''Gara'' (

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: ''We Are'') is a bilingual (Basque/

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)

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published in the city of Donostia-San Sebastián in the

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. The newspaper's target market comprises the area of the

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, but its circulation is largely constrained to the Southern Basque territory (Spain), since Spanish is mainly used. Gara, the third most-read newspaper in the Basque Autonomous Community and

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, was first published on 30 January 1999 as successor to the

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and

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newspaper ''

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'', which had been shut down by the noted prosecuting

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in a highly controversial move on 15 July 1998. The case was dismissed and defendants acquitted, with the final verdict stating that no illicit activity was engaged by Egin (2009). On 12 March 2004, ETA denied in a communique to Gara and the Basque public broadcaster EITB its involvement in the

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. In July 2008, the newspaper denounced that its communications were being tapped by the police, and diverted to the Spanish National Police headquarters in Pamplona.{{Cite web, url=https://www.elconfidencialdigital.com/articulo/politica/Gara-inspeccion-Pamplona-desviadas-Policia/20080717000000052152.html, title=El diario Gara denuncia que sus teléfonos están pinchados: una inspección rutinaria en sus oficinas de Pamplona revela que las llamadas son desviadas a la Policía, last=Digital, first=Confidencial, date=2008-07-17, website=Confidencial Digital, language=es, access-date=2019-05-11 Despite the illegal closure of the newspapers ''Egin'' and ''

Egunkaria ''Egunkaria'' (Basque for ''The Daily'') for thirteen years was the only fully Basque language newspaper in circulation until it was closed down on 20 February 2003 by the Spanish authorities due to allegations of an illegal association with E ...

'' by the Spanish justice courts, the € 4.7 million debt incurred by ''Egin'' with the Social Security was after its shutdown shouldered over to the new daily Gara, as an "ideological successor" to ''Egin''. By May 2019, the media outlet looks to counter the Spanish government's and justice system's attempts to subdue it by searching new subscribers and organizing special events to garner support and financial viability.

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External links

''Gara'' web site
1999 establishments in Spain Basque companies Bilingual newspapers Mass media in San Sebastián Newspapers published in Spain Publications established in 1999 Spanish-language newspapers

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