korrika, as we usually do at any event in which the government is part," explained First Vice-President Ibone Bengoetxea. 

The launch took place from the Vandenberg Space Center in California, USA, at 13:07 GMT in the Basque Country.

Ibone  Bengoetxea , First Vice-President and Counsellor for Culture and Linguistic Policy of the Basque Government, has requested technical analysis of the possibilities oftransferring the Guernica painting to the Basque Country, in an interview with the "Egun on Euskadi" programme.

The union has gone from being the third force to being the first force, with 1732 votes and 20 delegates. "Euspel will not change because he is the first force," added Joseba Saralegi, representative of Euspel.