Tag: ETA

• Thursday, January 7th 2021 - 09:37 UTC

  Paris court of appeal rules that ETA Basque group can be handed to Spain

  

  The Paris Court of Appeal has ruled that the former long-time leader of Basque separatist group ETA, Josu Ternera, can be handed over to Spain, a judicial source said on Wednesday.

• Monday, November 26th 2012 - 23:18 UTC

  Spain rejects talks offer from ETA and demands dissolution without conditions

  

  Spain's government rejected an offer of talks from armed Basque separatists ETA and demanded the group dissolve itself without conditions, after ETA called for negotiations on prisoners and a weapons handover.

• Thursday, February 9th 2012 - 20:20 UTC

  Judge Garzon barred from office for challenging Spanish 1977 amnesty law

  

  The famous human rights crusader, the Spanish judge who won fame with his attempt to extradite former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in the 1990s, is barred from office for eleven years for abusing judicial powers.

• Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 21:25 UTC

  Basque ETA group calls a “definitive cessation” of hostilities, reports BBC

  

  The Basque separatist group ETA says it has called a “definitive cessation” to its campaign of bombings and shootings. In a statement provided to the BBC, Eta called on the Spanish and French governments to respond with “a process of direct dialogue”.

• Wednesday, October 6th 2010 - 05:13 UTC

  Chavez rejects claims Spanish ETA terrorists were trained in Venezuela

  

  Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez dismissed claims from Spain that two members of Basque separatist group ETA were trained in Venezuela as part of an international campaign to besmirch his government.

• Wednesday, May 19th 2010 - 01:02 UTC

  Terrorism turns some countries into ‘useful idiots’, claims Colombia’s Uribe

  

  Terrorism knows how to convert some countries into useful idiots said Colombian president during an interview with Spanish media in the framework of the EU-Latam-Caribbean leaders’ summit in Madrid.