Gara
Encyclopedia
Gara is a bilingual (Basque/Spanish
) newspaper
published in the city of San Sebastián
in the Basque Autonomous Community
. The newspaper's target market comprises the area of the Basque Country, while it largely constrains to South territory on account of the languages used.
Gara has 130,000 readers by its own account, and was first published on 30 January 1999 as successor to the leftist
and pro-separatist
newspaper Egin
, which had been made illegal on 15 July 1998 by the noted prosecuting judge
Baltasar Garzón
, with the case still pending trial in 2008.
On 12 March 2004 it became known that someone had communicated with Gara in the name of ETA
, denying any ETA involvement in the March 11, 2004 Madrid attacks. ETA usually give notice in advance to Gara of the location of the explosive devices that the organization has set up.
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
) newspaper
Newspaper
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published in the city of San Sebastián
San Sebastián
Donostia-San Sebastián is a city and municipality located in the north of Spain, in the coast of the Bay of Biscay and 20 km away from the French border. The city is the capital of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. The municipality’s population is 186,122 , and its...
in the Basque Autonomous Community
Basque Country (autonomous community)
The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....
. The newspaper's target market comprises the area of the Basque Country, while it largely constrains to South territory on account of the languages used.
Gara has 130,000 readers by its own account, and was first published on 30 January 1999 as successor to the leftist
Left-wing politics
In politics, Left, left-wing and leftist generally refer to support for social change to create a more egalitarian society...
and pro-separatist
Basque nationalism
Basque nationalism is a political movement advocating for either further political autonomy or, chiefly, full independence of the Basque Country in the wider sense...
newspaper Egin
Egin (newspaper)
Egin was a Basque newspaper written in Spanish language and Basque language. It was published from Hernani by Orain SA, which also ran the radio station Egin Irratia.Its first issue was published on September 29, 1977....
, which had been made illegal on 15 July 1998 by the noted prosecuting judge
Judge
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Baltasar Garzón
Baltasar Garzón
Baltasar Garzón Real is a Spanish jurist who served on Spain's central criminal court, the Audiencia Nacional. He was the examining magistrate of the Juzgado Central de Instrucción No...
, with the case still pending trial in 2008.
On 12 March 2004 it became known that someone had communicated with Gara in the name of ETA
ETA
ETA , an acronym for Euskadi Ta Askatasuna is an armed Basque nationalist and separatist organization. The group was founded in 1959 and has since evolved from a group promoting traditional Basque culture to a paramilitary group with the goal of gaining independence for the Greater Basque Country...
, denying any ETA involvement in the March 11, 2004 Madrid attacks. ETA usually give notice in advance to Gara of the location of the explosive devices that the organization has set up.