When Patxi López began his investiture speech in the Basque regional parliament today, the first sentences out of his mouth were in euskera. Normally this wouldn’t be a remarkable occurrence: the ...
The Basque separatist group ETA is being blamed for a bombing that killed two policemen in the northern Spanish town of Sangüesa today. Basque nationalists often point to the group’s distinct language ...
This is the second part of a three-part series on the Basque separatist group ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna—Basque Homeland and Freedom) announcing its dissolution. Part one was posted June 12. The PNV’s ...
BILBAO, Spain — The violent separatist group ETA was the clear loser in elections Sunday for a semiautonomous government in Spain’s Basque Country, but there was no outright winner of the bloodied ...