Spain approves exhumation of Franco
Spanish lawmakers on Thursday approved a decree by the Socialist government authorising the exhumation of late dictator Francisco Franco from a vast mausoleum near Madrid....
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Spanish PM proposes referendum on greater autonomy for Catalonia
Spain’s Prime Minister on Monday proposed holding a referendum in Catalonia on greater autonomy for the wealthy region but ruled out allowing a vote on...
Sánchez: Franco mausoleum cannot be ‘place of reconciliation’
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has ruled out transforming dictator Francisco Franco‘s controversial mausoleum into a place of reconciliation, going against suggestions by an expert commission...
Puigdemont asks Sánchez for ‘specific proposals’
Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont says that Pedro Sánchez becoming the Spanish Prime Minister is a new ‘opportunity’ for dialogue between the Catalan and Spanish...
Franco’s family to ‘take care’ of remains
The family of Francisco Franco will take possession of his remains after they are exhumed, one of his grandchildren was reported as saying on Saturday....
Franco exhumation: Spain passes decree
Spain’s Socialist (PSOE) government passed a decree on Friday allowing the exhumation of the remains of Franco from his vast mausoleum, a decision that divides...
Franco exhumation creates political row
For over 40 years the remains of dictator Francisco Franco have lain in the mausoleum outside Madrid known as the Valley of the Fallen. However,...
Rush to visit Franco’s tomb before remains moved
‘Since they are going to remove Franco, I wanted to see it. It’s morbid curiosity,’ says Antonio Nevado, one of thousands of Spaniards who have...
Fascist protest against moving Franco’s remains
Hundreds of people protested on Sunday against plans to remove dictator Francisco Franco’s remains from ‘El Valle de los Caídos’ (The Valley of the Fallen), a...
