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ATTACK

Two ETA bombs explode at two excavators

One of the excavators. Photo: EFE
Basque Interior Department reported that a few hours later an anonymous caller phoned the highway assistance organization to claim responsibility for the attack.

ZAPATERO-IBARRETXE MEETING

"Zapatero wants to cheat on the Basques"- Basque Deputy PM

Basque Government's Deputy Prime Minister Idoia Zenarruzabeitia. Photo: EFE
The Basque Government's Deputy Prime Minister said that, behind his "talking smile", Zapatero hides his truly willingness: the rejection, the emphatic no, slamming the door once more".

SOCIALISTS' ROSE CELEBRATION

Spanish PM says he "will listen to" Ibarretxe's proposal

Spanish PM José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and Basque Socialist leader Patxi Lopez. Photo: EFE
Both the Spanish PM José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and the Basque Socialist leaders remembered the victims of terrorism, especially the former town councillor of Arrasate Isaías Carrasco.

SARTAGUDA - 'TOWN OF THE WIDOWS'

Navarran town pays tribute to victims of Spanish Civil War

Several hundreds met in the Park of Memory of Sartaguda. Photo: EiTB
The commemorative park seeks to pay tribute to 86 inhabitants of the Navarran town of Sartaguda that were executed by a firing squad during the Spanish Civil War.

IBARRETXE'S PROPOSAL

Sanz: "Ibarretxe's proposal is out of place"

Miguel Sanz. Photo: EiTB
In reference to Basque Prime Minister’s proposal, the president of Navarre thinks that explaining the Spanish president something which should be explained to the Institutions in Navarre first is a "lack of courtesy".

COMMUNIQUÉ

ETA clams responsibility for four attacks in March and April

ETA sent the communiqué to the Basque newspaper <em>Gara</em>. Photo: EITB
In a communiqué sent to Basque newspaper Gara, the armed Basque group accused PSOE and PNV of wanting to “wipe out” the Basque leftist movement to “defuse fight for independence”.

DOCUMENT

Basque premier sends Spanish PM open proposal for political pact

Basque premier, during last night’s interview. Photo: EITB
In the document, he points out the need to support processes of negotiations and the pledge to let Basque society decide its future, and he proposes the creation of an organ between the Autonomous Community and Navarre.
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MEETING

Ibarretxe and Zapatero to meet on May 20th in La Moncloa

The meeting will take place at 10:00 a.m. De la vega has released that Zapatero will again warn Ibarretxe that Spanish government "will not take a train without knowing its direction".

PROPOSAL FOR A POLITICAL PACT

Ibarretxe sends Zapatero a letter

EiTB has accessed to the content of the missive in which Ibarretxe reminds the President of the Spanish government that the agreement between them is possible "to get a new coexistence political pact".

POLICE OPERATION

Basque police arrest five people in Bizkaia over "street violence"

Search in Barakaldo. Photo: EiTB
Most of the arrests took place in the Basque town of Barakaldo, where the Basque Police sealed a Basque youth club.
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