Basque country
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Press review
Spain – ETA says “basta” to armed struggle
21 October 2011Presseurop -
Basque Country
ETA shown Northern Irish way
18 October 20113El Periódico de Catalunya Barcelona -
Spain
End of the road for ETA?
17 October 2011Presseurop -
25 May 201113El País Madrid
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Spain
Bildu legal at last
6 May 2011PresseuropEl Correo -
2 May 2011PresseuropPúblico
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29 April 2011PresseuropGara
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24 March 2011PresseuropPúblico
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2 March 2011PresseuropEl Correo
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8 February 2011PresseuropEl Correo
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11 January 2011PresseuropPresseurop
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SPAIN
Is this the end of ETA?
25 October 2010PresseuropEl País -
Espagne
Police pull plug on ETA pipeline
15 September 2010PresseuropEl Correo -
6 September 2010PresseuropEl Correo
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Basque separatism
Driving tourism into the rough
8 September 2009Trouw Amsterdam -
31 July 2009PresseuropEl Mundo
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Basque Country
ETA’s deadly Amazons
29 July 2009The Observer London -
2 July 2009Presseurop
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30 June 2009PresseuropEl Mundo
In a statement released on October 20 the Basque terrorist organisation announces that it has given up violence. Declaring a “permanent cessation of armed activity”, ETA asks the Spanish and French governments to “open a process of direct dialogue” to seek a solution for “the consequences of conflict.” The Spanish press hails an event that ends 40 years of terror. 
The peace conference in San Sebastian, October 17, called on ETA to end terrorist activities without demanding unconditional surrender. As shown by the peace process in Northern Ireland, some concessions are necessary if we really want peace. 
The victory of the Scottish nationalists in the May 5 elections has revived the debate over Scottish independence. But if the example of Catalonia and the Basque country is anything to go by, what looms on the horizon is a confederation of Europe, says El País. 
Basque nationalists are now going after the French Basque Country. But unlike ETA, its Spanish counterparts, France's Irrintzi tends to target the tourist industry – deemed a threat to Basque culture – rather than state symbols. 
July 31st is the 50th anniversary of the creation of ETA, the Basque nationalist movement that in pursuit of a seperate state straddling the borders of Spain and France, has claimed the lives of over 800 people. The Observer reports that the movement, reportedly weakened since the abortive ceasefire of 2006, is now in a period of reconstruction, with women at the helm. 
The European Human Rights Court has confirmed the ban of Batasuna,the political wing of the terrorist group ETA. Spanish dailies are rather happy about this decision, which puts a spanner in the works of radical Basque nationalism. The Basque press, on the other hand, is more measured.