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Ex Basque Parliament head expecting peace process

The former president of the Basque Parliament, Juan Maria Atutxa, has been interviewed on TV. There he has affirmed there have been "important moves" in favour of a peace process.

Thus, he sees the Spanish president "completely convinced" and "taking risks" to reach an agreement, while within outlawed Batasuna he feels "some will" that must be accompanied by facts.

Basque Parliament supports homosexuals' right to get married

The Basque Parliament has approved a proposal in favour of the right of homosexuals to get married. There they condemn those attempts carried out by different sectors to oppose their marriage.

The vote has been secret following the petition of the Socialist Party, and although parliamentarians have supported their respective parties' stance, two of them have abstained.

Center for Basque Studies to hold press conference in Bilbao

The Center for Basque Studies of the University of Nevada, Reno will be holding a press conference on Monday, December 5th at Euskaltzaindia’s Bilbao location (Plaza Barria, 15) to present this year’s publications, thirteen in all.

The event beginning at 12:00pm will be attended by Center director, Joseba Zulaika, along with a number of authors including: Mari Jose Olaziregi, Gabriel Gatti, Iñaki Martinez de Albeniz, Pedro Ibarra, Jon Azua, Javier Viar, Joxerra Garzia, and Agustin Oiarzabal. Press kits will be provided to journalists in attendance.

Basque government to create innovation agency

Basque president Juan José Ibarretxe announced that the regional executive was planning to start an innovation agency in which private and public material would be shared with local businesses and that would "synthesize the progress made over the last six years" in information technologies, R&D+I and quality. Ibarretxe announced that the new organization would "try to measure quality while enabling us to take the region's temperature to get daily updates on our progress in these areas."

Basque rock band Doctor Deseo releases Metamorfosis

Úbiqa tecnología, ideas y comunicación, member of Basque audiovisual cluster EIKEN, launches Basque rock band Doctor Deseo's latest CD-DVD. The veteran group of Bilbao releases its eighth album, Metamorfosis. It is a live concert that was performed on January 18th at Bilbao's Arriaga Theatre.

The concert is dedicated to the fans that have closely followed the band's 18-year career. Metamorfosis is a compilation of the group's all-time greatest hits.

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