
Aug 19 - By Jean-Pierre Verges, Associated Press Writer
Police detained three suspected members of Basque separatist group ETA in a French Alps ski resort and seized material for making explosives, officials said, after a series of bombings claimed by the group on the Spanish island of Mallorca.

Aug 13 - By Associated Press
Spanish and Basque authorities have banned three protests marches called by groups linked to the armed group ETA in the northern cities Bilbao and San Sebastian.
Aug 9 - By Associated Press
Basque separatist group ETA has claimed responsibility for four bombing attacks that left three people dead and 60 injured in Spain this summer.

Jul 5 - By Harold Heckle, Associated Press Writer
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.

May 5 - By Daniel Woolls, Associated Press Writer
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.
Apr 18 - By Associated Press
Three suspected members of the Basque separatist organization ETA have been arrested in southern France, including one considered to be the group's military leader, officials said Saturday.
Apr 13 - By Daniel Woolls, Associated Press Writer
The armed Basque separatist group ETA considered assassinating King Juan Carlos by attacking his plane or helicopter with a surface-to-air missile, Spain's interior minister said Monday.

Feb 26 - By Daniel Woolls, Associated Press Writer
Spain's Socialists on Monday savored the prospect of governing the troubled Basque region for the first time, after scoring big electoral gains at the expense of nationalists who have held power there for nearly 30 years.
Jan 21 - By Ciaran Giles, Associated Press Writer
The armed Basque separatist group ETA claimed responsibility Wednesday for the recent slaying of a businessman and warned of attacks on the region's high-speed rail project.

Dec 13 - By ALVARO BARRIENTOS, STR
About 100 demonstrators who were formerly jailed as members of the violent Basque group ETA protested in northern Spain on Saturday calling on the government to begin talks to end the region's long-running separatist conflict.
Dec 3 - By Daniel Woolls, Associated Press Writer
A suspected Basque separatist gunman firing at close range killed a businessman Wednesday, two weeks after the arrest of the militant group ETA's leader, officials said.
Nov 26 - By Daniel Woolls, Associated Press Writer
A judge charged the suspected leader of the Basque separatist group ETA on Wednesday with plotting an attack on the America's Cup sailing race last year in Valencia, Spain.
Nov 21 - By Verena Von Derschau, Associated Press Writer
A French judge has filed preliminary anti-terrorist charges against the suspected leader of the Basque separatist group ETA, a judicial official said Thursday.

Nov 19 - By Ciaran Giles, Associated Press Writer
A Spanish court indicted the suspected leader of armed Basque separatist group ETA on Monday for his alleged role in a bombing that killed two people at Madrid's international airport in 2006.

Nov 17 - By Daniel Woolls, Associated Press Writer
French and Spanish police arrested the reputed leader of ETA's commando units on Monday — dealing a devastating blow to the armed Basque separatist group.

Nov 16 - By Jean-Pierre Verges, Associated Press Writer
French and Spanish police arrested the reputed leader of ETA's commando units on Monday — dealing a massive blow to the armed Basque separatist group, officials said.
Sep 24 - By Verena Von Derschau, Associated Press Writer
Police arrested 11 suspected Basque militants Wednesday in southwest France in two separate investigations, including the financing of terror attacks in France and Spain, officials said.
Sep 19 - By Daniel Woolls, Associated Press Writer
The Spanish Supreme Court has banned a Basque nationalist party on grounds that it is linked to the armed group ETA, the third ruling this week against pro-independence groups in the troubled region.
Sep 11 - By Daniel Woolls, Associated Press Writer
Spain's highest court rejected a planned referendum in the Basque region on self-determination, ruling Thursday night that such an issue must be decided by all of Spain and that only the central government can call such a vote.

Aug 2 - By Daniel Woolls, Associated Press Writer
A notorious and unrepentant Basque separatist convicted of killing 25 people — including a dozen policemen in a Madrid car bombing — walked out of a Spanish prison a free man Saturday after 21 years behind bars.

Jul 22 - By Harold Heckle, Associated Press Writer
Spain's National Court on Sunday jailed seven people on charges of belonging to a militant cell of the Basque separatist group ETA.
Apr 18 - By Associated Press
Spanish officials say they have arrested 10 people on suspicion of engaging in street violence in support of the armed Basque separatist group.
Feb 11 - By Ciaran Giles, Associated Press Writer
Spanish police on Monday arrested at least 13 members of the outlawed Basque separatist party Batasuna in a crackdown on groups linked to the armed organization ETA before next month's elections.
Feb 8 - By Daniel Woolls, Associated Press Writer
A Spanish judge on Friday barred two Basque pro-independence parties from running in general elections next month, suspending their activities for three years.

Dec 25 - By Ciaran Giles, Associated Press Writer
A small bomb damaged the office of Spain's governing party in a Basque town an hour after authorities received a warning call from the armed separatist group ETA, an official said Tuesday. No injuries were reported.