Basque Country News & Information

A BASQUE political party is urging the region's residents to join the 'Support Catalunya' campaign by writing to European heads of State.

AS SPAIN'S north-eastern region of Catalunya seeks to break away from the mother country in the eyes of the world's media, the fact that a chunk of national territory has already 'left' Spanish soil this...

The Guggenheim museum in Bilbao has posted record visitor numbers in July and August with 322,247 people coming through the doors - 6,891 more than over the same period last year.

A CONSIGNMENT of pasteurised liquid egg which tested positive for a banned insecticide has been seized in the Basque Country upon its arrival from France just days after Spain's government assured no contaminated...

WHILE the rest of Spain basked in temperatures hitting the high 20s and low 30s yesterday (Tuesday), a Christmas card scene had tourists and residents in the Basque cities of Vitoria and Bilbao taking photos against a...

FAMOUS bullfighter Iván Fandiño has been gored to death in a ring near Pau, southern France.

A YOUNG family of four has died in a fire which destroyed their block of flats in Bilbao's Zorroza neighbourhood, which has left at least 25 others needing medical attention.

SPAIN is set to host the World's 50 Best Restaurants awards – considered the 'Oscars' of the culinary and catering industry – for the first time ever.

A TEACHER at a convent-run primary school who was 'made redundant' after having IVF has won her job back after taking the centre to court.

BASQUE terrorist group ETA's disarmament has officially started in what the French ministry of defence calls a 'positive move' and Spain considers 'theatrics for media attention'.

A FORMER member of the Basque terrorist cell ETA has been arrested in México after 30 years in hiding, just a month before his crimes would have expired under the statute of limitations.

A GUNS 'N' Roses concert in Bilbao means the Copa del Rey final between Alavés and Barça has been ousted from its stadium, meaning a new venue has to be found before the match on May 27.