ETA, the Basque separatist organisation has declared a permanent ceasefire. Riiiight. This is the 11th one. Number 10, announced in 2006, came to an end nine months later. So will it be different this time? In politics, as in economics, that is a very dangerous phrase to believe in. But maybe. The Basques have battled Spain since the Carlist wars back in the 1830s. This time the hope is that the ongoing internal struggle within ETA is enough to leave its opponents of armed struggle and terrorism in the ascendant. The Spanish Basques, in the north-east corner of the country have a significant degree of control over their own lives, collecting most of their own taxes. There has also been a revival of their language, Euskera. The QSL is from Euskadi Irratia, Bilbao, broadcasting on AM 1071, heard in London. Bilbao is the biggest city in the Basque country. In the top left corner you can see a bit of Euskera, confirming the report. It's very different from Spanish!
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