The Internacional day of Basque language

1970an, Euskara batua sortu zen, Euskal herrian bizi diren biztanle guztiek elkar ulertzeko.
Esan dezakegu, nahiz eta euskara batua eduki, oraindikan Euskal Herriko herri desberdinetan ez dela erabiltzen euskara batua, ohituragatik, beste euskara batean aritzen direlako.
Lehen debekatuta zegoen euskaraz hitzegitea ikastoletan, baino gaur egun ``bultzatuak´´ sentitzen gera ohitura ez galtzearren. Horretarako atzerritarrei laguntzak ematen diete euskara bultzatua izan dadin, euskal hizkuntz bezela hazi dadila.


In 1970, a common Basque language was created for all the people from the Basque Country to understand each other.
In the towns they use different dialects of Basque even though they have a common one.
Some years ago it was forbidden to talk in Basque, but nowadays in schools they help you to start speaking in Basque. That's why foreign people are learning to speak Basque now.


Maria Carmen, Maria Jose y Borja

The Bank of Spain has closed the branch in San Sebastian on May 31

The Bank of Spain has closed the branch in San Sebastian on May 31

The Bank of Spain announced yesterday the closure of seven of its 22 branches, one of which is located on Garibay's Road, San Sebastian (see DV 9 August), May 31, 2011 with the aim of "improving efficiency" of financial and human resources available.
Also they are going to close the offices of Ceuta, Melilla, Logroño, Pamplona, Santander and Toledo, which are those with less activity, according to the Bank of Spain.
Therefore, from June 2011 the entity will have fifteen branches: Alicante, Badajoz, Barcelona, Bilbao, A Coruña, Las Palmas, Malaga, Murcia, Oviedo, Palma, Seville, Tenerife, Valencia, Valladolid and Zaragoza.
The activity of the seven branches will close accounts for only 9.3% of the total network because its operations with credit institutions are very restricted, as well as individuals who have alternative channels, or postal mail Internet-to steps such as buying debt or making complaints against banks. The closures will not involve layoffs, as the 58 people working in seven offices may request a transfer to other offices.

BORJA ETXEBERRIA

The Prices of the damages

Damages in Donostia amounted to over one million euros. The worst hit area was the Paseo Nuevo, where they will have to spend 701,500 euros.
Damage from the storm that struck the Bay of Biscay on Tuesday will cost the City of San Sebastian alot of money. To repair everything that was swept away by the huge waves that hit the city will cost, in a first estimate and regardless of VAT, 1,041,400 euros. Far from definitive, this will increase even more because it still lacks destruction of value, as those who have suffered some concession units.

As always, much of that money will go to the Paseo Nuevo, which seems to have suffered from a battle between nature and man's work. Retrieving the ride will cost at least 701,500 euros. Of this, most will cover the traditional tunnel that the sea created during the great storm. This will cost around 400,000 euros, although it is unclear whether through contributions or the City Council Building.

The restoration of the previous tunnel, which was created during the storm of March 11, 2008 and on this occasion has withstood the effects of waves, cost 100,000 euros. The amounts are also high at the time of budgeting the necessary work to repair the pavement (75,000 euros), remove the lumps of rock (50,000), replace 30 banks (25,000) and tidy up the area (25,000).
These figures do not represent the cost of repair of the Paseo Nuevo only. In order for San Sebastian to be completely repaired, it must also replace the bins (7,000 euros), install temporary fencing (7,000), restore the balustrade (6,500), fix the lighting equipment (5,000) and replace the coping destroyed or wall coverings (1,000). In addition, repair the toilets, which has been quite unfavorably, it will cost 17,000 euros. And there is still an extensive evaluation of sea walls and promenade, as well as the slopes.
In Ondarreta, repairing the beach cabins will about 102,800 euros, in the absence of a more detailed study. In the same area, rebuilding the stone wall and playground, and the relocation of benches and bins will cost 34,000 euros.
Santa Clara
Santa Clara Island is under revision, but the temporal experience of 2008 suggests that municipal technicians will be needed to clean up, costing 100,000 euros. In another symbolic part, the Peine del Viento, 41,000 euros will be needed to rebuild the platform destroyed by the waves, reposition the batter and replace the pavement.
In the Zurriola, remove the sand in the hallway outside the cabins, clean the inside and replace the windows; 14,800 euros, while replacing seven banks at the pier will cost 3,000, to replace the broken rail bridge Zurriola - 1,000 euros. A somewhat smaller amount, 17,500 euros, will repair the toilets in the area of the Kursaal. And much less the amount necessary to relocate the rail on the bridge of María Cristina (3,000 euros), replace the balustrade of the Paseo de Salamanca and Aldamar (2,000 euros) and repair the coping on the Paseo de France (1,000).

BORJA ETXEBERRIA

Which is the perfect house in Spain?

The best house for Spanish people nowadays is a house of 90 square meters with 3 rooms and a maximum price of 150.000€.

Catalonia, Basque Country and Madrid are the autonomous communities in which the propietor is ready to do a higher investment in the three cases paying more than 345.000 €.

The cheapest houses in Spain we can find in Andalusia, Cantabria, Galicia and the Canary Islands, where the prices are around 120.000 and 135.000 Euros, and in Murcia, where the demand is for houses with two floors between 105.000 and 120.000 Euros.

The houses most rented are rounding 400-500 € and the most rented houses have two rooms.


BORJA

PASSION FOR KNOWLEDGE

The Donostia International Physics Center was officially inaugurated on April 2000 as a center for exchange and creativity between scientists from the world around.

Three basic programs have running along these ten years:

• Visiting Researchers Program:try to attract the best scientists in the field of materials science .
• International Workshops Program: to create new forums for debate in which experts from different areas.
• General Science Communication Program, intended to bring the world of science to the general public.
  
• It is also important the Fellows Gipuzkoa Program: which allows young people, who have been working abroad, to come back.

CYNTHIA,MARI JOSE AND MARY

The Festival has finished

The 58th festival edition has finished.
Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem have come to the festival to promocionated their film "Come, Reza, Ama"
This year Julia has taken the Donostia prize, and Javier gave her the prize.
The film they have done, it has take many critics.Ones positives and other ones negatives because we think that people expected to be a great film but it wasn´t that good.
It has been a very special week because it has come many people to the city.
'City of life and death' won the gold Concha, the actor, Pablo Pineda won the silver Concha.
'El secreto de sus ojos' hasn´t won any prize and Lola Dueñas has won the prize for the best actress.
And finally we expect next year festival to be a better one.



Mary and Cynthia

THE SAN SEBASTIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

The San Sebastián International Film Festival is an annual. Is important for our city because it give us a very important place in the world.
This year, it´s starting today, 17th september, and it finishes in a week (25th september).

Next week is going to come julia roberts, who is an important actress from hollywood, and her most famous film was PRETTY WOMAN.

In this festival, they show films which are going to be recogniced and same of them are going to take a price.

There are many kind of prices:

- Best film

-Best actor

-Best actress

-Best music band

- and others...

The most important prices are the gold concha and silver concha.

In our opinion, we like it because the city gets with lots of people and is nice to see other people of abroad, come here to see this festival.We think that is a good festival because every year come they came many people and many actors and actrees repit coming.

MARY AND CYNTHIA