The genetic make-up and distinctive language of the Basque people in northern Spain and southern France has intrigued anthropologists for years. Now a new study suggests they descend from a group of ...

Basque separatist group bears ‘direct responsibility’ for deaths of at least 800 people in name of nationhood struggle The Basque terrorist group Eta, which killed more than 800 people during its four ...

I spent a number of days in the Basque Country last weekend. I was there to speak at a conference organised by Gure Esku, a Basque organisation similar to Ireland’s Future, of which I am a member.

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 ...

Spanish police arrested virtually the entire leadership of the Basque separatist party Batasuna yesterday in a raid on a clandestine meeting of the banned organisation. Twenty-three people were ...

They are often violent towards people, leaving them distrustful and suspicious, and instead they put their trust in the Ertzaintza, the Basque regional police. This has been echoed on the streets of ...