The writer Salman Rushdie denounced the closure as "appalling", and the English newspaper The Independent made a small but symbolic financial donation towards the opening of the new Basque language publication, Berria.
Pisac Salman Rushdie ocijenio je zatvaranje kao "grozno", a engleski list The Independent dao je malu, ali simboličnu novčanu donaciju za otvaranje novog lista na baskijskom jeziku, "Berria".