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11th stage of Spain’s ‘La Vuelta’ cut short due to pro-Palestinian protesters

News Desk4th September 20258th September 2025

4th September 20258th September 20253484

The 11th stage of Spain’s La Vuelta cycling race ended abruptly on Wednesday without an official winner, after pro-Palestinian demonstrators disrupted the finish in Bilbao...

EU postpones vote on official status of Catalan, Basque & Galician languages

News Desk27th May 20252nd June 2025

27th May 20252nd June 20251243

EU member states on Tuesday postponed a vote on the official status of Catalan, Basque and Galician being recognised as official languages of the European...

Basque elections: PNV survives rise of EH Bildu, and retains absolute majority with PSE-EE

News Desk22nd April 202427th April 2024

22nd April 202427th April 20243990

The separatist left-wing coalition EH Bildu celebrated a historic result in the Basque Country’s regional elections on Sunday, but it won’t be enough for them...

Five dead, three missing as ‘storm Dana’ brings torrential rain across Spain

News Desk4th September 202311th September 2023

4th September 202311th September 202314325

#UPDATED on 6 Sept 2023 at 9am The death toll from the heavy rains that lashed Spain on Sunday have increased to five as emergency...

Political storm as 44 convicted ETA members to run in Basque elections

News Desk11th May 202319th May 2023

11th May 202319th May 20235141

A political storm has broken out after EH Bildu, a Basque nationalist party, presented its candidate lists for the forthcoming local and regional elections that...

Words on 2,100-year-old bronze hand may rewrite history of Basque language

News Desk17th November 202221st November 2022

17th November 202221st November 20224917

The discovery of five words inscribed on a 2,100-year-old bronze hand that archaeologists unearthed last year may help rewrite the history of the Basque language,...

Police in Bilbao arrest woman suspected of kidnapping baby

News Desk20th October 202226th October 2022

20th October 202226th October 20223302

Police in Bilbao on Thursday found a newborn baby who was snatched from a hospital hours earlier, and also arrested a woman who allegedly took the...

Spain rules Franco regime ‘illegal’ with new ‘Democratic Memory Law’

News Desk15th July 202219th July 2022

15th July 202219th July 20226269

The Spanish Congress has approved a new ‘Democratic Memory Law’ that declares illegal the regime of former dictator Francisco Franco and makes the central government...

Spanish judge summons three former ETA chiefs for 1997 murder of local politician

News Desk8th July 202212th July 2022

8th July 202212th July 20223292

Spain’s National High Court judge, Manuel García Castellón, has agreed to summon three former ETA chiefs, who were members of the executive committee of the...

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France allows suspected ETA leader to face trial in Spain for 2002 Bilbao attack

News Desk13th January 202217th January 2022

13th January 202217th January 20222564

The French justice ruled on Wednesday that a suspected former leader of the ETA Basque separatist group known as ‘Txeroki’ can be temporarily transferred to...

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