Spain’s opposition leader attends a mass for dictator Franco ‘by mistake’
Spain’s main ruling socialist party (PSOE) demanded explanations on Monday from Pablo Casado, the leader of the right-wing People’s Party (PP), the main opposition group,...
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Government amends draft law to allow Franco-era crimes to be prosecuted
The Spanish government has taken steps to amend the draft Democratic Memory Law, in a move that could mean crimes committed during the Franco era...
New ‘Democratic Memory’ law will help find mass graves of the Franco regime
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...
Surviving without tourism: Homage to Nick Lloyd’s virtual Spanish Civil War tours
‘It was the first time I ever really enjoyed work,’ recalls Nick Lloyd. For over a decade, he offered a unique experience in Barcelona leading...
Spanish government approves fund to exhume graves at Valley of the Fallen
A total of €665,000 has been approved by the Spanish government for the exhumation and identification of some 33,000 victims of the Spanish Civil War...
‘Historic day’ for Spain, as last statue of dictator Franco removed
The 40th anniversary this week of the attempted coup d’état in the Spanish Congress has also coincided with the removal of the last statue of Franco in Spain....
Spain marks 40 years since failed coup d’état, in absence of Juan Carlos I
Spain marked 40 years since a failed military coup on Tuesday, but without the presence of former king Juan Carlos I, whose intervention back in...
Prosecutors investigate anti-Semitic speech at neo-Nazi rally in Madrid
Prosecutors in Spain have opened an investigation into anti-Semitic comments made at a rally held in Madrid last weekend. The incident took place on Saturday...
Spanish state takes over Franco’s ‘summer mansion’ from his heirs
This week the Spanish state finally took possession of a mansion previously ‘owned’ by Francisco Franco and used by his family after his death, following...
Spain drafts bill of ‘Democratic Memory Act’ to redress victims and legacy of Franco regime
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’,...
