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

News Desk16th September 202017th September 2020

by News Desk16th September 202017th September 20200254

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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Franco removed, but ‘Francoism still very present’ argue many

Newsdesk / ACN25th October 201931st October 2019

by Newsdesk / ACN25th October 201931st October 20191915

‘Today, Spain is fulfilling its duty to itself,’ said acting Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, on Thursday, as the remains of the late dictator Francisco

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Franco’s remains to be exhumed on Thursday

Newsdesk / ACN21st October 201923rd October 2019

by Newsdesk / ACN21st October 201923rd October 20190855

The exhumation of the remains of Franco will take place on Thursday 24 October at 10.30am, the Spanish government has announced. Francisco Franco’s remains, which lie

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Franco exhumation to be carried out by 25 October

Newsdesk / ACN12th October 20192nd September 2020

by Newsdesk / ACN12th October 20192nd September 20200588

The remains of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco, after years of delays and legal wrangles, will finally be exhumed from his tomb in the Valley of the

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Supreme Court authorises exhumation of dictator Franco

Newsdesk / ACN24th September 201930th December 2019

by Newsdesk / ACN24th September 201930th December 201911757

Note: this report was published on 24 September. The exhumation finally took place on 24 October. ALSO READ: Franco removed but ‘Francoism still very present’

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Focus: the on-going challenge of moving Franco’s remains

Newsdesk / ACN4th July 20199th July 2019

by Newsdesk / ACN4th July 20199th July 20190536

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

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Supreme Court provisionally suspends Franco’s exhumation

News Desk4th June 20196th June 2019

by News Desk4th June 20196th June 20190544

Spain’s Supreme Court has unanimously decided to provisionally suspend the exhumation of the remains of the dictator Francisco Franco, which was to be carried out

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Franco’s remains to be exhumed in June

News Desk15th March 201925th March 2019

by News Desk15th March 201925th March 20190793

Spain has said that the remains of the late dictator Francisco Franco will be moved from the opulent Valley of the Fallen mausoleum to a state-run pantheon

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Franco Foundation to appeal dictator’s exhumation

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies16th February 201918th February 2019

by SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies16th February 201918th February 201901007

The Spanish government, which has pledged to exhume Francisco Franco from his opulent mausoleum, on Friday gave the late dictator‘s family two weeks to decide

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Spotlight: ‘When you attack Franco, you attack over half of Spain’

Laurence Boutreux / AFP16th February 201924th October 2019

by Laurence Boutreux / AFP16th February 201924th October 201901341

Luis Alfonso de Borbon, the great-grandson of Franco, is leading opposition to Spain’s bid to remove the dictator’s remains from an opulent mausoleum where they

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