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Politicians targeted
November 2001: Judge Jose Maria Lidon is shot dead in Bilbao less than 24 hours after a car bomb injures nearly 100 in Madrid. Lidon - who was not on any known Eta hitlist - had sentenced six Eta sympathisers to long jail terms in 1987.
May 2001: Senior Popular Party member Manuel Jimenez Abad is shot dead in the city of Zaragoza a week before elections to the Basque parliament.
Violence resumes
November 2000: King Juan Carlos strongly condemns Eta in a speech on the 25th anniversary of his accession to the throne. The king's unusually political address comes two days after a former government minister is killed in Barcelona.
August 2000: Thousands of people demonstrate in support of Eta in the city of Bilbao after four members of the group die in a blast caused by explosives in a car they are driving.
May 2000: King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia lead thousands of Spaniards in a nationwide silent vigil to protest against the killing of journalist Jose Luis de la Calle. It is the first time the king has made such a gesture, a royal spokesman says.
Spring 2000: The Spanish film Yoyes, a fictional film based on the story of real-life Eta operative Dolores Gonzalez Catarian, breaks the long-standing taboo in Spanish cinema against dealing with the separatist movement.
Cross-party talks
November 1999:The separatist group announces an end to its 14-month ceasefire in a Basque newspaper, blaming lack of progress in talks with the Spanish Government.
August 1999: Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar accuses Eta of being "scared of peace" and calls on the group to prove its commitment. Eta subsequently confirms that contact with Madrid has been severed.
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