Hundreds of Basques turned out on the streets on Saturday in support of Catalonia and its planned referendum on independence from Madrid, an ambition long fought for by Basque separatists.
The Basque separatist group ETA said on Sunday it would consult its members on "future decisions" following its unilateral disarmament, a Basque newspaper reported.
Spain on Saturday demanded that Basque separatist group Eta apologise for decades of violence and then disband "definitively" after it provided France with a list of arms caches to finalise a promise to disarm.
The Basque separatist group Eta has provided France with a list of arms caches under its promise to completely disarm by Saturday, an independent verification panel said.
The Basque separatist group Eta's pledge to fully lay down its arms after decades of violence will not "be subject to any negotiations", French Interior Minister Bruno Le Roux said on Saturday.
The Basque separatist group Eta plans to fully lay down its weapons by April 8th by providing the location of stockpiles, the head of the regional Basque government said on Friday.
Police have found a large stash of explosives in northern Spain which they suspect belong to the Basque separatist group Eta, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.
Spain's regional tensions took centre stage on Tuesday as Catalan and Basque leaders boycotted a major gathering attended by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, in a first.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Bilbao in northern Spain on Saturday, calling for amnesty for prisoners of the Eta Basque separatist group.
A man who caused panic after firing a shotgun within a supermarket in Spain’s northwestern region of Galicia was not connected to any Islamic organisation, police said.
The most senior ETA leader still at large was arrested Saturday in southwest France, Spanish authorities said, dealing another major blow to the embattled Basque separatist group.
Five years after armed separatist group Eta declared a permanent ceasefire, Basque journalist Alberto Letona is still wondering when the dialogue will begin.
Basque separatist group Eta criticised Spain and France on Tuesday for failing to reach the kind of peace agreement with it that Colombia did with the leftist FARC rebel force.
Regional elections in Spain on Sunday strengthened acting Prime Minister's Mariano Rajoy's conservatives and weakened the Socialists, under pressure to let him form a government and end a months-long political impasse.
Spain's Basque region goes to the polls Sunday seeking to turn the page on past violence by Eta separatists, in elections that could also have an impact on the national political deadlock.
A prominent former Eta member credited with helping to move the armed Basque separatists away from violence was barred Wednesday from running in regional elections next month.
A convicted member of Basque separatist group ETA arrested in Switzerland in April is refusing to be extradited as she claims she was tortured in Spain.
Militant Basque separatist group Eta called on Sunday for peace talks with the Spanish and French governments and the return of Eta prisoners to the northern Basque region.
Thousands of people in the heart of Spain's Basque country gave a hero's welcome on Saturday to a veteran separatist leader, following his release after more than six years behind bars.
A Basque leader and former member of the armed separatist group Eta who is credited with helping end violence in the northern Spanish region will be released from jail on Tuesday.
