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03/24/2011
Ortuzar: “The merger is the right way of becoming more competitive”
Regarding the agreement the savings banks BBK, Kutxa and Vital have reached to integrate and develop their financial business through a bank, Andoni Ortuzar, chairman of the Basque National Party‘s provincial committee for Bizkaia has stated “we welcome the savings bank‘s merger at a difficult time such as this. It is the right way of becoming more competitive through this three-way arrangement agreed by the institutions themselves and not by the political parties”.
NEWS
03/22/2011
Izaskun Bilbao works five times harder than Gardiazabal, Iturgaiz and Mayor Oreja together
The spokeswoman for the Basque National Party (EAJ-PNB) in Europe is the fifth Spanish delegate in terms of the number of contributions made and stands in 34th place out of the 736 Euro-MPs in terms of questions asked. Mayor Oreja is the one least involved.
NEWS
03/21/2011
Statement by the Basque National Party (EAJ-BNP) on the Libyan conflict
At a meeting held on 28 February 2011, the central committee, the Euzkadi Buru Batzar (EBB), issued a political statement on the situation in North Africa. Regarding the State of Libya, this statement made a positive assessment of UN Security Council Resolution 1970 (2011) of 26 February, adopted unanimously, demanding that the Government of Muammar Al-Gaddafi put an immediate end to the violence and implement measures to address the legitimate demands of the population, at the same time as it introduced a series of measures and sanctions against the Libyan regime for the continued violation of human rights and referred it to the International Criminal Court. Finally, the EBB called upon the international community and the international bodies mandated with the protection of human rights to be vigilant regarding the unfolding of events in Libya.
NEWS
03/21/2011
Elections held in the French Basque Country (Ipar Euskal Herria) on 20 March
On 20 March this year, the first round of the cantonal elections was held in the French Basque Country for renewing the offices of councillors to the General Council of the Atlantic Pyrenees. The turnout has fallen in this region, to the same extent as it has throughout France.
NEWS
03/10/2011
Bizkaia accumulates talent
Although talent is a scarce resource, Bizkaia can also boast its own fair share. Yet it is not only a question of qualities, but also one of opportunities. This Basque province offers them with a view to attracting, promoting, developing and retaining those professional people who are most competent, skilled, innovative and engaged. The Provincial Council has held an event to showcase the 71 talented individuals who currently provide their expertise in local companies and who have benefited from the subsidies the council has provided, as part of the Bizkaia: xede programme, rolled out in 2005 and which has been acknowledged by the European Union. So much so, in fact, that the EU is to subsidise the provincial programme over the four-year period 2011-2014 with 2 million euros, which will be fully allocated to hiring 53 professionals and researchers from all over the world to work in organisations headquartered in Bizkaia.
NEWS
03/07/2011
Talent House opens its doors to provide accommodation for researchers
The Talent House residence has been opened, designed for researchers at the highest level, and built in Aiete, with views out over the La Concha Bay. This is a project that has been implemented to make San Sebastian an attractive destination for researchers.
NEWS
03/06/2011
Inauguration of the Miribilla pelota stadium, the largest in the Basque Country
Bilbao and Bizkaia are now enjoying their new pelota stadium, or fronton. They are graced with a facility that has been a long time coming in the province. So now they have a modern venue that has paid back a long-standing debt with this area of just over 1.2 million people. The opening did not involve the usual cutting of the ribbon, a typical snapshot of almost all inauguration ceremonies: as was only befitting, the christening of the massive Bizkaia stadium, with seating for 3,000 people making it the largest in the Basque Country, was celebrated with a ceremonial service struck by one of the greatest champions this country has ever seen.
NEWS
03/02/2011
Ortuzar: "López has 145,456 reasons to get moving and abandon his self-complacence"
The president of the EAJ-BNP Bizkai Buru Batzar Andoni Ortuzar assured, after publication of increased unemployment in the Basque Country, that the lehendakari Patxi López has "145,456 reasons" to "get moving" and abandon his "self-complacence". He also demanded that the Cabinet of the Autonomous Community return to the Economic Reactivation Plan agreed by the previous Government with the three Provincial Councils and that Lanbide (the Basque employment service)begin to "bear fruit".
NEWS
03/01/2011
Urkullu claims that the Basque Government is "outdated"
The president of the EBB of EAJ-BNP, Iñigo Urkullu, has stated that the lehendakari, Patxi López, "fails to govern" and, after claiming that the Basque Cabinet is "outdated", said he was worried by its "lack of independence" because it is "handcuffed" by the "Basagoiti-Zapatero pincer".
NEWS
03/01/2011
Declaration of EAJ-PNV on the situation in North Africa
EAJ-PNV follows development of the political processes that Arab countries are undergoing with great interest, particularly in North Africa. These processes constitute a historic milestone. Their outcome will determine the future and will significantly affect the geopolitical situation of the Mediterranean area.
NEWS
02/16/2011
Congress, with reproaches to the PSOE for changing its vote, takes the first step to change the names of the Basque territories
Congress has taken the first step to change the official denomination of the three Basque provinces, which will henceforth be called Araba/Alava, Gipuzkoa and Bizkaia. It has done so by accepting processing of a Bill proposed by EAJ-PNV to achieve this historical demand of Basque national, and after a debate in which the PSOE was obliged to hear various reproaches for accepting an initiative to which it had systematically denied its vote in recent years.
NEWS
02/07/2011
EBB statement on the presentation of the Articles of incorporation of the new political formation of the Nationalist Left
EAJ-PNV attended, as an observer, the meeting called by LOKARRI in order to present the new political formation representing the nationalist left. We are likewise appraised of the documents upon which the political and organisational project of new formation is based and which explain its principles and commitments. These Articles will be submitted for registration with the Ministry of the Interior Political Parties Registry this very week.
