The Basque regional government delivered a rebuff to ETA after the armed separatist group announced another ceasefire and suggested it might turn to a political process in its quest for an independent homeland.

The Basque separatist militant group ETA declared a ceasefire in a video statement issued today.

Spain's security forces were on maximum alert today for the 50th anniversary of the armed Basque group ETA, blamed for bombings that killed two police officers and injured scores of people this week.

Police sealed off the holiday island of Majorca today after two officers were killed in a suspected ETA bomb attack.

A bomb attack near a police station on the Spanish island of Majorca killed two officers and injured several people today.

A police officer in Spain’s Basque region was reportedly killed today when a bomb attached to the underside of his car detonated as he started the engine.

French police have arrested the suspected leader of Basque separatist group ETA as part of cross-border raids, Spain’s Interior Ministry said today.

A suspected Basque separatist car bomb exploded at a business park outside Madrid today, but no one was injured.

A bomb has exploded outside a court house in Spain’s northern Basque region, causing considerable damage but no injuries, police said today.

Basque separatist group ETA killed an army officer and injured six others with a car bomb in northern Spain today.

A bomb exploded on a beach in the popular Spanish resort of Torremolinos, a government department said today.

Spanish police say they have found a cache of 220lbs of explosives belonging to Basque group ETA.

Spanish police say they have found a cache of 220lbs of explosives belonging to Basque group ETA.

A Spanish civil guard was shot and killed today in a clash with members of Basque separatist group Eta in south-west France, the first death involving the group since it abandoned a cease-fire in June, police said.

The entire top leadership of an outlawed Basque political party linked to Spanish terrorist group ETA have been arrested in a police raid.

A van that exploded in north-eastern Spain was detonated by members of the Basque separatist group Eta when they realised police were on their trail, Spain’s Interior Ministry said today.

A backpack filled with explosives has been found near a town in the French Basque country, police there said today.

A car bomb exploded today outside a police station in the Basque city of Durango, injuring two officers in what appeared to be the first attack by separatist group ETA since it called off a ceasefire in June.

Spanish police have found a car containing 100 kilos of explosives, the Civil Guard said today.

Gerry Adams today urged the Spanish government and the Basques to do everything in their power to put their peace process back on track.

Eta today officially called off the cease-fire it declared last year, news reports have said.

The Basque separatist group ETA has claimed responsibility for the December 30 car bombing that killed two people in Madrid, but insists its ceasefire stands.

Rescuers today found the body of one of two men missing in the rubble of a car bomb blast in Madrid blamed on the Basque separatist group Eta, making this Eta’s first fatal attack in more than three years, police said.

Four days after a powerful car bomb attack at Madrid’s airport, blamed on the Basque separatist group Eta, rescue workers were today giving up hope of finding alive two people caught in the explosion.

Spain’s ruling Socialist party today said a peace process launched with a March ceasefire announcement by armed Basque separatists was now dead, not just suspended, following a weekend car bombing.

Crews sifting through tonnes of rubble have reached the core area of a car bombing blamed on Basque separatists, but cannot go any faster as they search for two missing men, Madrid’s mayor said today.

Spain’s National Court today found a former leading member of the armed Basque group Eta guilty of taking part in the 1996 slaying of a Socialist politician and sentenced him to 82 years in prison.

The violent Basque separatist group ETA today called for peace negotiations with Spain and France, warning them not to miss a historic chance for peace and said its permanent ceasefire will go into effect just after midnight.

A Belfast priest who played a key role in the Irish peace process has revealed his involvement in the brokering of the permanent ceasefire announced by ETA yesterday.

Basque separatist group ETA issued a second statement today reaffirming the group’s willingness to lay down arms.

Basque militant group ETA ended a decades-long campaign of terror, announcing a permanent ceasefire that closes the door on one of western Europe’s last armed separatist movements.

The Government today welcomed the permanent ceasefire announced by Basque separatist group Eta.

The Spanish Government was urged by Gerry Adams today to respond creatively and positively to Basque separatist group Eta’s ceasefire declaration.

The Basque separatist group Eta today announced a permanent cease-fire, bringing a dramatic end to a decades-long campaign of violence and closing the door on one of Western Europe’s last active armed separatist movements.

The Basque separatist group Eta today announced a permanent cease-fire.

A backpack bomb exploded today outside a factory in the Basque city of Bilbao after a warning call from the separatist group Eta, causing serious damage but no injuries, Spanish police said.

A bomb exploded today outside a factory in the Basque city of Bilbao after a warning call from the separatist group Eta, Basque police said.

A bomb exploded today outside a factory in the Basque city of Bilbao after a warning call from the separatist group Eta.

Five small bombs exploded on highways close to the Spanish capital, Madrid, today following a warning call in the name of the armed Basque group Eta, the Interior Ministry said.

A threat of attack from the armed Basque separatist group Eta forced the closure of the airport in the northeastern Spanish city of Zaragoza today, authorities said.

An explosion was confirmed near Zaragoza airport in Spain today after a bomb warning in the name of Basque separatist group Eta, say news reports.

Zaragoza Airport in Spain has been evacuated after a bomb warning in the name of Basque separatist group Eta, say news reports.

Police in northern Spain today arrested five suspected members of the armed Basque separatist group ETA who were awaiting orders to stage an attack, the Interior Ministry said.

Police today arrested five suspected members of the armed Basque separatist group ETA in northern Spain, acting on information obtained in weekend raids that netted the group’s alleged leader.