Over the weekend two Spanish regions, Galicia and the Basque country, are set to hold elections.
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The attack happened less than three weeks before regional elections in the Basque Country.
As a result, public spending per person in the Basque country is the highest in Spain.
The Basque Country and Navarra collect their own taxes and pay the centre for services rendered.
Mr Aznar particularly wants people who live in the Basque country but are not Basque nationalists to vote next month.
On borrowing costs for an independent Scotland, Prof Goodhart has to look to the Basque country to find any parallel, however imperfect.
On August 27th, the Basque regional police began to implement a legal order to shut down Batasuna offices throughout the Basque country.
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On October 21, both the Basque country and Galicia held regional elections.
Catalonia's nearby regions, the Basque country, and Galicia in the Northwest of Spain also have self-governance mandates under the Spanish Constitution of 1978.
He fears that the Spanish government is trying to roll back some of the hard-won powers of regions such as Catalonia and the Basque country.
Until the mood in the Basque country turned sour last December, he had managed to get along, though not warmly, with the mainstream (non-violent) Basque nationalists.
Basque peace could be a pay-off for Mr Zapatero's softly-softly approach to Spain's most enduring political problem: regional tensions in the Basque country and in Catalonia.
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In the Basque country, it is the regional administration that collects all the taxes and passes a chunk to the centre, not the other way round.
But Javier Rojo, leader of the Socialist Party in the Basque Country, blamed ETA for Monday's blast and called it "a horrendous terrorist attack, " Reuters said.
But the fly-half, who missed five kicks at goal in the Basque country, saw his effort fall short as Biarritz surged into the semi-finals for the first time since 2006.
Two key inspirations are what Donald describes as "the primitive, soulful way of cooking" over fire in Uruguay, and the grilling wizard Victor Arguinzoniz, of Asador Etxebarri, in the Basque Country.
It sees the dispute as a purely bilateral matter between the two governments and conceding any form of self-determination for the people of Gibraltar would set an unwelcome precedent that might be exploited by the separatist movement in the Basque country of northern Spain.
Mr Aznar may now try to set up a rival front of parties in the Basque country, made up of his own conservative People's Party and the Socialists, who both want to keep Spain's existing constitution, with its strong measure of regional self-government but with no option for independence.
Established in 2008 thanks to a generous endowment from the City of Bilbao (Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain), the aim of the Prize is to recognize outstanding contributions made by organizations and individuals to the cause of human rights through their committed actions and leadership role in the areas of education, research and awareness-raising.
The economy is buoyant, the country has joined Europe's single currency, a lasting peace in the long-turbulent Basque country is in prospect, and the opposition, lacking a plausible new leader of its own, is in a mess.
Elections in the Basque region of Spain resulted in gains for the country's ruling centre-right party and for radical Basque nationalists.
Basque country is the reverse melting pot--let's all be together, work together, but let's not melt.
Spain's prime minister, Jose Maria Aznar, met Juan Jose Ibarretxe, would-be separatist premier of the country's Basque region .
The second course, labeled "Le Voyage, " was Cod, Clams and Chorizo Basquaise, a dish said Boulud, inspired by the local ingredients of another country, and in this case, the Basque tradition of pairing spicy meat with seafood.
The Spanish case shows how difficult it was for a young democracy to deal with terrorist activities perpetrated by the Basque separatist group, ETA. History clearly shows that no country in the process of state formation or nation building escapes violence.
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