Euskara

After nine long runs, the Big Week of Bilbao 2026 has come to an end. Two million people have visited the Byzantine capital these days.

The General Secretary of CCOO of the Basque Country, Santi Martínez, has stated on Radio Euskadi that the union has taken to the debate of the Public Employment Act a series of measures to promote the Basque Country, after finding that 90% of the unemployed do not know this language, including the request of the General Administration of the State to address the citizens of the Basque Country in Basque or free to learn Basque up to level C1.

The comparisons have launched a campaign to strengthen the use of the Basque language during the holidays, and in addition to increasing the proportion of music in Basque in the txosnas, they have made other changes to increase its use.

He has been living in Euskal Herria for almost 30 years. He is a mason by profession, but during the pandemic he lost his job, and at the age of 62 he decided to turn the hobby he has always loved into a way of life: singing in Basque on the street. Since then, he has been cheering the atmosphere in Bilbao's Elliptical Square with a wide repertoire in Basque. 

On 2 July, the House of Sara and the House of Bayonne on 23 July adopted a decision recognizing the Basque language as the language of the place. The Administrative Court of Pau has annulled both decisions. Both municipalities will appeal on Monday.

130 young people have crossed the seven territories of Euskal Herria, with the Euskera in their mouths, making new friends, and gathering experiences to keep in their hearts. On Friday morning they have hung the shoes they put on 31 days ago in Atharratz, but they will never forget the footprint left by the adventure.

The abertzale coalition has explained that the Government of Gipuzkoa has reduced the number of places that have accredited a language profile in the last OPE from 89% to 66%, while the Provincial Council of Bizkaia has reduced the number of places that have accredited a language profile from 85% to 54%.

President Imanol Pradales has stated that the progress of the Basque Country "will not come from imposition" and has referred to the "Jauzia gara" initiative that will open up a new path for the revitalization of the Basque Country in the coming decades.

The meeting brought together for the first time the 50 members of the Gaztemunduri Ateak Irekia programme from all over the world (USA, Canada, Argentina, Uruguay and Australia) and the 127 young people of the EuskarAbentura expedition to reflect on the challenges of the global Basque community.

Eneko Andueza equates the reform of the Public Employment Act agreed between PNV and EH Bildu with the national priority advocated by Vox and PP. 

Mertxe Aizpurua, spokesperson for EH Bildu in Congress, has criticized the words of the General Secretary of the Socialists, Eneko Andueza, on "national priority", equating PNV and EH Bildu with PP and Vox.

The Minister for Governance, Digital Administration and Self-Government of the Basque Government, María Ubarretxena, referred to the ruling ratified by the Supreme Court that the Basque Government will not be able to demand "the same linguistic conditions" from employees of subcontracted companies.

Joxerramon Bengoetxea, rector of the University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, has stated that the places for students who appealed for low grades in Basque are "provisional" and has ensured that all of this is "recorded in court orders", so these places do not guarantee their stay in the university, since if the Basque grades were valid for the average, many would be left without places.

The Supreme Court has upheld a ruling handed down by the TSJPV in response to an appeal by the CC.OO. union, which is final.

The union has called for a plan to Euskaldunize workers who do not yet know the language at Osakidetza's headquarters in Vitoria-Gasteiz.