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Eustat data

Donostia-San Sebastian. Photo: EFE

Visitors to the Basque Country down by 7% in April 2012

Eustat

According to the Basque statistics office Eustat, the 2012 Easter Holiday figures compared to 2011 registered a 13% decrease...

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Against austerity measures

Teachers at all levels of Spain's education system are on strike. Photo: EFE

Spanish teachers, students on strike to protest spending cuts

Students are also taking part in the Tuesday strike, unprecedented in that all levels, from elementary school to universities, are taking...

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'baby-stealing scandal'

Spain to launch probe into 3.000 cases of 'stolen babies'

Doctors, nurses and religious workers at several clinics and hospitals in Spain are alleged to have sold babies for adoption...

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Social sciences

U.S. philosopher Martha Nussbaum wins Prince of Asturias Award

The jury hailed the Harvard-educated Nussbaum, who teaches at the University of Chicago, as of one the most influential...

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Basque Country

Bilbao holds Conference on Memory and Coexistence

Backed by the Basque Government, this weeklong gathering will be attended by victims of terrorism in the Basque Country...

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Anniversary rally

'Indignados' protest against handling of the economic crisis

Reuters

Tens of thousands of Spaniards took to the streets in 80 cities across the country, waving banners and chanting against...

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Anniversary

Gernika, 75 years after the bombing

An event to mark the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Gernika by German forces during the Spanish Civil War will relive...

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75th anniversary

Follow the bombing of Gernika live on Twitter on eitb.com

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UK police

Missing Madeleine McCann could be alive

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Weather Alert

"Perfect storm Petra" hits the Basque Country

The entire Autonomous Community of the Basque Country is on weather orange alert. The country can expect hurricane force...

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Choice and Prejudice

AI warns EU laws encourage discrimination against Muslims

A new report by Amnesty International warned that European laws on what girls and women wear on their heads are encouraging...

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Via Spain's Canary Islands

Spanish police break up ring that smuggled people from Iran to Britain

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Tourism

Number of visitors to the Basque Country down 3% in March 2012

Big Tastings, Tiny Tertulias at San Sebastian Gastronomika

The highlight of the 'ALTA' session was the evening, which featured the top stars of the Basque dining...
Spanish government raises medicine charges as crisis deepens

Some pensioners and higher earners will have to start paying more for prescriptions, part of 7 billion...
Spain's King Juan Carlos apologizes, says 'it won't happen again'

Juan Carlos came under scathing criticism this week after he went on a safari trip to Botswana as Spain...
Basque Premier López says the King should apologize over hunting trip

Basque Country's premier Patxi López said that "there is a certain kind of things that citizens do not...
Spanish king under fire over "irresponsible" hunting trip in Botswana

The royal holiday last week would have remained secret if the king had not tripped on a step, fractured...
Aged Spanish nun first person accused in baby-stealing scandal

Doctors, nurses and religious workers at several clinics and hospitals in Spain are alleged to have sold...

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