Demonstrations
Pensioners don't want to be a bargaining chip
Convened by the Euskal Herria Pensioners' Movement, thousands of people have demonstrated in Bilbao and Donostia-San Sebastián. The group has again demanded that minimum pensions be equated with the minimum inter-professional wage, especially so that women pensioners "live in dignity and reach the end of the month".
Hundreds of people in Vitoria have opposed the Mercosur agreement
Members of the primary sector, including tractors, demonstrated this Saturday in Vitoria-Gasteiz against the agreement between the European Union and Mercosur and in defence of the food sovereignty of the Basque Country. In the protest called by Araba Bizirik, Ataca, Bionekazaritza and UAGA, they have denounced that this agreement puts food health and safety at risk, "It opens the doors even more to multinationals that use hormones that are banned in Europe."
News: Medical strike, mobilization of workers from Tubos Reunidos and Maderas de Llodio, and monitoring session in the Basque Parliament
A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.
Workers from Tubos Reunidos and Maderas de Llodio are mobilizing against EREs in Álava today
From the San José roundabout of the Alavesa town, the mobilization called by the works councils of both companies and the SOS Aiaraldea platform is expected to gain the support of the citizens of Aiaraldea.
Farmers across the state protest in Madrid against the Mercosur agreement
Amid applause from Klaxon and local walkers, some 8,000 farmers and 500 tractors from all over the state have returned to the centre of Madrid. s have protested against the Common Agricultural Policy of the Basque Country and the cuts and losses resulting from the new EU-Mercosur trade agreement. Farmers from the Basque Country have also come; at least 35 farmers from the Ataca group in Álava have taken part in the protest.
Farmers across the state protest in Madrid against the Mercosur agreement
Amid applause from Klaxon and local walkers, some 8,000 farmers and 500 tractors from all over the state have returned to the centre of Madrid. s have protested against the Common Agricultural Policy of the Basque Country and the cuts and losses resulting from the new EU-Mercosur trade agreement. Farmers from the Basque Country have also come; at least 35 farmers from the Ataca group in Álava have taken part in the protest.
Yala Navarra calls to take to the streets on February 21 so that Palestine is not forgotten
The march will take place at 5 p.m. in Pamplona/Iruña to denounce the impunity of the State of Israel. The association has stressed that fans attending the Health and Real Madrid match that day will also be able to attend the manisfestation.
There have been clashes between police and demonstrators in Milan during the massive protest against the Olympic Games
Police have used water cannons and tear gas against protesters after some of those protesting fired fireworks, flares and other objects at officers. Thousands of people have joined the protests the day after the start of the Winter Olympics.
Independence has gathered between 8,000-30,000 people in the first demonstration to denounce the state of the Rodalies railway service
Junts, ERC and CUP have called for the resignation or dismissal of Conseller Paneque and Minister Puente.
Protests in Iran across Europe
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Paris, Lisbon and London, gathered in front of the Iranian embassy in the British capital and removed the flag, while France, Germany and the United Kingdom have condemned the deaths in the Iranian protests.
Sare says it's time to end the emergency law and the prosecution's appeals
They will continue to work to put an end to the exceptional measures imposed on ETA prisoners. They have again called for political and judicial changes the day after the massive demonstration in Bilbao.
They're still protesting in Iran, and Trump has offered them "help" to achieve "freedom."
U.S. President Donald Trump has stressed that "Iran is looking at freedom as never before."
Chavistas mobilize to demand the return of Maduro and his wife to Venezuela
The authorities are calling for us to remain on the streets and support the new president, Delcy Rodriguez.
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in Minneapolis to protest the shooting of Renee Good by an immigration agent
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of central Minneapolis again this Saturday in protest over the murder last Wednesday of a woman by an agent of the Immigration and Customs Control Service. The demonstration has been called by the Minnesota Committee on Action for the Rights of Immigrants, very close to where the murder took place.
Local leaders, including Governor Tim Walz, have defended the need for the Minnesota Criminal Detention Bureau to be involved in the case, but have reported from that organization that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has vetoed their access to material related to the case. The FBI has left the investigation to itself.
The march called by Sare under the slogan "You can't go any longer" is already underway in Bilbao
In addition to representatives of EH Bildu, Podemos, Junts, ERC, CUP, BNG and various trade unions, a broad cultural, university or sporting representation has joined the call for the "rights of prisoners" of ETA.
The international community has increased pressure on Iran while its citizens remain incommunicado
The EU and the UN have condemned the government's blocking of the Internet and telephone lines. Protests are reaching two weeks, with more than 50 demonstrators killed.
Sare will demonstrate this afternoon to demand "a definitive solution to the consequences of the conflict."
EU countries have given their approval to the signing of an agreement with the countries of Mercosur
France and Hungary, among others.
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.
