The region continues to lead the papers with a month still to go to the regional poll. The Basque papers themselves report that the Nationalists are frustrated to see their predictions about the end of violence not coming to fruition - El Correo and El Periodico de Alava both take that line. La Raz n says the problem is not the PNV Basque Nationalist Party but in the man he calls its Ayatollah - Xabier Arzalluz. Catalan papers note that Basque bishops have been criticised by ETA - who say they have lost their neutrality in the problem and therefore could not be used as mediators in any future peace talks on the region. A boat full of children slaves in movement along the coast of Africa is well commented on across the Spanish press.
Some papers fear that some of the children face being thrown overboard.
Antonio Burgos, writing in El Mundo, criticises Queen Sofia for never going to a bullfight. It s lamentable that she never goes. He adds if she was a real professional she would don dark glasses and hold in her disgust.