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Spain demands that Eta apologise and disband

Sat, 08 Apr 2017 18:47:24 +0200

Spain on Saturday demanded that Basque separatist group Eta apologise for decades of violence and then disband "definitively" after it provided France with a list of arms caches to finalise a promise to disarm.

France tells Eta disarmament must be 'unconditional'

Sun, 19 Mar 2017 07:51:10 +0100

The Basque separatist group Eta's pledge to fully lay down its arms after decades of violence will not "be subject to any negotiations", French Interior Minister Bruno Le Roux said on Saturday.

Basque terror group leader seized in French town

Sat, 05 Nov 2016 15:11:01 +0100

The most senior ETA leader still at large was arrested Saturday in southwest France, Spanish authorities said, dealing another major blow to the embattled Basque separatist group.

Suspected ETA members charged in France

Sun, 12 Jul 2015 15:57:25 +0200

Two alleged members of the Basque separatist group ETA, including a man suspected of killing a policeman in 2010, have been charged and remanded in custody in France, a judicial source said on Sunday.

Basque exiles set for Spain return

Sun, 23 Mar 2014 08:07:00 +0100

Around 100 fugitives from ETA said Saturday they will return to the Spanish Basque country from southwestern France as the considerably weakened separatist group moves towards a historic disarmament.

VIDEO: See surfers ride the giant 'Belharra' wave

Wed, 08 Jan 2014 11:56:00 +0100

Big wave surfers hit southwest France on Tuesday as the Belharra monster waves crashed onto the Basque country's Atlantic coast, creating swells of up to 15 metres. See how they rode the waves in this video.

Six 'ETA separatists' arrested in France

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:00:00 +0200

Despite Basque separist group ETA officially having ended its armed campaign French authorities continue to hunt down its members. On Tuesday six suspected members of the organisation were arrested in raids across France.

Ex ETA terror boss talks of 'regrets' for victims

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:35:00 +0100

The former military chief of the Basque separatist group ETA on Monday expressed "regret" for the victims of the banned group's violent campaign for a homeland straddling France and Spain.

Basque party's French arm calls it quits

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:39:06 +0100

Basque nationalist party Batasuna on Thursday announced its dissolution in France, where it continued to operate after being banned in Spain for alleged ties to armed separatist group ETA.

Dismay as Basque activist handed to Spain

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:49:00 +0100

A French Basque separatist was handed over to Spain Thursday after detaining her on a European arrest warrant from Madrid over her alleged participation in a terrorist organisation, police said.

Police forget terrorists' guns in hotel

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:20:00 +0100

Police left bags of evidence, including guns and forged identity papers, in a hotel after arresting suspected ETA terrorists who were staying there.

French police swoop on top ETA leader

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:43:00 +0100

French police have arrested a top leader of the Basque separatist group ETA in eastern France, the Spanish interior ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

French police arrest ETA terror suspect

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:14:27 +0200

Police arrested a suspected member of the armed group ETA in the southwestern French city of Hendaye, near to the Spanish border on Monday, Spain's interior ministry said.

Terrorists urge France to negotiate

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 10:05:00 +0100

The Basque separatist group ETA urged France to open direct talks on a definitive end to its conflict with the French and Spanish states, in a statement released to AFP on Friday.

Sarkozy egged by Basque separatists

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:04:00 +0100

French President Nicolas Sarkozy took refuge in a bar Thursday after hundreds of Basque separatists and opposition Socialist party supporters mobbed him and some shouted insults and threw eggs.

Terror suspect may escape Spain warrant

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:08:00 +0200

A French Basque man facing terrorism charges in Spain may escape being handed over to Spanish police by French authorities, a prosecutor said on Wednesday.