Gara is a bilingual (Basque/Spanish) newspaper published in the city of Donostia-San Sebastián in the Basque Autonomous Community. The newspaper's target market comprises the area of the Basque Country,but its circulation is largely constrained to the Southern Basque territory (Spain),since Spanish is mainly used.
The Batallón Vasco Español (BVE) sometimes associated with the Alianza Anticomunista (AAA),Antiterrorismo ETA or Triple A was a Spanish neo-fascist parapolice organization present mainly in the Basque Country and Southern France. It began operations in 1975,a year and a half after the murder of Luis Carrero Blanco by ETA and disbanded by April 1981. Some of its former members joined an organization formed not long after,known as the Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberación. The use of violence by the BVE was reported by ETA and its allies,who identified it as violence committed directly by the Spanish government against the Basque population. Manuel Fraga,former interior minister who was in office when the BVE was formed,defended it by saying it was a group of mayors who self-defended because ETA was going after them but had no influence in the course of the events.
Egunkaria for thirteen years was the only fully Basque language newspaper in circulation until it was closed down on 20 February 2003 by the Spanish authorities due to allegations of an illegal association with ETA,the armed Basque separatist group. After seven years,on 15 April 2010 the defendants were acquitted on all charges related to ties to ETA. The issue of damages for the closure of the newspaper remains open,as well as the alleged torture of the members of the newspaper's executive board during detention.
The 2012 Basque regional election was held on Sunday,21 October 2012,to elect the 10th Parliament of the Basque Autonomous Community. All 75 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with a regional election in Galicia. Lehendakari Patxi López announced the parliament's dissolution half a year ahead of schedule as a result of the People's Party (PP) withdrawing their support from his government,prompting Galician president Alberto Núñez Feijóo,who had been scheduling a snap election in Galicia to be held at some point throughout late 2012,to make his decision to have a simultaneous vote.
EH Bildu,short for Euskal Herria Bildu is a left-wing,Basque nationalist,pro-independence political coalition active in the Spanish autonomous communities of Basque Country,Navarre and Burgos Province.
Abertzale left is a term used to refer to the parties or organizations of the Basque nationalist/separatist left,stretching from democratic socialism to communism.
The Alianza Apostólica Anticomunista was a Spanish far-right paramilitary organisation active from 1976 to 1983,primarily in the southern Basque Country but also in the French Basque Country and Barcelona. A June 2010 report by the Office for Victims of Terrorism of the Basque Government attributed eight murders with 66 deathly victims to the group and linked it to the National Police Corps,SECED and the Civil Guard. The group attacked the satirical magazine El Papus in Barcelona,killing one person and injuring 17.
Censorship in Spain involves the suppression of speech or public communication and raises issues of freedom of speech.
Joxe Pernando Barrena Arza is a Basque politician,former member of the Parliament of Navarre and former member of the European Parliament for Spain.
The 10th Parliament of Navarre is the current meeting of the Parliament of Navarre,the regional legislature of Navarre,with the membership determined by the results of the regional election held on 26 May 2019. The parliament met for the first time on 19 June 2019. According to the Statute of Autonomy of Navarre the maximum legislative term of the parliament is 4 years.
Manuel Ayerdi Olaizola is a Basque economist,politician,Minister of Economic Development and Business of Navarre and a member of the Parliament of Navarre. He was previously First Vice President of Navarre.
JoséMaría Aierdi Fernández de Barrena is a Basque politician,Second Vice President of Navarre and Minister of Territorial Planning,Housing,Landscape and Strategic Projects of Navarre. He was previously a member of the Parliament of Navarre and mayor of Lekunberri.
Jon Iñarritu Gartzia is a Basque politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was previously a member of the Senate of Spain.
Iñaki Ruiz de Pinedo Undiano is a Basque sociologist,politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was previously a member of the Basque Parliament.
Oskar Matute García de Jalón is a Spanish politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was previously a member of the Basque Parliament.
Maria Angeles Beitialarrangoitia Lizarralde is a Basque journalist and politician. She was previously a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain and Basque Parliament,and mayor of Hernani.
The 14th Senate of Spain is the current meeting of the Senate of Spain,the upper house of the Spanish Cortes Generales,with the membership determined primarily by the results of the general election held on 10 November 2019. The Senate met for the first time on 3 December 2019. According to the Constitution of Spain the maximum legislative term of the senate is 4 years from the preceding election.
Maria Isabel Pozueta Fernández is a Basque sexologist,activist,politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.
"Let Txapote vote for you" is a political slogan that was popular among the political right and far-right in Spain during the months prior to the 2023 general elections. It was commonly used against Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and mentions the ETA terrorist Francisco Javier García Gaztelu.
