The Irish Times

Fintan O’Toole: If Eta can say sorry, why can’t Sinn Féin?

Basque terror group and IRA were blood brothers but only one has accepted responsibility for pain it caused

Tue Dec 07 2021 - 01:00

Show of contrition for Eta violence does not go far enough for many in Spain

Madrid Letter: Some believe Basque conflict should not be treated as two-sided

Tue Oct 19 2021 - 18:00

Retrial of Basque separatist leader triggers outrage

Arnaldo Otegi already jailed and released for re-forming outlawed party linked to Eta

Tue Dec 15 2020 - 16:58

Spanish government under fire over separatist support

Opposition accuses government of siding with radicals as defunct Eta still a live issue

Sat Nov 21 2020 - 05:01

Spaniards vote in regional elections under coronavirus cloud

New outbreaks detected ahead of elections in Galicia and Basque Country

Fri Jul 10 2020 - 19:00

Basques watch Catalan independence bid with caution

Marked surge in Spanish unionism unnerves nationalists in northern region

Fri May 18 2018 - 02:00

Weakened Eta to disarm half a decade after ceasefire

Basque terrorist group to hand over weapons in south of France on Saturday

Fri Apr 07 2017 - 14:15

Basque group Eta announces disarmament plan

News comes five years after ending of separatist terror campaign

Fri Mar 17 2017 - 14:32

Eta’s ceasefire – five years on

It is regrettable that neither the current caretaker administration in Madrid, nor any likely successor, appears willing to consider a new approach

Thu Oct 20 2016 - 00:00

Basque regional elections will be a crucial test for struggling Podemos

Party hopes to do well as voters focus on jobs and regeneration rather than independence

Sat Sept 24 2016 - 01:00

Pro-independence Basque leader’s candidacy blocked

Electoral body in Spanish region says Arnaldo Otegi cannot run due to Eta conviction

Wed Aug 24 2016 - 16:55

Arnaldo Otegi – still Spain’s most divisive politician

Basque leader either lionised as figure of peace or reviled as apologist for terrorism

Tue Jun 14 2016 - 01:01

Basque leader Arnaldo Otegi freed from Spanish prison

Otegi likely to run for Basque regional premier for the EH Bildu coalition in elections

Wed Mar 02 2016 - 01:00

Prison release of Arnaldo Otegi offers opportunity in Spain

Peace dividend may follow for new government

Wed Mar 02 2016 - 00:02

Basque leader Arnaldo Otegi freed after 6 years in prison

Otegi (57) jailed in 2009 for trying to reform political party linked to terrorist group Eta

Tue Mar 01 2016 - 18:57

Paddy Woodworth: Spanish judiciary on trial over ETA prisoners

New government should review Arnaldo Otegi case and end prisoner ‘dispersion’

Mon Jan 04 2016 - 01:00

Spanish elections: Voters’ messages go unheard

Many Spaniards now accept that only a fresh and more open-ended vision of a common Iberian home can resolve the Catalan crisis

Mon Jan 04 2016 - 00:00

Basque Country: Thoughts of a return to war as unusual as the bad weather

Resistance to austerity more resigned than militant

Tue Jun 18 2013 - 01:00