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Saturday's orange alert will be extended to Sunday, with temperatures reaching 30 degrees, but on Monday the weather will change completely and temperatures will drop considerably.

The Mayor of Bilbao, Juan Mari Aburto , wants the citizens to enjoy the Big Week in a climate of freedom and security. He has said that the Festival Commission is responsible for bringing together different points of view so that these are "thebest partiesin the world ". In this interview he has also called for respect and coexistence in order to enjoy the Big Week in harmony.

The heat wave and extreme fire risk have forced Tafalla City Council to take preventive action.

In addition, preventive controls on alcohol and drug use will be strengthened and illegal street sales will be monitored, and citizens will be able to file complaints at any time.

The Big Week program is extensive and extends to every corner of the city. Today, in the Loiola neighborhood, 40 people have entered the Urumea River in 15 canoes to participate in an original "treasure hunt." The goal was to clean the river and the participants have found all kinds of remains. 

At 1700 hours about 1000 pirates aboard 225 ships have departed from the port of San Sebastián on their way to the beach of La Concha.

The City Council and the Festival Commission have convened a rally today at 7 p.m. on the stairs of the Old Port.

The mayor of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Maider Etxebarria, has made a "very positive"assessment of the festivities of the White Virgin, which have been celebrated, lived and enjoyed by the citizens, with days of great participation, in which coexistence has been the dominantnote.

In addition, crime has fallen by almost 30% and there have been hardly any significant incidents. The protocol on serious sexual assault has not been activated, but there have been eight complaints against sexual freedom. Orchestral concerts and music performances have brought together 148,000 people, 18,000 more than last year.

It also deplores the use of the pain and suffering of victims for political purposes and recalls that "each victim is in possession of his or her own suffering" and deserves respect, solidarity and consideration.

The rise of Celedon has put an end to the festivities in Vitoria, after six days of joy. In the early morning a crowd gathered in the Plaza de la Virgen Blanca, next to the charangas joined by blouses and girls' gangs, flew back to the beloved peasant of Zalduondo to return to the tower of the church of San Miguel.

The cannon of the Food Bank and the Amara Berri Neighborhood Association has started an eight-day party full of music, fireworks and more than 380 activities.

Kalejiras and charangas have threatened the streets of the city throughout the day, as the rest of the day, with the help of the weather, and in the early morning they will return to normal after tasting chocolate and biscuits.

The traditional cannon launched from the City Hall will be starring the Food Bank and the Amara Berri Neighborhood Association this year. Representatives of Donostia Festak have offered a press conference to give details of the start of the Big Week.

The rally will take place this Saturday at 8:00 p.m. in the Plaza de la Virgen Blanca.

Aiora Diaz, a 12-year-old girl from the Los Alegrios gang, and Eñaut Saenz de Viteri, a 10-year-old blouse from the Galtzagorri gang, have been this year's Edurne and Celedon Txiki.  At noon, along with the txupinazo, the dolls of Celedon Txiki and Edurne have come down from the church tower.

This year, the pink color of the "Txosnas. Gureak, denonak" campaign will prevail in the decoration of the txosnas to demand that the comparisons and txosnas be declared the intangible heritage of the Basque Country. Bilboko Konpartsak has stressed that they will not tolerate any aggression in the txosnas.