During four decades of violence, the Basque separatist group ETA claimed to be fighting for the Basque people's right to self-determination. But the group ignored the fact that most Basques rejected ...

It is possible to trace the history of Boise’s Basque community through the pages of the Idaho Statesman, as we have done for the past 40 years – their work, their play, their family life and their ...

Rural traditions are central to Basque identity, and to their claim to being a nation, different from the rest of Spain. One such tradition took place Saturday in the Basque village of Azpeitia: the ...

Mark Kurlansky is the author of "The Basque History of the World" (Penguin, 2001). Time passes; labels change. That great scourge of the 20th century, anti-communism, is now called anti-terrorism. It ...

Discover how the Basque people, speakers of a unique non-Indo-European language, challenge our understanding of European ancestry. The labels are Dienekes', so don't take them literally. Additionally, ...

Bill Fitzhugh maps the blacksmith’s shop’s floor, 2008. The Smithsonian research vessel PItsuilak rides at anchor in the bay. Fitzhugh and his team live aboard the boat, which takes its name from the ...

WITH THEIR unique language, unrelated to all other European tongues, the continent’s oldest cave paintings, and their seafaring, gastronomic and choral traditions, the Basques have long had a strong ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Singing a long-forbidden song, a knot of youths surged into Pamplona’s Plaza Mayor one day last week and, with a lusty cheer, sent two homemade rockets sizzling into the sky. While police ...