The northern Spanish region of the Basque Country, home to popular cities such as San Sebastián and Bilbao, is to introduce a tourist tax of up to €7.50 per night, likely to be implemented this year.
Spain has revived a push for Basque, Catalan and Galician to be made official EU languages, despite a less-than-enthusiastic response from fellow European countries fearing a domino effect.
The Basque Country is known as being fairly different from the rest of Spain, and this also applies to its successful labour market, with higher salaries than the rest of the country, better career opportunities and strong labour rights.
Following the transfer of immigration powers to the Catalonia region, the Spanish government has now come to agreement with the Basque Country on work permits.
At first glance, there may not appear to be any links between Spain’s northern Basque region and the country of Iceland, but travel back hundreds of years and you’ll soon learn that these people were indeed connected.
The Basque city of San Sebastián joined Spain's anti-mass tourism movement on Sunday, a sign that the consequences of overtourism are being felt not just in Spain's traditional holiday hotspots.
There has been shock and outrage since it emerged that Spain's government will reduce jail sentences for terrorists who worked and killed for Basque separatist group ETA.
You're far more likely to see a Basque flag than a Spanish one in the bull-running Spanish region of Navarre. So why does this autonomous territory often feel, act and sound more Basque than Spanish?
Nationalist parties received 70 percent of the vote on Sunday's regional elections in the Basque Country. Does this spell renewed feelings of independence in a territory which hasn't forgotten the damage caused by terrorist group ETA?
The left-wing separatist coalition EH Bildu, widely viewed as the political heir of the defunct armed group ETA, made a major breakthrough in Sunday's Basque regional elections although falling short of the win predicted by pollsters.
"For us Basques, ETA's terrorism is in the past," says social worker Elena García, who says she's going to vote for the left-wing separatist EH Bildu in Sunday's election in Spain's Basque Country.
Athletic Bilbao fans filled the streets of their city on Thursday to celebrate the team's Copa del Rey triumph, their first major trophy for 40 years, paraded down the Nervión river on a boat during a spectacular party in the Basque city.
Mining roots stretching back centuries, an astute transition to R+D, locally-run companies, and a special fiscal agreement with the government. When it comes to industry and jobs, the Basque Country is just different to the rest of Spain.
In the Basque Country, instead of tapas they tend to eat pintxos. What are these mouth-watering bites? Which are the best ones to try? What drinks should you order to accompany? This guide will help you on your gastronomic experience.
Basque is one of the world's most unusual and mysterious languages. If you're visiting the northern region, knowing some key Euskera words will stand you in good stead, and you'll even find that some of them are used all over Spain.
The northern central region of the Basque Country may be very different from the Spain you imagine, but there are plenty of reasons to love it and great reasons to move there.
Catalan, Basque and Galician will now be used as 'co-official' languages in Spain's Congress, while EU member states mull over whether to recognise them at the European level. Here's why the decision has been taken and what it'll mean in practice.
A decade after Basque separatist group ETA renounced the use of arms, the northern Spanish region is still trying to turn the page on decades of bloodshed.
Spain's upper house of parliament approved on Wednesday December 23rd, a controversial education reform bill which removes a stipulation that Spanish must be the main language in classrooms across the nation.
Just seven weeks after bringing its first coronavirus wave under control, experts say Spain is once again in a "critical" situation with the worst infection rate in Western Europe.
More than 7,000 people marched in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona Saturday to protest revised sentences handed down to eight people convicted of beating up two off-duty policemen in 2016.
At his factory in Elgoibar in Spain's northern Basque Country, Pello Rodriguez stops before an imposing machine tool that is used to shape metal for products such as engines and fridges.
