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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.

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

Spanish teachers, students on strike to protest spending cuts

AP

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

AP

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...

Life

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...

Life

Choice and Prejudice

AI warns EU laws encourage discrimination against Muslims

AP

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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The Tamborrada of…

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The traditional Tamborrada of San Sebastian to Sarriegui's March

Enjoy this short video featuring images old and new of the Tamborrada of San Sebastian to the festival's traditional March, composed by Raimundo Sarriegui.

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Tamborrada: Donostia, thousands of drums, non-stop for 24 hours

As the clocks ring in San Sebastian Day, thousands of members of the city's gastronomic societies fill the air with the sound of their drumming - and for 24 hours they just don't stop.

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Eclipse on Sunday displays 'ring of fire'

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