World news about “Basque country”, including breaking news and archival articles published by euronews.
Paris & Madrid welcome ETA seizuresFrench and Spanish police are congratulating each other after a dawn raid in Britanny captured the suspected head of… 19/10/2009 - tags: France, Terrorism, Basque country, ETA
Batasuna leaders accused of trying to reformSpanish prosecutors have begun questioning Batasuna leaders arrested yesterday in a crackdown on the banned political… 14/10/2009 - tags: Basque country, ETA
Spain’s Rubalcaba to visit Paris for talks on ETASpain’s interior minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba heads to Paris today for further talks in cooperating against the… 26/08/2009 - tags: France, Basque country, ETA
ETA bombs threaten Mallorca tourismAn explosion on the Spanish island of Mallorca has now been confirmed as being caused by one of a series of bombs… 11/08/2009 - tags: Basque country, Attack, ETA
Spanish police step up hunt after triple bomb blastForensic scientists are continuing their investigation into a triple bombing on the Spanish island of Majorca. There… 10/08/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Basque country, Attack, ETA
Tourists targeted in latest Mallorca bombingsA major police operation is underway on the Spanish island of Mallorca after three small bombs exploded in tourist… 10/08/2009 - tags: Bomb blast, Basque country, Attack, ETA
Dozens hurt in Spanish barracks bomb blastAn amateur cameraman captured the moment that a powerful car bomb blamed on ETA exploded outside a paramilitary police… 29/07/2009 - tags: Basque country, Attack, ETA
ETA’s show of strengthEduardo Puelles holds a unique, if tragic, position in the history of terrorism in Spain. The policeman is the only… 29/07/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Basque country, ETA
ETA aimed to kill with barracks bomb, says ministerSeeing the devastation of the Burgos barracks bombing for himself, Spain’s Interior Minister said ETA undoubtedly… 29/07/2009 - tags: Basque country, Attack, ETA
Dozens hurt in Spanish barracks car bomb blastA car bomb has exploded outside a civil guard barracks in northern Spain. The size of the blast resulted in a large… 29/07/2009 - tags: Basque country, Attack, ETA
Bombers target Basque socialistsA bomb has exploded outside the Socialist Party headquarters in Spain’s Basque country. No-one was injured but 40… 10/07/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Basque country
ETA suspects among “most active” – Spanish gov’tThree suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA detained on Saturday are likely to have been in one of the… 05/07/2009 - tags: France, G8, Terrorism, Basque country
Three ETA suspects detained in FranceThree suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA have been arrested in southern France. The trio were… 05/07/2009 - tags: France, Basque country
French police arrest two ETA suspects… in Spain's Basque Country. … an independent Basque Country. … only in the Basque Country itself, adding … 25/06/2009 - tag: Basque country
ETA blamed for killing senior policemanA top anti-terrorist police officer has been killed in Spain’s Basque Country in what is believed to be ETA’s first… 19/06/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Basque country, Attack
Lopez attacks weakened separatists… mean for the Basque country?" … past. For the Basque country it is vital … reality in the Basque country." … 25/05/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Basque country
ETA threatens new campaign of violenceThe armed Basque terror group ETA has warned it will launch a new campaign of violence this summer. Speaking through… 25/05/2009 - tags: Terrorism, Basque country
Basque party cleared by courtSpain’s Constitutional Court has overturned a lower court ruling preventing a Basque party from fielding candidates in… 22/05/2009 - tag: Basque country
Strike tests new Basque governmentThe new government in Spain’s Basque country is facing its first test, barely two weeks after taking office… 21/05/2009 - tags: Demonstration, Basque country
First ever non-nationalist leader in Basque countryTurning the page of nationalism, the Basque country has sworn in its first ever non-nationalist president… 07/05/2009 - tags: Politics, Basque country
First non-nationalist government in Basque region in 30-yearsThe Basque parliament has sworn in a Socialist to lead the region’s first non-nationalist government in the Chamber’s… 05/05/2009 - tag: Basque country
