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

News Desk20th September 202023rd September 2020

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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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Torra demands ‘solemn apology’ from Spain for execution of Lluís Companys

News Desk11th September 202015th September 2020

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In a televised address on Friday, on the eve of La Diada Nacional de Catalunya (Catalonia’s National Day), the Catalan president Quim Torra asked Spain for

Court orders Franco’s family to return summer mansion

News Desk2nd September 20207th September 2020

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A court in Galicia has ordered the family of dictator Francisco Franco to hand over the keys to a mansion that it rules was illegally

‘There’s no room for impunity,’ says Pedro Sánchez – calling news of former king Juan Carlos I as ‘disturbing’

News Desk12th July 202016th July 2020

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Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said that he is open to an amendment of the Spanish Constitution to limit the legal immunity of public officials, including

Final results: PSOE win, far-right Vox 3rd largest party, Cs party decimated

News Desk10th November 201914th November 2019

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The Socialists (PSOE) led by Pedro Sánchez won Spain’s fourth General Election in four years on Sunday, winning 120 seats (compared to 123 won in the April election), but

Basque Country Opinion Spotlight

Opinion: Will the Basques be next?

Ben Wray9th November 201914th August 2020

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Ask Basques about whether they were shocked by the scale of the police brutality and judicial repression of the Catalan independence movement in recent weeks,

The far-right and Catalonia mark the end of the election campaign

News Desk9th November 201912th November 2019

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Spanish political parties concluded a short but intensive campaign on Friday in preparation for the country’s general election on Sunday 10 November – the fourth

Franco removed, but ‘Francoism still very present’ argue many

Newsdesk / ACN25th October 201931st October 2019

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‘Today, Spain is fulfilling its duty to itself,’ said acting Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, on Thursday, as the remains of the late dictator Francisco

Franco’s remains to be exhumed on Thursday

Newsdesk / ACN21st October 201923rd October 2019

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The exhumation of the remains of Franco will take place on Thursday 24 October at 10.30am, the Spanish government has announced. Francisco Franco’s remains, which lie

Far-right and anti-fascist demonstrators clash in Barcelona

Newsdesk / ACN18th October 201920th October 2019

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A fourth night of protests and disturbances in Barcelona on Thursday saw riot police attempting to prevent a clash between anti-fascist and far-right extremist demonstrators.

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