Lekeitio
Aitor Gametxo wins the "Golden Goose" award in the 49th edition of the Basque Film Meeting
Lekeitiarra filmmaker Aitor Gametxo Zabala has won the award for the best film, while actor José Ramón Soroiz has won the "Look at Basque Cinema" award. The talent, stories and looks of Basque cinema have played a leading role in the event in Lekeitio.
Twenty short films in Basque for the awards of the Basque Film Festival
The Lekeitio film festival, the oldest dedicated to Basque cinema, has organized special screenings of Goose on the horizon, Zahartzaro feminista, Boga-Boga and Aro berria, and will pay tribute to José Ramón Soroiz.
Ibon Martin: "Low tide reveals all secrets"
The Donostiarra writer returns to the landscapes of Euskal Herria with his tenth novel, Bajamar, a new thriller that brings to Lekeitio the tensions between tourism, property speculation and life in the country.
After finishing the series of eight novels about ErtzainaAne Cestero with Alma negra, the Donostiarra writer changes the stage and places at the center of the story Jon Agirre, a family doctor who recently arrived in the coastal town from Madrid, where he will investigate the death of an influencer for sustainable tourism.
10 minutes of silence in Lekeitio in support of the family of the young man who died on Goose Day
The rally has been convened by the City Council and the Festival Commission, which, while watching the party at the port, felt unwell yesterday when the young man who died fell from a height of two metres.
The boy killed on Goose Day will be remembered today in Lekeitio with a silent rally
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.
A 20-year-old boy died on Lekeitio's Geese Day after falling off a fence; the celebration was suspended
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.
Being rescued at the pier on the island of Lekeitio could cost up to 1,500 euros
A Decree-Law 2025 provides that the cost of the rescue operation may be attributable to the rescued person if the rescue is carried out in an area marked as dangerous, as it has been for weeks in the case of the pier to the island of Lekeitio.
They paid tribute in Lekeitio to the Ordorika family and the sailors on board the Vita
The captain and several sailors were of Lekeitio origin and have been honoured in the village. Ordorika family had to go into exile and in Mexico, among others, they have kept Captain Jose's notebook and letters of navigation in a box and now they are in the hands of the Historical Archive of the Basque Country because they are part of the memory.
Lekeitio celebrates its big day with the Kaxarranka dance
It's a 15th-century tradition. Dressed in frac, this year the dancer who danced in the box that eight fishermen carried on their shoulders was Naia Rojo.
Lekeitio City Council will appeal the TSJPV decision on parking
This summer, it will continue to apply the current regulations to allow residents of nearby municipalities to park in the OTA green area, not tourists or second-home residents in the village.
The body of the lekeitiarra fisherman who died in Senegal is already in Dakar awaiting autopsy
After spending the last few hours anchoring in front of the port of Dakar, he has passed the inspection of the authorities and received permission to dock. The fisherman died on board last Wednesday while working. The death was non-traumatic. The repatriation procedures will begin after the autopsy.
The TSJPV has further restricted the parking system in Lekeitio, leaving the green area only for residents
The parking system established by the City Council has therefore been considered appropriate, although it has ruled on one point that the hitherto "discriminatory" rule was dela, since the neighbours of Munitibar, Aulestia, Gizaburuaga, Amoroto, Mendexa, Ispaster and Ea had access to parking in the centre, unlike the other non-residents.
The demons have set Korrika on fire through the Alto Deba
Lekittoko Deabruak's street theatre group has taken the witness on the way from Oñati to Bergara and turned the tour upside down with flames and sparks.
A person's body has been found at sea between Ondarroa and Lekeitio
Emergency services have been looking for the 82-year-old fisherman who disappeared last Tuesday night in Mendexa and the former mayor of Ispaster, who went fishing for lapas.
They're looking for an 82-year-old fisherman who's been missing since yesterday afternoon in the Mendexa area, on land and at sea
Lekeitio's neighbor went to take lapas yesterday afternoon and did not return home.
The wind has thrown a tree and part of the electricity grid onto the road in Mendexa and left the Lekeitians without a phone
BI-2405, which links Berriatua with Lekeitio, has been closed since last night. The tree has already been cut down and removed from the road, but it will take longer to restore the telephone service.
The family that occupied a tourist apartment in Lekeitio has left the house
48 Lekeitio. The Basque Film Festival has announced the Golden and Silver Geese Awards
Eneko Muruzabal Elezcano's "For the Planet" has won the Best Film Award for "Round and Playful Film," while Aitzol Saratxaga has won the Best Direction Award for his work on "Hunting." Mikel Balerdi and Deñe García-Bravo's "They Took It."
On the first day of the Concha Flag, fans put color and smile on the gray day
Nerves dancing, spirits up, applause before sea, charangas... thefirst gray day of the Concha Flag has been colored by rowing fans.
Lekeitio Goose Day begins!
The new edition of the Lekeitio Geese Day has already begun. Enjoy the whole party live on ETB1 eta eitb.eus.