Overview

• Covite publicly denounced that Mikel Albisu, known as 'Mikel Antza', presents the weekly literary program 'Irakurrieran' on Bizkaia Irratia.
• The station produces the show with the Basque writers' association Euskal Idazleen Elkartea, according to the coverage.
• A May 2025 resolution in Spain's national grants database lists a €53,000 allocation from the Diputación de Bizkaia shared with another radio program.
• Covite calls public financing for the program indecent and immoral and demands the immediate withdrawal of both the show and the subsidy.
• Local reports note Albisu also moderates Elorrio's municipal reading club, a role defended by the town's mayor as a professional literary activity.