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Spain plans 480 more events to ‘celebrate recovery of democracy’ following Franco’s death 50 years ago

News Desk20th November 202525th November 2025

20th November 202525th November 2025664

Spain’s left-leaning coalition government on Wednesday unveiled an additional 480 commemorative events scheduled for this year to mark both the 50th anniversary of Francisco Franco’s...

Spanish government seeks to speed up the dissolution of Franco foundation

News Desk1st November 20255th November 2025

1st November 20255th November 2025953

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Friday that his left-leaning coalition government will speed up efforts to seek the dissolution of the Francisco Franco...

Spanish government to publish a list of Franco-era symbols targeted for removal

News Desk22nd October 202527th October 2025

22nd October 202527th October 20251108

Spain’s left-leaning coalition government plans to release next month an official inventory of monuments and emblems from General Francisco Franco’s dictatorship that are to be...

Spain rules Franco regime ‘illegal’ with new ‘Democratic Memory Law’

News Desk15th July 202219th July 2022

15th July 202219th July 20226578

The Spanish Congress has approved a new ‘Democratic Memory Law’ that declares illegal the regime of former dictator Francisco Franco and makes the central government...

New ‘Democratic Memory’ law will help find mass graves of the Franco regime

News Desk21st July 202130th December 2021

21st July 202130th December 20218811

The Spanish government has approved a new ‘Democratic Memory’ bill to tackle the legacy of Franco’s 1939-1975 dictatorship and the Spanish Civil War that preceded...

Spain drafts bill of ‘Democratic Memory Act’ to redress victims and legacy of Franco regime

News Desk20th September 202021st July 2021

20th September 202021st July 20214900

The Spanish cabinet has approved a draft bill of the ‘Democratic Memory Act’ to ‘comprehensively redress the victims of the Spanish Civil War and the Franco dictatorship’,...

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