farewell to Lehendakari Ardanza, election debate in EiTB and income campaign in Bizkaia

These are the topics that will be central main headlines from next Wednesday April 10, 2024:

– Final farewell to Lehendakari Ardanza: The final farewell to Lehendakari José Antonio Ardanza, who died on Monday, will take place next Wednesday. The coffin will be transferred from Gernika to Ajuria Enea (Vitoria-Gasteiz), where the funeral chapel will be installed from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. In the afternoon, from 7 p.m., the funeral will take place in the Basilica of the Purísima Concepción in Elorrio, where Lehendakari Ardanza came from. The Mass will be celebrated by the Bishops of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Bilbao and Donostia/San Sebastián, and Mario Iceta, Bishop of Bilbao from 2010 to 2020, who had a close relationship with the recently deceased lehendakari, will also be present.

– First election debate in EiTB: Follow the first election debate on EiTB live from 10 p.m. on the occasion of the elections for the Basque Parliament on April 21 on ETB1, Euskadi Irratia and eitb.eus. Imanol Pradales (PNV), Pello Otxandiano (EH Bildu), Eneko Andueza (PSE-EE), Laura Garrido (PP), Miren Gorrotxategi (Elkarrekin Podemos) and Andeka Larrea (Sumar) will participate in the debate.

– Income campaign in Bizkaia: Today begins the deadline for filing the personal tax return in Bizkaia corresponding to the 2023 financial year and runs until June 28. For this campaign, the Biscayan Treasury estimates that approximately 663,000 income tax returns will be filed, 40,000 more than in the previous campaign. The Ministry of Finance of Bizkaia expects to return 560 million euros to taxpayers and deposit them in the provincial treasury (397 million), with a negative result of 163.1 million.