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.

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 in the heart of Spain's Basque country gave a hero's welcome on Saturday to a veteran separatist leader, following his release after more than six years behind bars. A crowd of ...

With the end of ETA, the struggle for independence in Spains Basque Country falls to left-wing separatist parties which have not yet fully distanced themselves from its bloody legacy. Created in 1959 ...

Moderate Basque nationalists won key elections Sunday in this picturesque region wracked by separatist violence, indicating voters want to move toward independence from Spain but not by violent means.