Euskara
The High Court of Justice of the Basque Country has annulled the language profiles imposed by the Administration on subcontracted companies
The High Court of Justice of the Basque Country has partially accepted an appeal filed by the CC.OO. and has annulled certain criteria approved by the Basque Government in 2023 concerning the use of language in the general administration and in the seconded entities. The Court argues that one co-official language cannot take precedence over the other and that the same linguistic profile cannot be required of subcontracted staff and officials.
Pello Reparaz, Maixux Zugarramurdi and Erramun Martikorena have given voice to the Korrika
Ikama has called a day of strike for today's Basque education
In the face of the attacks on the Euskera, the youth organization Ikama wants to bring the importance of education to the front line with today's strike, calling for "a model of its own, Euskaldun and quality".
The PNV has been very concerned that the High Court of Justice of the Basque Country will consult the Constitutional Court on the Public Employment Act
EBB Secretary Maitane Ipiñazar said in Euskadi Irratia that the decision calls into question the Euskera normalization law itself.
The Spanish Congress approves a law guaranteeing multilingualism in the institutions
The initiative to amend 15 State laws shall make it possible to validate texts in Basque, Catalan or Galician without the need for translation.
The Basque Government says that there is no "legal reason" to refer the issue of language profiles to the Constitution
Congress discusses extending the use of co-official languages throughout the administration
At the last plenary session of the year, the proposal for a law brought forward by the Members of Parliament of ERC, PNV, EH Bildu, Lukashenko, BNG and Mes per Mallorca and Comunes will be discussed. The objective, among others, is to approve documents in Catalan, Basque and Galician throughout the administration, without translation.
The PSE-EE sees "normal" the Basque Court of Justice's consultation on language profiles
The PSE-EE parliamentarian Pau Blasi has stated that his party sees "normal" the consultation that the High Court of Justice of the Basque Country will hold with the Constitutional Court on the law regulating linguistic profiles in the public sector of the Basque Country. "This is not the first time it has happened and we are waiting for what the Constitution says," Blasi said in response to questions from journalists in the corridors of Parliament.
Antxustegi, on the subject of the Basque Public Employment Act: "We are calm because we are convinced that this law complies with the Constitution"
"This is a qualitative leap, serious and negative, but we are reassured that this law is legal, so the Government will present allegations," he told the media.
Arkaitz Rodriguez: "The little legal protection the Euskera has had so far could be challenged by the decision of the Court of Justice of the Basque Country"
"On the contrary, we believe that it may also be an opportunity because the Constitution could change the jurisprudence, in this case providing legal cover for the Euskera, but that remains to be seen, and given the magnitude of this outburst, it is very optimistic," said EH Bildu's Secretary of Political Action .
The TSJPV has asked the Constitution whether the Basque Public Employment Act violates the Constitution
The Basque Government welcomes what has happened with concern and surprise, considering it to be a decision that calls into question the very framework for the normalization of the Basque Country in the public administration.
The GUKA platform has called for Euskera Day in Bilbao
The Euskaltzaleon Plaza Libre platform in Bilbao, GUKA, has brought together hundreds of people in the capital city of Bilbao, who have called for the Basque language to be lived in all the neighborhoods of Bilbao and have called for the paralysis of the Castilian language machinery.
Minority languages on platforms: "If Primer can offer hundreds of content in Basque, why not Netflix?"
Josu Amezaga, of the UPV/EHU research group Nor, explains in the Basque Parliament the presence of minority languages on audiovisual platforms. He warns that in European countries , English content predominates , "often over the official language of the country." The presence of minority languages, "however small, is better in countries with awareness."
To celebrate Euskera Day, mintzodromos have been organized here and there
Euskera Day is celebrated from town to town with playful and vindictive activities, such as mintzodromos, small groups of people who gather to speak in Basque on all kinds of topics.
Nine people under investigation for participating in Ernai's Euskera rally in San Sebastian and for "public disorder and damage"
President Pradales has emphasized the practical role of the Euskera in ensuring its future
"A language is alive if it serves to convey emotions, knowledge and culture," the lehendakari said on Euskera Day, adding that languages "preserve and protect traditions, stories, scientific knowledge and ways of seeing the world."
Basque parties and agents call for the protection of the Basque language
News: International Euskera Day, Navarre Day and Pig Plague
A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.
"Euskaraz hitz egiten dute ikasgelan... Baina ez jolastokian"
EiTB Dataren analisiak baieztatu du euskal hezkuntza-sistemak D eredua finkatu duela aukera nagusi gisa, baina beste datu bat eman du argitara: ikasleek ez dute euskara hein berean erabiltzen eskola-inguruetan eta jolastoki eta espazio informaletan.
The number of Euskaldunes has doubled in 40 years, but the use of the Basque language is not progressing at that rate
The EiTB Data report published on the occasion of Euskera Day shows that 45% of the inhabitants of the ACV are Euskaldunes and that the language has grown considerably in Álava and Bizkaia, although the daily use of the Basque language is not yet predominant, especially in the capitals and large urban centres.