- Berria
"Berria" is the only
newspaper published wholly in theBasque language and which can be read in the entirety of the Basque country. It was created after the closure of the previous Basque language newspaper,Egunkaria , by the Spanish Courts, after being accused of having ties withETA . [ [http://www.elmundo.es/papel/2003/02/26/espana/1345020.html Del Olmo se basa en documentos de ETA para relacionar a 'Egunkaria' con la banda terrorista] ] , with the shutdown of the newspaper raising great concern and dismay in the Basque society as regards the lack of guarantees and irregularities observed in the police's action and judicial proceedings. [ [http://www.eitb24.com/new/en/m_not_40484/politics/Denunciation-act-on-second-anniversary-Basque-newspaper/ Denunciation act on second anniversary of Basque newspaper shutdown] ] After more than 5 years, the case has not come to trial yet. [ [http://www.eitb24.com/new/en/B24_86387/politics/Basque-figures-say-ldquothe-Basque-language-is-being/ Basque figures say “the Basque language is being criminalized”] ]Berria is published daily, with the exception of Monday. The first issue was released on
21 June ,2003 . The newspaper's headquarters is inAndoain ,Gipuzkoa , in the autonomous Basque region, Euskadi, in northernSpain . There are also centres inVitoria-Gasteiz ,Pamplona ,Bilbao andBayonne .References
External links
* [http://www.berria.info Berria newspaper website] , with an English version
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