Events

Basque Country: octogenarian hunter dies after 50-meter fall

A man over 80 was found lifeless at the foot of a 50-meter rock face in Alçay, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, while hunting. Mountain rescue services were deployed.

Nearly half of Basque funerary monuments have disappeared in a century

The Lauburu association is sounding the alarm on All Saints' Day about the disappearance of nearly half of Basque funerary monuments in a century and is calling on mayors.

Basque Country: A thirty-year-old man charged eleven years after the rape of a 93-year-old woman

A 30-year-old man has been charged in Bayonne for the rape of a 93-year-old woman committed eleven years earlier, identified through genetic genealogy. Investigators are looking for potential other victims.

Basque Country: Grand Roux corn makes a comeback in the face of heatwaves

Farmers in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques have revived a local corn variety forgotten since the 1950s, more resistant to heatwaves and geopolitical crises.

Disappearance of David Stévenin: investigation relaunched after identification of a femur

David Stévenin, from Normandy, had disappeared in September 2018 in Urt, in the Basque Country. The investigation has been relaunched after the identification of a femur.