Events to mark 50 years since Franco’s death commence, yet his legacy still divides Spain
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez presided on Wednesday over the first in a year-long series of events to mark 50 years since the death of...
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Sánchez visits Francoist mausoleum to learn about civil war exhumations
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited the imposing Francoist mausoleum outside Madrid on Thursday to learn about the exhumation of 160 Civil War victims, whose...
Spanish government slams Vox leader for saying Sánchez could be ‘strung up by his feet’
The Spanish government slammed the leader of the far-right Vox party Santiago Abascal on Monday over comments he made suggesting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez would...
Court rejects investigating torture claim of trade unionist during Franco era
A court in Barcelona this week rejected a claim by a Spanish man who says he was tortured by police during the Franco dictatorship. In an...
Madrid court hears first case of allegations of Franco-era police torture
A judge in Spain heard evidence on Friday of alleged torture during the rule of the country’s late dictator Francisco Franco, in what rights groups...
Spain strips deceased former Chilean leader Pinochet of Spanish military honour
Spain is stripping deceased former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet of a Spanish military honour bestowed on him more than 40 years ago by the country’s...
Initial forensic work begins to exhume bodies of 128 victims of Civil War
Initial forensic work began on Monday to try to exhume the bodies of 128 victims of the Spanish Civil War, who are among tens of...
Opinion: three women in Spanish politics – No.2 Isabel Díaz Ayuso: the right profile
Self-styled patron saint and saviour of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso seems to have the Midas touch. But how far can she go? In the second...
Spanish police clash with far-right as fascist party founder re-buried
Spanish police clashed with far-right protesters in Madrid on Monday, as the remains of José Antonio Primo de Rivera, a fascist party founder, arrived at...
Spain’s far-right introduce anti-abortion measures in Castilla y León
A regional government’s move to restrict abortion rights in a large part of central Spain reignited debate on Friday on the issue, and in the...
