Opposition parties demand Franco remains be moved
• Non-binding resolution calls for removal of Franco, Primo de Rivera remains • Opposition want ‘Valley of Fallen’ converted to site of…
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City of Madrid to remove 52 Franco-era street names
• Ahora Madrid, PSOE, Ciudadanos vote to remove signs glorifying Franco-era • After tense debate, Partido Popular’s Madrid city councilors abstain from…
Fascism dies slowly, as Franco-era minister buried
• Ex-Minister Utrera Molina was wanted for questioning on human rights charges • Mourners give Spanish fascist salute, sing banned Falangista ‘Cara…
Madrid panel lists Franco-era street names to be axed
• Special commission proposes change to 47 pro-Franco street and plaza names • New signs to honor 10 Women, 23 men, victims…
Congress urged to apologise over Franco-era abuses
• Historical Memory activists seek official censure of 1936 military uprising • ARMH calls for apology, national day commemorating Franco-era victims Spain’s…
Ex-Franco Minister rails at ‘Historical Memory’ law
• Utrera Molina, under investigation on rights charges, lashes out at legislation • Former minister signed 1974 garroting death warrants for anti-Franco…
#VIDEO: Art centre replaces Franco women’s prison
• Galerias exhibition at Segovia’s La Carcel art centre through 16th October • Contemporary art space focuses on women, repression and resistance…
Nearly 200 Franco-era victims found in mass graves
• Remains of 185 men and women killed by Franco-era forces found in Valladolid • Forensic team says additional mass graves may…
Judge upholds Carmena approach to Franco-era past
• Judge says Carmena gov’t can’t be accused of ‘inactivity’ on Historic Memory • Formation of commission, deliberative approach conforms to law,…
Franco victims denied justice, says Baltasar Garzón
• Ex-judge, human-rights lawyer says Spain’s courts hostile to Franco victims • Garzón says Supreme Court part of efforts to silence dictatorship’s…
Madrid panel wants Franco-era honors rescinded
• Commission targets 8 individuals, 5 groups associated with Franco regime • Falange, JONS and military to lose ‘Medal of Honour’, ‘Favourite…
Basques say Spain hinders Franco-era rights inquiry
• Legislators fault ‘delaying and obstructionist’ tactics over Franco-era abuses • Resolution says Rajoy gov’t blocking Argentine judge’s ongoing rights probe Legislators…
Catalans move to rescind Franco-era court martials
• Legislation introduced to anul verdicts against regime’s political opponents • 100,000 court martials, more than 4,400 executions in Catalonia under Franco…
Court orders Franco ‘Valley of Fallen’ exhumations
• Remains of two union members executed in 1936 must be returned to families • First ruling on Franco victims buried alongside…
Historic Memory activists want full public access to Spain’s Falangist and Franco-era military archives
• Researchers file requests with 30 gov’t agencies and foreign embassies • Prominent Historic Memory activist attorney Eduardo Ranz and journalist José…
Women’s rights group files suit in Argentina over systematic Franco-era gender violence, rights abuse
• Complaint says ‘liberated’ and Republican women targeted under Franco • An international women’s rights organization based in Spain filed a complaint…
EU Parliament commission to hear complaint against Spain over Franco-era rights allegations
• Complaint alleges Spain violates treaties by ignoring extradition requests • A European Parliament commission has agreed to hear a complaint that…
Madrid plan to drop Franquista street names stalls, lawsuit threat against towns with Franco-era names
• Towns with names honoring Franco & Nationalist generals come under fire • The ill-timed release of a short-list of Madrid streets…
Madrid to drop Franco-era names of streets and plazas, honoring victims of terrorism, rights abuses
• Conservative PP only party against move to turn page on Franco era • The Madrid municipal council has voted to approve…
British historian John Elliott evaluates Spain’s progress on 40th anniversary of Franco’s death
• Oxford Emeritus Professor lauds Spain’s post-Franco democratic Transition • Authority on Cataluña sees various ‘nations’ within Spanish State as viable British…
Protesters call for end to impunity over killings, rights abuses under Franco dictatorship
• Marchers include children, grandchildren of Franco-era victims • Families still seek remains of executed relatives buried in unmarked graves More than…
40 years after Franco’s death, activist wants dictator’s body removed from ‘Valley of the Fallen’
• Activist attorney, former judge Baltasar Garzón wants Franco disinterred • Calls for end to silence over Franco-era disappearances, human rights abuses…
Relatives urge victims’ removal from Valley of Fallen
The families of eight victims of the Franco regime who believe their family members’ remains are buried in the Valle de los…
Trial over Spanish Jesuits’ murder in El Salvador begins
Spain’s highest criminal court opened proceedings Monday against a former high-ranking Salvadoran military officer accused of masterminding the murder in El Salvador…
Valencia’s ‘Fallas’ suspended over coronavirus fears
Valencia’s regional government has announced the postponement until further notice of the massive annual Fallas celebrations in the city of Valencia, as…
Moderates chosen to lead Spain’s Catholic bishops
Two Catholic archbishops considered to be moderates aligned with the policies of Pope Francis have been elected by fellow bishops to preside…
United Left (IU) ejects Feminist Party over trans dispute
Spain’s Izquierda Unida party, the junior political partner of the left-wing, anti-austerity Unidas Podemos coalition, has voted to expel from its ranks…
Ministry moves to quell VOX support within military
The Ministry of Defence has sacked the commander of a military base in Logroño in La Rioja province after the base hosted…
Socialists advance new Historical Memory legislation
The Socialist party (PSOE) took the first step on Friday of registering the text of a new “Law of Historical and Democratic…
Calvo tells Vatican envoy church owes property taxes
Spain’s 1st Vice-President Carmen Calvo met with the Vatican’s new envoy to Spain Wednesday, telling him that the coalition government led by…
Robles unceremoniously sacks military chief of staff
Just one day after the first Consejo de Ministros cabinet meeting of the new coalition government of President Pedro Sánchez, Defense Minister…