Saturday, May 06, 2006

EITb: Table, Museum and Income

PNV Basque nationalist party's spokesman Iñigo Urkullu answered left-wing outlawed Batasuna's leader Arnaldo Otegi the date to create the parties' table is September, after ETA's ceasefire is finally verified.

Nationalist leader replied to the statements made by Otegi who considers that is not necessary to wait until September to create the new forum. What is more, Batasuna's leader asked "a first agreement" to be closed during the next months.

The Museum of Basque Archaeology, Ethnography and History

The Museum premises are a baroque style building in the Bilbao's old quarter, originally built to house a church and school of the Jesuit Fathers, in accordance with the last will and testament of Domingo de Gorgolla, a native of Bilbao and butler to the Cardinal of Toledo. It was named the San Andrés (Saint Andrew's) School, and provided a considerable religious and cultural contribution to the city, until 1767 when a decree by King Carlos III forced the Jesuits out of Spain.

Two years later, the Saint John's Community of Atxuri moved into the former church, whilst the cloister was occupied by a centre for teachers of letters, Latin and rhetoric, in addition to the Holy House of Compassion with its workshops for printing and bookbinding, textiles and pottery.

Basque households register highest income in Spain

Disposable per capita household income in Spain was highest in the Basque Country, Navarra and Madrid in 2003, with all three regions returning figures of above 14,000 euros. According to data published recently by Spain's national statistics agency INE, gross average income in Basque households stood at 14,902 euros three years ago, while the average for Spain as a whole was 11,918 euros.

In fact, the Basque region returned the highest figure of all, at 25 per cent up on the national average, followed closely by Navarra (14,798 euros) and Madrid (14,360 euros). Also above the Spanish average were regions like Catalonia (13,615 euros), Balearics (13,597 euros), La Rioja (13,305 euros), Aragon (13,005 euros) and Cantabria (12,162 euros).

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