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2026/03/15 - 16:25

Expectation in Bayonne, Kanbo and Biarritz, waiting for voters to decide

In the Northern Basque Country, 160 villages are called upon to elect their mayors. Most of the time, the mayor will be decided today, but a second round is expected in 14 villages, where the dispute will be resolved on 22 March. These are some of the main candidates.

2026/03/09 - 17:46

Debate on the role and nature of the Basque Urban College during the election campaign

In the French Basque Country, municipal elections will be held on 15 and 22 March. In addition to the representatives of 158 municipalities, there will also be a complete renewal of the Basque College of Urban Centres. The latter organization was established in 2017 and the debate on its role is very much present in the campaign.

2026/03/09 - 08:11

Clouds and light and rain will alternate at the beginning of the week

From the afternoon the cloud cover will increase and there will be showers. On Tuesday, as the hours go on, the cloud cover will decrease and the light will open, and in the afternoon the risk of showers will be lower.

2026/03/08 - 17:00

The week comes changing and confused

From Monday to Wednesday it will rain intermittently, while on Thursday and Friday the sun and mild temperatures will shine, and on the weekend it will get worse again, returning to the winter.

2026/03/06 - 17:53

Municipal lists of municipalities with less than 1,000 inhabitants must respect parity in Iparralde

The French Government has imposed compulsory parity on the lists of municipalities with less than 1,000 inhabitants, ending with individual candidacies and open voting. This reform seeks to feminize local policy, but has caused a great deal of controversy in many rural towns in the French Basque Country.

2026/02/21 - 22:05

Un parapentista se lesiona gravemente en el monte Baigura, entre Lapurdi y Baja Navarra

The young man, 25 years old, suffered a fall and was struck against the pendiente.

2026/02/21 - 22:05

Un parapentista se lesiona gravemente en el monte Baigura, entre Lapurdi y Baja Navarra

The young man, 25 years old, suffered a fall and was struck against the pendiente.

2026/02/20 - 18:25

Hendaia Village House has claimed that the fines imposed for improper parking are true

The Basque Government's Department of Security reported on Thursday that mail letters collecting fines from several residents of the Bidasoa region were fraudulent.

2026/02/15 - 20:23

They found a man's body on the Adour River in Gixune, Lapurdi

The gendarmes have opened an investigation but have not yet been able to determine the identity of the victim.

Amikuzeko libertimenduarekin, inauteri giroan murgildu da Nafarroa Beherea

2026/02/08 - 20:33

With Amikuze's amusement, Lower Navarre is immersed in a carnival atmosphere

The Libertimendus have taken the square of Donapaule with music, dance, verse and plays. a 14 March will be able to enjoy many other performances with local creations.

2026/02/05 - 21:15

Four EHE activists have been expelled from the Baiona court for attempting to testify in Basque

The four people are being prosecuted for painting the motto "Euskaraz bizi nahi dugu" in an official building and today, at the trial, they have been denied the right to testify in Euskera, and the trial itself has become "another clear example of the violations of rights that we Basques must suffer", in the words of EHE.

2026/02/04 - 07:45

With sticks they will come out singing copla in different corners of Euskal Herria today, on the eve of Santa Águeda

Dressed in traditional Basque costumes and sticks in hand, they will go out to sing coplas in the streets with the aim of awakening the earth.

2026/01/13 - 08:59

The French Ministry of Education has promised to present a proposal for a Basque bass

The "good" attitude of Minister Geffray has been highlighted by the representatives of the Euskera Public Organization and the Basque elected members of the Assembly who have met with him, but Seaska has lamented that they have returned "empty-handed", considering that action is needed beyond their intentions, and has announced mobilizations by the end of the month.

2026/01/12 - 06:39

A-63 has been reopened after four days of blockade

The opening of the road will ease the traffic jams on the border with Lapurdi, where long lines of trucks have accumulated these days, yet the agricultural sector conflict remains open.

2026/01/11 - 16:40

The first book printed in Basque "Linguae Vasconum Primitiae" has its last day in the Basque Country

Bernart Etxepare wrote the first book published in Basque in 1545 in Bordeaux. The National Library of France has only one copy of it and has been exhibited in the last three months at the Basque Museum in Bayonne. Although various institutions and elected representatives have requested its stay, it will return to the library in Paris to keep it in the dark for three years.

Iparraldeko laborarien protesta traktoreak A63 dermatosi nodularra

2026/01/11 - 14:16

At least until Wednesday, farmers in Iparralde will be blocking the A-63

This has been reported by the Ultra 63 movement without a union. Farmers have been blocking the highway off Bayonne for four days and demanding the withdrawal of the Mercosur agreement and mass killings against nodular dermatosis.

2026/01/11 - 11:25

The southern wind will warm and dry the atmosphere over the next few days

Until Tuesday the southern wind will be the protagonist, leaving behind the cold and wet atmosphere of the last few days.

Miren Artetxe Xilaba Irabazle Baigorrin, bertsolaritza

2026/01/10 - 21:15

Mira Artetxe has prevailed in the first semi-final of the Xilaba Bertsolaris Championship and has qualified directly for the final

Maddalen Arzallus was second in the Baigorri Pre-Final. Next Saturday Bardozen will be the second pre-Final of the Iparralde Bertsolaris Championship.

2026/01/10 - 09:57

Farmers continue to protest in the North, and the A-63 has been cut off

The workers of the Ultra 63 movement without a union are calling for the withdrawal of the Mercosur agreement and the mass extermination.

2026/01/09 - 09:31

A63 and secondary roads are collapsed in Bayonne by peasant protests

The Prefecture of the Atlantic Pyrenees has reported that at 02:00, 80 asymptomatic farmers, using 60 tractors, have blocked the A63 motorway at the height of the northern link of Bayonne dute and since morning there have been major problems in the vicinity, and the Prefecture has also closed the Biriatou border for trucks in both directions.