THE UNION between Scotland and England in 1707 created the United Kingdom. Since then Scotland has provided prime ministers, such as Gordon Brown, intellectual luminaries like Adam Smith and David ...

Nicola Sturgeon, the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and first minister of the devolved government of Scotland, will be on tour in Washington, DC this week. Ostensibly, the purpose of the ...

The Scottish government has laid out its plans to rejoin the European Union, claiming it would be a process that happens "smoothly and quickly" after independence, with an application to become part ...

EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — On Calton Hill, overlooking Edinburgh, stands Scotland’s National Monument. A colonnade of classical stone pillars modeled on the Parthenon in Athens, it’s grand, inspiring ...

Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon said in an interview Tuesday that Europe's crisis over Russia's war in Ukraine only makes Scotland's drive for independence more important, and maintained Scotland ...

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced her intention to resign after more than eight years as head of the country's government. At a press conference at her Edinburgh residence on ...

Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland who for decades championed Scotland's independence from the U.K., has died. He was 69. Salmond, who was a divisive figure in British politics and ...

A summit on how to make Scottish independence a reality would help inject "energy" back into the campaign, an Alba MSP has said. Ash Regan warned that for many Scots the idea of ending the Union was ...

The separatist movement needs a new chief after the surprise resignation of Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s popular leader, but none of the contenders has anything like her stature. By Stephen Castle ...

The first minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, announced that her relatively autonomous government in Scotland would pursue a second referendum on full Scottish independence. The first minister of ...