Spain rejects ‘arrogant’ Eta ceasefire

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Series Details 11.1.11
Publication Date 11/01/2011
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Eta, the Basque separatist group that has killed more than 800 people since it was founded in 1959, declared a permanent ceasefire on the 10 january 2011, but the Spanish government quickly rejected the statement as inadequate and arrogant.

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PressEurop, 11.1.11: Spanish press doesn’t buy ETA ceasefire http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/457231-spanish-press-doesn-t-buy-eta-ceasefire
France24, 14.4.11: Spanish police seize 1.6 tonnes of explosives from ETA http://www.france24.com/en/20110414-spanish-police-seize-explosive-eta-basque-separatists-arms
France24, 16.4.11: ETA insists it wants to 'overcome the armed conflict' http://www.france24.com/en/20110416-eta-armed-conflict-spain-basque-seperatist-ceasefire-terrorism-police-zapatero
El País, 5.9.11: ETA says government allowing radicals to take credit for demise http://www.elpais.com/articulo/english/ETA/says/government/allowing/radicals/to/take/credit/for/demise/elpepueng/20110905elpeng_1/Ten
Deutsche Welle, 5.9.11: Spain awaits the end of ETA, a year on from ceasefire http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15365476,00.html
ESO: Background information: Eta arrests follow a rejection its ceasefire http://www.europeansources.info/record/eta-arrests-follow-a-rejection-its-ceasefire/
Gara, 10.1.11: Declaration by ETA http://www.gara.net/agiriak/110108_declaration.pdf
BBC News, 10.1.11: Spain's Basque separatists Eta call 'permanent truce' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12151597
Deutsche Welle, 10.1.11: Terrorist group ETA announces permanent ceasefire http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14760410,00.html
France24, 10.1.11: ETA declares first-ever permanent, unilateral ceasefire http://www.france24.com/en/20110110-basque-separatists-eta-permananent-ceasefire-spain-terrorism-france
El Correo, 2.3.11: ETA swoop raises ceasefire worries (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/522341-eta-swoop-raises-ceasefire-worries

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