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

News Desk20th September 202021st July 2021

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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

Spanish government calls meeting ‘show of affection’ to Catalonia

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies21st December 201828th December 2018

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The Spanish government described its controversial cabinet meeting in Barcelona as a ‘show of affection’ towards Catalonia, despite major protests by pro-independence groups that brought tight

Franco exhumation: Spain passes decree

Tim Parfitt / AFP / Agencies24th August 201813th August 2020

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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

Catalan News ACN23rd August 201813th August 2020

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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,

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