PSOE seeks to outlaw exaltation of Franco dictatorship
The Socialist party (PSOE) President Pedro Sanchez hopes to make it a criminal offence to glorify former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco, the…
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#VIDEO: Femen activists disrupt Franco anniversary
Activists of the feminist direct-action group FEMEN interrupted for the second consecutive year an annual march and rally on the anniversary of…
PSOE gov’t removes Franco from Valley of the Fallen
► After 44 yrs, former dictator’s remains disinterred from Valley of Fallen monument ► Remains removed from Basilica, taken by helicopter to…
Franco removal from Valley of Fallen set for Thursday
► Gov’t gives 48-hr notice to Franco family, removal to commence Thurs a.m. ► News reports say helicopter to transfer remains to…
Ex-Falange Prior denies consent for Franco exhumation
► Benedictine stood twice in elections as candidate for far-right ‘Falange’ party ► Valley of Fallen prior withholds consent, superiors insist he’ll…
Court ruling quashes last obstacles to Franco removal
► Supreme Court overrides specious injunction, Benedictine prior’s objections ► ‘Really about moving a slab, extracting the remains and replacing flooring …’…
Supreme Court green-lights removal of Franco remains
► Unanimous decision rejects Franco family’s lawsuit against Sánchez gov’t ► Franco heirs to appeal, but former dictator’s disinterment seems inevitable Spain’s…
Supreme Court eyes 24th September for Franco ruling
► Supreme Court chooses day after deadline for formation of new government ► Justices said to want to lessen political impact of…
Gov’t alleges fraud in 1941 ‘purchase’ of Franco estate
► Sánchez gov’t says Franco concocted 1941 purchase to mask coerced sale ► Lawsuit questions Franco family ownership of Pazo de Meirás…
Diplomatic tension over Vatican envoy’s Franco remarks
► Outgoing envoy took parting shot at Sánchez gov’t over Franco reburial plans ► Spain to file formal protest, review tax status…
Supreme Court puts gov’t reburial of Franco on hold
► Court suspends gov’t removal of Franco remains pending review of appeal ► Sánchez gov’t wants to move former dictator’s remains from…
Vox fields pro-Franco retired military on candidates lists
As if to remove any doubts about just how “far right” Spain’s new ultra-conservative Vox party is, the party has announced among…
Gov’t sets surprise date, location for Franco re-burial
The family of Spain’s late-dictator Francisco Franco was apparently caught off guard Friday when the government of President Pedro Sánchez announced a…
Gov’t orders removal of Franco remains from monument
The government of President Pedro Sánchez on Friday announced the imminent removal of the remains of former dictator Francisco Franco from the…
Femen activists interrupt Falange event honoring Franco
Three Spanish activists from the international feminist direct-action group Femen bared their breasts in Madrid on Sunday to reveal anti-fascist slogans painted…
Gov’t maneuvers to block Franco burial at La Almudena
The new Socialist government of President Pedro Sánchez appears ready this week or next to introduce amendments to legislation already pending in…
Whither Franco? Artist’s protest enters the discussion
A Spanish artist from Galicia on Wednesday painted a red dove of peace and the words Por la Libertad! (For Liberty) on…
Gov’t intends to ban groups that glorify Franco regime
The government of President Pedro Sánchez has officially confirmed it is working on reforms to the country’s 2007 Law of Historical Memory…
Franco’s remains on the table in upcoming Vatican talks
The future resting place of dictator Francisco Franco will be at the center of talks later this month at the Vatican between…
Congress votes to remove Franco from Valley of Fallen
In an historic vote in Congress on Thursday, congressional Deputies voted 174-2 with 164 abstentions to remove the remains of former Spanish…
Sánchez gov’t aims to dismantle remnants of Franco era
Spanish Justice Minister Dolores Delgado on Wednesday announced an ambitious series of initiatives to be undertaken by the new administration of President…
Gov’t seeks to annul PP’s grant of nobility to Franco heir
Spain’s new Justice Minister, Dolores Delgado, said Wednesday that the Socialist government of President Pedro Sánchez is studying how it can annul…
Gov’t to remove Franco remains from ‘Valley of Fallen’
Spanish President Pedro Sánchez vowed Tuesday that his government will oversee the transfer of the remains of former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco…
PSOE takes fight against Franco foundation to Senate
The Socialist party has called on the executive committee of Spain’s Senate to investigate whether or not the Fundación Nacional Francisco Franco,…
End in sight for Franco-era street signs saga in Madrid
The on-again, off-again saga of the Madrid municipal government’s effort to change the Franco era names of 52 streets in the Spanish…
Compromís sues local councils over Franco-era names
► Party files suits over towns’ refusals to remove Franco-era names, symbols ► Valencia’s regional Compromís party is going to the courts…
Franco-era symbol goes down with a fight in Alicante
► ‘Cruz de los Caidos’ removed by PSOE-led local council in Callosa de Segura ► An ongoing dispute over a divisive symbol…
PP-led Galicia assembly admits Franco regime ‘fascist’
► Spaniards sent to Nazi camps honoured on Holocaust Remembrance Day ► In what is seen as an unprecedented move by legislators…
Congress committee proposes seizure of Franco estate
• Franco foundation said to use Pazo de Meirás to glorify ex-dictator’s legacy • Activists say local population forced to pay for…
Leftwing, regional parties split on Franco-era measures
• Catalans, Basques fail to join PSOE, Podemos to halt ‘Valley of Fallen’ funding • PSOE balks at supporting Podemos-backed challenge to…
Franco-era torture victims’ lawsuits target ‘Billy the Kid’
• Ex-police inspector charged with rights abuses in final years of Franco regime • After failed extradition try, lawsuits test Spain’s statute-of-limitations…