Basque nationalists won a key election Sunday in this picturesque region wracked by separatist violence, according to a preliminary sample of results, fending off a stiff challenge from parties ...

A veteran leader of the pro-independence movement in the Basque Country who was once part of the armed separatist group ETA, Arnaldo Otegi cuts a controversial figure. For some in Spain, his ...

Thousands of people formed human chains in cities across Spain's wealthy northern Basque Country on Sunday to call for the right to hold a regional referendum on independence. Demonstrators held long ...

BILBAO Spain (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Basques held hands on Sunday to form a 123-km chain stretching across the northern Spanish region calling for the right to hold a vote on independence.

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. Almost 200,000 people joined ...