Historical Memory

The former Economic Development Advisor led by Iñigo Urkullu will hold a symbolic position in the PNV within the reconfiguration promoted by Aitor Esteban.

According to the jury, the project offers a "new vision" of the monumental ensemble and its surroundings, giving way to the meeting and dialogue  Nature has acquired great importance in the new space. 

The City Council and the March 3 Association have jointly organized a programme of activities, including a film cycle and a literary competition. On 28 February, the Palacio Europa will host a great commemorative event open to anyone who wishes to do so. 

At the event organized by the Gogora Institute on the occasion of Memory Day, the lehendakari has stressed the need to learn from the past "so as not to repeat mistakes" and has warned that democracy and human rights are not guaranteed. 

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In the new work this Sunday, the remains of two other warriors have been exhumed in Saibi (Urkiola), with which the remains of five people have already been found since 2023.

Memorialist associations have taken to the streets again this Saturday to demand the demolition of the Monument to the Fallen and the withdrawal of the project agreed by PSN, EH Bildu and Geroa Bai.

At the event held at the headquarters in Bilbao, a plaque has been placed in the hands of the Nazis in honor of at least 13 jeltzales members. 

It will be the first time a German president has gone to Gernika.

The General Meetings approved this morning the abolition of the honorary appointments granted by the Provincial Council of Álava to the dictator Francisco Franco and the military coup d'état Emilio Mola in 1936, in compliance with the Law on Historical and Democratic Memory of the Basque Country.

The Ministry of Culture informs the Francisco Franco Foundation of the initiation of the proceedings, explaining in a resolution of 37 pages the reasons for the dissolution, including the apology of Francoism and the humiliation of the victims.

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the arrest of the young Navarro and the appearance of his body, a bus will take a tour of different localities of Hego Euskal Herria. On 30 November an annual event will be held in Orbaizeta, the birthplace of Zabalza.

They will remember the last gunmen of Francoism with a round table where two writers will talk about these events on the occasion of Dictatorship Victims Day.

The lehendakari has defended the action of the Ertzaintza on 12 October on several streets in the centre of the Alavesa capital, where radical groups burned containers and caused extensive material damage following a rally called by the Spanish Falange.

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On October 23, 1980, 50 minors and 3 adults were killed in a gas explosion at Marcelino Ugalde Public School.

Two friends of Maxima Casado have told ETB how they remember the day of the murder. Pepe Moulia, a former prison official, and Benito Aguirre, a former director of Zaballa and currently responsible for the prison inspection in the Basque Country, have stated that their diary was not easy knowing that they were targets of ETA. 

Sanchez made this announcement at the Government Control Session in the plenary of Congress in response to a question from EH Bildu's parliamentary spokeswoman, Mertxe Aizpurua, who asked him what measures the government will take to "end the exaltation of Francoism." 

On 1 December, a meeting of students, victims and citizens will be held to "demystify the last years" of Francoism.