ETA-linked demonstrations banned in Spain’s Basque region

August 29th, 2009 The Basque country at a glanceThe Basque Country: This region of northern Spain became semiautonomous in 1979 after a new Spanish Constitution was adopted following the death of dictator Gen. Francisco Franco.

August 9th, 2009 Bomb explodes on Spain's Mallorca islandMADRID —A small bomb exploded Sunday in a restaurant on the Spanish island of Mallorca, causing minor damage and no injuries, just over a week after Basque separatist group ETA killed two police officers there, the government said. The attack was staged just hours after ETA published a statement claiming responsibly for four other bombings that killed three people and injured dozens this summer.

August 9th, 2009 2 bombs explode on Spain's Mallorca; no injuriesMADRID —Two small bombs blamed on Basque separatist group ETA exploded Sunday in downtown locations on the Spanish resort island of Mallorca, causing no injuries, the government said. Police defused a third device found nearby.

August 9th, 2009 Bomb explodes on Spanish island of MallorcaMADRID —A small bomb exploded Sunday in a restaurant on the Spanish island of Mallorca, hurting no one, and a second device was deactivated by police, the government said. The attack happened just over a week after the Basque separatist group ETA killed two police officers on the island.

August 9th, 2009 Spanish media: small bomb explodes in MallorcaMADRID —Spanish media say a small bomb has exploded in a restaurant on the island of Mallorca after a telephone warning from Basque separatist group ETA, and that no one was hurt in the blast. The attack was staged just hours after ETA published a statement claiming responsibly for four other bombings that killed three people and injured dozens this summer.

August 9th, 2009 Basque separatists claim 4 deadly attacks in SpainMADRID —Basque separatist group ETA has claimed responsibility for four bombing attacks that left three people dead and 60 injured in Spain this summer. An ETA statement says the group planted two bombs that exploded in late July, killing two officers and wounding 60 people.

July 30th, 2009 2 Spanish officers killed in blast on MallorcaMADRID — An explosion near a police station on the Spanish island of Mallorca killed two officers Thursday — a day after a car-bomb attack blamed on Basque separatists left scores injured in northern Spain. A Civil Guard spokesman in Madrid said it was still too early to say what caused Thursday's blast in the Palmanova beach resort area, southwest of the resort island's capital of Palma de Mallorca.

July 30th, 2009 Reports: blast at Mallorca police barracks kills 2MADRID — Spanish officials are reporting an explosion outside a police barracks on the resort island Mallorca. El Pais newspaper says two Civil Guard officers were killed and several people were injured by Thursday's blast.

July 29th, 2009 A glance at Basque group ETA and its goalsA glance at the armed Basque separatist group ETA and its conflict with Spain. HISTORY — ETA was formed in 1959 during the right-wing dictatorship of Gen.

July 5th, 2009 Spain: 3 arrested Basque suspects were armedMADRID — Three suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA who were captured in France were wanted for violent acts within Spain and had been on the run from police for months, the interior minister said Sunday. Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba named the suspects as Itziar Plaza, Iurgi Garitagoitia and Asier Borrero.

June 19th, 2009 Spanish police report explosion in Basque countryMADRID — A car bomb exploded Friday near the Basque city of Bilbao, possibly killing one person, police said. The blast occurred in a parking lot in Arrigorriaga, an official with the Basque regional police said.

June 19th, 2009 One dead in car bomb blast in SpainMADRID — Police in Spain's Basque region say a car bomb blast has killed one person. News reports say the victim was a police officer killed Friday when a bomb attached to the underside of his car detonated as he started the engine.

May 9th, 2009 Spain: Socialist takes oath as Basque presidentGUERNICA, Spain — A Socialist leader who has vowed to fight the armed separatist group ETA took the oath of office Thursday as the Basque region's first non-nationalist president. Patxi Lopez was sworn in as president in an ornate chamber in this Basque town, and later stepped outside for a brief ceremony beside an oak tree that is a powerful symbol of Basque pride.

May 5th, 2009 Spain: Basque leader to fight armed separatistsMADRID — Basque Socialist leader Patxi Lopez was voted in as the Basque region's first non-nationalist president Tuesday and vowed to wage a relentless fight against the armed separatist group ETA. Lopez won 39 votes in the 75-seat regional parliament in the Basque capital of Vitoria against 35 for outgoing president Juan Jose Ibarretxe of the Basque Nationalist Party.

March 31st, 2009 MADRID - Eight people were arrested in Spain for planning an attack on the high-speed train being built in the northern region, Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said. According to Rubalcaba, the detainees were members of a group that provided support to the Basque terrorist group (ETA), which has been fighting the government for a separate region.