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

News Desk20th September 20207th January 2021

20th September 20207th January 20211368

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’,

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

Newsdesk / ACN25th October 201931st October 2019

25th October 201931st October 20191231

‘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

Franco’s remains to be exhumed on Thursday

Newsdesk / ACN21st October 201923rd October 2019

21st October 201923rd October 20191078

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

Franco exhumation to be carried out by 25 October

Newsdesk / ACN12th October 20192nd September 2020

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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

Supreme Court authorises exhumation of dictator Franco

Newsdesk / ACN24th September 201930th December 2019

24th September 201930th December 20191991

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’

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

Newsdesk / ACN4th July 20199th July 2019

4th July 20199th July 2019665

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

Supreme Court provisionally suspends Franco’s exhumation

News Desk4th June 20196th June 2019

4th June 20196th June 2019640

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

Franco’s remains to be exhumed in June

News Desk15th March 201925th March 2019

15th March 201925th March 2019999

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

Franco Foundation to appeal dictator’s exhumation

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies16th February 201918th February 2019

16th February 201918th February 20191208

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 201923rd February 2021

16th February 201923rd February 20211665

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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