Nationalists hand over power in Basque countryA socialist-led government is to be sworn in today in the Basque parliament, ending three decades of nationalist… 05/05/2009 - tag: Basque country
Basque country gets ready for political changeAfter three decades of one-party domination, the northern Basque region of Spain is getting ready for its first… 05/05/2009 - tag: Basque country
Spain claims to have foiled ETA attackSpain says the arrest of a suspected Basque terror cell at the weekend may have foiled an attempted attack against the… 21/04/2009 - tag: Basque country
ETA crackdown ongoing after “leader” arrest… in the Basque Country and in the … across the Basque country. … 19/04/2009 - tags: France, Basque country
ETA threatens new campaign of violenceThe Basque separatist group ETA is threatening to target the north-eastern Spanish region’s incoming… 12/04/2009 - tag: Basque country
ETA to target new Basque governmentWhile socialist leader Paxti Lopez prepares to become regional prime minister of the Basque region, the Basque… 12/04/2009 - tag: Basque country
Basque Country deal ousts nationalistsThe centre-right party in Spain’s Basque Country has announced a deal with the Socialists to end their nationalist… 31/03/2009 - tags: Politics, Basque country
Historic right-left deal in the Basque countryFor the first time ever, Spain’s conservatives and socialists are to share power in the Basque country. The banning… 27/03/2009 - tag: Basque country
Nationalists ousted in Basque regionA mixed night for Spain’s Socialists after they gain power in one region and lose it in another. Although the… 02/03/2009 - tags: Elections, Basque country
Basque nationalists on course for victoryExit polls in the regional election in the Basque country show the Basque nationalist party, the PNV, led by Juan Jose… 01/03/2009 - tags: Elections, Basque country
Big test for Spain’s government… In the Basque country, research … As well as the Basque country, there is a … 01/03/2009 - tags: Elections, Basque country
Local polls in Spain test for ruling Socialists… polls in the Basque country. … In the Basque country, the head of … victory in the Basque country. … 01/03/2009 - tags: Elections, Basque country
The tense backdrop of Basque electionAbsent from the ballot papers, the radical face of Basque separatism resorts to more spectacular means to make its… 28/02/2009 - tags: Elections, Basque country
Spain prepares for key regional ballotsSpaniards are getting ready to vote in key elections in two regions. In the Basque Country, the head of the regional… 28/02/2009 - tags: Elections, Basque country
Time to decide in two Spanish regionsIt is a day of reflection in Spain ahead of key elections in two regions. In the Basque Country, the head of the… 28/02/2009 - tags: Elections, Basque country
A close call as Spain prepares for regional pollA day before the Basque region in Spain goes to the polls, the head of the regional government there is urging people… 28/02/2009 - tags: Elections, Basque country
Basque avenger attacks ETA violenceA disgruntled resident in the Basque town of Lazkao went berserk and attacked a local cafe, known to be frequented by… 25/02/2009 - tag: Basque country
Bomb hits Socialist building in northern SpainA bomb has exploded outside a local headquarters of Spain’s Socialist Party in the Basque Country after a telephone… 23/02/2009 - tags: Elections, Bomb blast, Basque country
Moderate Basque party office fire bombedAn office of a moderate nationalist Basque party has been damaged in a bomb attack in the latest sign of anger over the… 21/02/2009 - tag: Basque country
Arrests of suspected Basque separatist leadersSuspected leaders of the outlawed Basque political party Batasuna were arrested overnight in northern Spain. Eight… 23/01/2009 - tag: Basque country
Lawsuit against Basque premier thrown outJudges in Spain’s Basque region have thrown out a lawsuit against the regional premier Juan Jose Ibarretxe. He had… 12/01/2009 - tags: Justice, Basque country
Madrid says ETA will gain nothing from TV blastThe Spanish government has condemned a bomb blast in Bilbao claimed by ETA, saying the Basque separatist group will… 31/12/2008 - tags: Bilbao, Bomb blast, Basque country
Zapatero condemns ‘cowardly’ ETAThe Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has condemned as ‘cowardly’ the murder of a Basque businessman… 03/12/2008 - tags: Terrorism, Basque country
