San Sebastian

Mr. Insausti noted that the number of crimes had fallen by 45 per cent from last year and was the lowest since the pandemic.

The firehouse Pirotecnia Valenciana has been awarded the Golden Shell of the 61 San Sebastián International Fireworks Competition, held from 8 to 14 August on the occasion of the Big Week 2026, thus achieving its fourth consecutive victory in the capital of Guipuzcoana.

He stressed that "there is currently no alternative to supportive dinners" and that municipal resources are insufficient.

Works by Jesse Eisenberg and Fred Cavaye, among others, will be added to the ten previously announced titles in the Official Film Festival Section.

As a result of Friday's stoppage, the Quincena Musical dance show will no longer take place, and the Pirates of San Sebastian have suspended activities in Trinity Square and the Skabidean concert.

The Big Week of San Sebastian has entered its final straight, but with great enthusiasm for the party. Today it has been made clear by the youngest in the house. DozenakaTeens have participated in the small boarding. As adults have done on Monday, they have boarded the waters of the pier. 

The pirate boarding will once again bring together thousands of participants in one of the busiest dates of the Big Donostiarra Week, at 5 p.m., as they will leave the port of San Sebastian.

The rain has not tarnished the moment, and the Guipuzcoana capital has burst with the lighting of the fuse by Onintza Mokoroa. Then, for the first time, the dances have taken over the terrace of the town hall by eight dance groups of the city. 

The Chief Gunner will light the fuse at 7 p.m. in the gardens of Alderdi Eder and thus begin the eight-day holiday, with more than 400 activities scheduled.

The coalition sees the rule as disproportionate and with a dubious legal basis, while EH Bildu denounces the "harassment" of volunteers on the Kale Afari Solidariak platform and calls for the ban to be lifted.

The ship was built between 1980 and 1984 in Lekeitio (Bizkaia) in an artisanal manner, using noble woods made of wild pine, oak and Iroquois.  The ship will be on the pier of the port of San Sebastián this weekend, from 11:00 to 14:00 and from 17:00 to 21:00.

The German director, screenwriter, producer and actor will be awarded one of the Festival's most prestigious honorary awards, which Herzog will receive at the opening ceremony and present his latest film, Bucking Fastard.

Equality Councilwoman Ane Oyarbide has stated that "Big Week must be a space of coexistence, respect and freedom for all people."

Gunfire kicks off Big Donostiarra Week, "Gunner 2026," live from 6 p.m.

The ban on bathing on the three beaches of San Sebastián and the warning of the arrival of large specimens also in Getaria and Zarautz have forced the ambulance transfer of a person who has been bitten by the Portuguese carabela in Saturraran, Mutriku.

The attack took place in the early morning hours of Saturday in a house in Amara, and the arrest was carried out that morning by the Ertzaintza, who is already in custody.

From today until August 30, more than 60 concerts will be held in the Kursaal, Victoria Eugenia and Tabakalera, including the "Amazing Arriaga", a concert commemorating the bicentennial of the death of Arriaga, and the return of Natxo de Felipe to the stage with a performance in Arantzazu.

We visited with donostiarra Lander Agirreurreta the corners mentioned in the songs of the well-known pop band.

On the other hand, in Bizkaia, on Sunday, August 2, on the occasion of the 81st Getxo Cycling Circuit - Memorial Otxoa brothers, there will be a number of traffic incidents, including the prohibition of movement in the sense of the race.