Arnaldo Otegi vows to use the right to self-determination to transform the movement into a new state in Europe Arnaldo Otegi, leader of the former Basque independence Batasuna party, addresses a crowd ...

GERNIKA, Spain — Arnaldo Otegi, who is widely credited with helping persuade ETA to abandon its four-decade terrorist campaign, says the peace now in place in the Basque Country is irreversible and ...

Pro-independence party presents bill to pave way for consultation that mirrors that approved by Catalan parliament last year As the central government in Madrid squares off against secessionists in ...

22:25, Mon, Jun 11, 2018 Updated: 22:35, Mon, Jun 11, 2018 The activists, from the Basque Country in northern Spain, joined hands to form a human chain to call for the right to hold a regional ...

ELGOIBAR, Spain — The main square in the small town of Elgoibar fills up fast as men, women and children arrive, many of them carrying the ikurrina, the red-white-and-green regional flag. The rural ...

AS Spain and Catalonia head towards a constitutional collision over the region's claim to independence, politicians on both sides of the crisis are pointing to a way out: north, to Basque Country.

Almost 200,000 people joined together Sunday in Spain’s Basque Country to create a 202-kilometer (125-mile) human chain to make the case for having a vote on independence. The chain was organized by ...

The chain linked the cities of San Sebastian and Bilbao with Vitoria Tens of thousands of people in the autonomous Basque country of northern Spain have formed a human chain to push for greater ...

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The Spanish government has held a firm line on the issue for some time: unless Eta, the armed Basque separatist group, renounces violence for good and disarms, there can be no negotiations. This ...

Almost 200,000 people joined together Sunday in Spain’s Basque Country to create a 202-kilometer (125-mile) human chain to make the case for having a vote on independence. The chain was organized by ...