Mar 22 Basque Separatist Group Declares End to Violence By PBS News Hour ETA, a Basque separatist movement that has plagued the Spanish government for nearly 40 years, declared a permanent cease-fire Wednesday, ending a bloody campaign that has killed at least 850 people. Continue reading
Apr 02 Bomb Defused on High-Speed Train Rail in Spain A bomb was found under the tracks of one of Spain's high-speed rail systems Friday morning, halting the Madrid-Seville route at the start of the country's busy Easter week travel period. Continue reading
Mar 15 Pro-U.S. Party Defeated in Spanish Elections After Spain's Socialist Party scored an upset victory in elections, the incoming prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero vowed Monday to make good on a campaign pledge to pull troops out of Iraq unless the United Nations takes charge by… Continue reading
Mar 16 U.S., U.K., Spain Say Monday Is "Moment of Truth" in Iraq Debate The leaders of the U.S., Britain, Spain and Portugal on Sunday announced they would mount one final push to seek international consensus in the United Nations, but said the window for a diplomatic solution to the Iraq conflict would close… Continue reading