https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed While politicians remain at loggerheads, the arts bring resolution to the Basque Country's long history of violence, writes Caroline Gray. https://www.thelocal.es/20190808/patria-how-a-remarkable-novel-is-helping-spain-come-to-terms-with-the-basque-countrys-violent-past Thu, 08 Aug 2019 14:55:42 +0200 patria-how-a-remarkable-novel-is-helping-spain-come-to-terms-with-the-basque-countrys-violent-past Tributes paid to two members of the Basque separatist group ETA when they left jail sparked outrage Tuesday in Spain, prompting the government to called for an investigation. https://www.thelocal.es/20190730/new-outcry-in-spain-as-tributes-paid-to-freed-basque-terrorists Tue, 30 Jul 2019 19:37:02 +0200 new-outcry-in-spain-as-tributes-paid-to-freed-basque-terrorists St. Ignatius, a soldier-turned-mystic born in the 16th Century in the Basque Country developed a method of discernment that can be useful at those times when we just don't know what's the right thing to do. https://www.thelocal.es/20190121/what-a-16th-century-spanish-mystic-can-teach-us-about-making-good-decisions Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:02:01 +0100 what-a-16th-century-spanish-mystic-can-teach-us-about-making-good-decisions Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the Basque Country on Saturday demanding that prisoners linked to the former armed separatist group ETA be transferred to jails closer to the northern Spanish region. https://www.thelocal.es/20190113/thousands-demand-transfers-for-eta-prisoners-in-basque-protest Sun, 13 Jan 2019 10:05:36 +0100 thousands-demand-transfers-for-eta-prisoners-in-basque-protest How did a Scot raised on mince and tatties and with a teenage heroin addiction become a pioneering chef whose experimental use of native Australian ingredients earned him the prestigious Basque Culinary World Prize? Graham Keeley traveled to San Sebastian to find out. https://www.thelocal.es/20181129/interview-jock-zonfrillo-basque-culinary-world-prize Thu, 29 Nov 2018 11:40:37 +0100 interview-jock-zonfrillo-basque-culinary-world-prize The European Court of Human Rights said Tuesday that it had ruled against Spain over a 2010 trial of Basque militants who claimed they had been denied a fair trial. https://www.thelocal.es/20181107/european-rights-court-faults-spain-over-biased-2010-eta-case Wed, 07 Nov 2018 11:11:41 +0100 european-rights-court-faults-spain-over-biased-2010-eta-case In its last internal newsletter before it dissolved, ETA said it had killed 758 people in its decades-long campaign for independence, a newspaper that was once the Basque separatist group's mouthpiece revealed on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20181107/details-emerge-of-basque-separatist-group-etas-attacks Wed, 07 Nov 2018 11:02:09 +0100 details-emerge-of-basque-separatist-group-etas-attacks The first micro currency to hit the big time in Europe is based in France's Basque Country. Is Spain's Pais Vasco next? https://www.thelocal.es/20181031/the-eusko-could-french-basques-thriving-currency-make-it-to-spain Wed, 31 Oct 2018 10:03:49 +0100 the-eusko-could-french-basques-thriving-currency-make-it-to-spain The prime ministers of France and Spain marked their countries' "victory" in fighting ETA in Madrid on Monday, five months after the Basque separatist group disbanded, leaving at least 853 dead in its wake. https://www.thelocal.es/20181002/spain-and-france-mark-victory-against-eta Tue, 02 Oct 2018 10:19:00 +0200 spain-and-france-mark-victory-against-eta With migrant arrivals to Spain's southern shores on the rise, more of them are heading north to the border town of Irun, some sleeping rough as they wait to cross into neighbouring France, locals and officials say. https://www.thelocal.es/20180810/spain-france-border-town-sees-marked-increase-in-migrants Fri, 10 Aug 2018 12:21:11 +0200 spain-france-border-town-sees-marked-increase-in-migrants Spain's new Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Monday he wants jailed Catalan separatists leaders and Basque separatist group ETA prisoners to be moved to prisons in their home regions. https://www.thelocal.es/20180619/ew-spain-pm-to-move-catalan-basque-prisoners-closer-to-home Tue, 19 Jun 2018 11:10:07 +0200 ew-spain-pm-to-move-catalan-basque-prisoners-closer-to-home Around 175,000 people joined hands in a human chain stretching 202 kilometres (125 miles) Sunday across Spain's Basque country to press demands for an independence vote in the northern region, organisers said. https://www.thelocal.es/20180611/basques-form-human-chain-for-basque-independence-vote Mon, 11 Jun 2018 10:48:10 +0200 basques-form-human-chain-for-basque-independence-vote With the end of ETA, the struggle for independence in Spain's Basque Country falls to left-wing separatist parties which have not yet fully distanced themselves from its bloody legacy. https://www.thelocal.es/20180505/eta-legacy-haunts-leftist-basque-separatist-parties Sat, 05 May 2018 12:10:58 +0200 eta-legacy-haunts-leftist-basque-separatist-parties Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Thursday there would be "no impunity" for ETA's crimes even though the Basque separatist group has committed to fully disbanding after more than four decades of violence. https://www.thelocal.es/20180503/spain-pm-says-no-impunity-for-eta-after-dissolution Thu, 03 May 2018 15:52:34 +0200 spain-pm-says-no-impunity-for-eta-after-dissolution Key dates in the history of the armed Basque separatist movement ETA, which has announced its dissolution. https://www.thelocal.es/20180502/etas-bloody-history Wed, 02 May 2018 18:50:48 +0200 etas-bloody-history Basque separatist group ETA announced it was fully disbanding, the final step to the definitive end of its deadly decades-long independence campaign, in a letter published Wednesday by a Spanish news site. https://www.thelocal.es/20180502/eta-announces-dissolution Wed, 02 May 2018 18:29:34 +0200 eta-announces-dissolution Nearly every weekend finds Zigor Goieaskoetxea on the road, clocking up thousands of kilometres to visit two jailed brothers -- one in France, one in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20180502/as-eta-prepares-to-disband-basque-prisoners-pine-for-home Wed, 02 May 2018 11:34:06 +0200 as-eta-prepares-to-disband-basque-prisoners-pine-for-home With the Basque Country and Catalonia going their different ways, the Spanish government has avoided the nightmare of a joint independence front between the two wealthy regions. https://www.thelocal.es/20180430/analysis-why-catalan-and-basque-separatists-are-going-different-ways Mon, 30 Apr 2018 11:04:15 +0200 analysis-why-catalan-and-basque-separatists-are-going-different-ways The Basque separatist group ETA apologised Friday for the "pain" and "harm" it caused during its decades-long campaign of violence, and appealed to its victims for forgiveness. https://www.thelocal.es/20180420/basque-separatist-group-eta-apologises-for-harm-it-caused Fri, 20 Apr 2018 10:47:55 +0200 basque-separatist-group-eta-apologises-for-harm-it-caused Spain's Supreme Court confirmed 535-year prison sentences for two ETA militants, it said Wednesday, just weeks before the Basque separatist group is expected to announce its dissolution after decades of violence. https://www.thelocal.es/20180418/spain-court-confirms-535-years-jail-for-eta-militants Wed, 18 Apr 2018 16:46:13 +0200 spain-court-confirms-535-years-jail-for-eta-militants