Tweet over ‘Spain’s crucial role’ in 1944 liberation of Paris sparks controversy
A tweet from the Spanish government’s Ministry of Justice regarding Spain’s ‘crucial role’ in liberating Paris from the Nazis in 1944 caused a controversy on...
Spanish Civil War
Focus: the on-going challenge of moving Franco’s remains
Although Franco died over four decades ago, in 1975, the task of trying to manage the legacy of the dictator who ruled Spain for 40 years...
General Election focus: the Vox party
Spain has its own version of the far-right and the populist turned mainstream, part of a wave that has been surging through Europe: Vox, a...
Spain still divided after 80th anniversary of end of civil war
Spain has marked the 80th anniversary of the end of the 1936-39 civil war, after which began the dictatorship of Franco, with the country still divided...
‘Literary Tourism’ – Ernest Hemingway’s Cave
Many moons ago, when I was teaching at Duke University, I used to banter with my friend Allen Josephs (University of Florida) as to who...
Sánchez to visit France to pay tribute to civil war exiles
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is to travel to France this weekend to pay tribute to the 450,000 Spaniards who sought refuge there at the...
656 municipalities ordered to remove Franco symbols
Spain’s justice ministry has ordered more than 600 municipalities across the country to remove symbols honouring the dictatorship of Francisco Franco which are still on display...
Franco mausoleum’s prior vetoes exhumation
The prior of the mausoleum where Spain’s fascist dictator Francisco Franco is buried has rejected any exhumation of his remains, the Spanish government said on...
Pro-Franco rally disrupted by topless Femen activists
Topless protestors from the feminist activist group Femen disrupted a rally of some 200 people in Madrid on Sunday, who’d gathered to mark the anniversary of...
Barcelona to revoke medal awarded to Franco
Barcelona City Council is to revoke a medal awarded to the late dictator Francisco Franco in 1964, that marked 25 years since the victory of...
