Two Basque mountaineers have died this Wednesday on the summit of Mont Blanc de Tacul, in the French Alps. The two climbers, aged 26 and 27, from Gipuzkoa, Lezo and Oiartzun, fell into the void after their rope untangled. A third climber who was accompanying them was injured. Trans groups denounce that Osakidetza forces them … Read more
Dying comes if you least anticipate it. As quickly because it appears to us. We’re already lacking Txema Blasco but it surely looks like it was yesterday once we have been listening to him chuckle and make jokes for the final time, connecting one response to a different and making brilliantly humorous factors at all … Read more
Spain EH Bildu did not become the largest party, but achieved its best result ever. Remarkable enough after a campaign that was not about nationalism at all. “A new era is dawning,” said Pello Otxandiano, Basque party EH Bildu’s candidate for the post of prime minister, as Sunday’s “impressive” election results came in. Never before … Read more
In the last four years, the libraries of the Basque Public Reading Network have grown by 48% in loans and the reduction caused by the epidemic has practically been covered. Last year, the network gave 2,740,425 loans and paper (2,618,524) is still strong compared to digital media. In addition, 253,363 loans were granted between libraries, … Read more
cycling Jonas Vingegaard underwent surgery for the first time on Monday after his crash in the fourth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country last Thursday. This involved surgery on his collapsed lung, which had to be done first before his fractures could be treated. It was only four days after the crash in … Read more
cycling Soudal Quick-Step is not spared from damage in the Tour of the Basque Country. After the heavy fall and retirement of leader Remco Evenepoel, the team also lost master servant Mikel Landa today. He also suffered a broken collarbone. The 34-year-old Bask crashed in stage five together with teammate Gil Gelders, among others, about … Read more
cycling Drama in the fourth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country. The great tenors Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic all fell and had to give up. Louis Meintjes eventually won the stage. Remco Evenepoel went straight in a bend, just managed to avoid a tree and then crashed. Afterwards, Jonas Vingegaard … Read more
In what was the longest stage of this Tour of the Basque Country, the riders were presented with six climbs, a total of more than 3,000 meters of elevation gain. The favorites could measure themselves for the first time, but with the last pass 18 kilometers from the finish, it was also possible to sprint … Read more
Primoz Roglic won the opening time trial of the Tour of the Basque Country, even though he made a wrong turn by a few meters at the end. The Slovenian followed the distraction for the following cars just before the finish, had to make a U-turn, and lost about ten seconds. Second came the Australian … Read more
Vaccination in the Basque Country maintains a gradual pace, Despite the international rebound in covid-19 in recent weeks, where the focus has been on the new variant Kraken, as well as the spike in infections in China after the end of the restrictions. However, the situation in the BAC is different, where the Minister of … Read more