Banned Basque Party Calls for Peace Talks
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A Basque nationalist party banned by Spain as ETA&#39;s political wing unveiled a plan to end the long-running conflict in the region on Sunday, saying it wanted to launch a peace process.
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The Spanish government has nixed peace talks with Basque separatists until they specifically renounce their campaign of violence, The Independent reports.
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The separatist group ETA defended its use of violence in pursuit of Basque independence from Spain on Monday amid a new campaign of economic sabotage, but also said it saw a new opportunity to end the conflict.
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MADRID A contested plan to turn the troubled Basque region into a virtually sovereign state was assured passage through the regional parliament on Thursday when a pro-independence party that had opposed the proposal as insufficient said it would vote in
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The Spanish and Basque leaders meet to discuss controversial plans for greater independence.
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Basque guerrillas ETA vowed on Sunday to continue attacks on the Spanish state, saying last year's exploratory peace talks showed there was no point in negotiating with the government.
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Eta says its campaign of violence will continue until it achieves self-determination for the Basque region.
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Hopes that the armed Basque separatist group Eta might lay down its arms and talk were dashed last night after its main political ally came forward with peace proposals that fell short of the demands of mainstream Spanish politicians.
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Spain's banned Batasuna party, widely considered the political mouthpiece of the armed Basque separatist group Eta, offered last night to open a process of negotiations and dialogue to achieve peace in the ...
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The armed Basque separatist group ETA said Tuesday it has called off the cease-fire it declared last year, setting the stage for a resumption of attacks.
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The Spanish press assesses the call from the separatist party Batasuna for peaceful dialogue to end the conflict in the Basque region
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Batasuna, the banned political wing of the Basque separatist group ETA which has ended its ceasefire, urged the European Union Wednesday to play a greater role in Spain&#39;s Basque Country conflict.
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Spanish police on Friday detained the leader of the banned Basque separatist party Batasuna, the political wing of the armed separatist group ETA which three days ago called off a 14-month ceasefire.
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SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain -- Call it prophetic or defeatist or just plain cynical. But when the Basque separatist group known as ETA shattered its so-called "permanent cease-fire" in December with a massive bombing at Madrid's airport that killed two people, former ETA leader and convicted killer Eduardo...
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VITORIA, Spain  - A Basque proposal for virtual  independence from Spain gained vital and unexpected support in  the regional parliament on Thursday from Batasuna, a party  banned as the political wing of armed separatists ETA.
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Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Thursday rejected a proposal to grant virtual independence to the troubled Basque region and warned the group's leader to comply with Spanish law.
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Rival Basque nationalist groups set aside their differences yesterday to push a controversial bill through the regional parliament making increased independence for the region a real possibility - and a showdown with Madrid almost inevitable.