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Virtual Spanish Civil War museum launched online in bid to plug a gap in collective memory
WITH little fanfare, the Virtual Museum of the Spanish Civil War was launched online in September. The free website is aimed at educating anyone...
Legal row brews over Franco’s flowery bathroom sink at dictator’s summer palace
A FLOWERY basin where General Francisco Franco carried out his daily ablutions when at his summer palace in Galicia is at the centre of...
OPINION: Franco’s last day in the spotlight let Spain breathe clearly again
Finally a mass murderer has been moved away from the 30,000 he killed.
Franco sympathisers gather at Valley of the Fallen amid tight security as Spain’s former dictator Francisco Franco is exhumed
The exhumation has been fiercely criticised by Franco sympathisers and far-right party Vox.
Monks say Spain’s government can’t exhume dictator Franco’s body because he is buried in ‘sacred place’
The Abbey of the Valley of the Fallen sits on ground under which Franco is buried.
Spain’s Supreme Court gives go ahead for reburial of former dictator Francisco Franco
Pedro Sanchez’s socialist government had pledged to move the ex-tyrant‘s body from underneath the monument.
Spain’s Government SEIZES former dictator General Franco’s €5 million summer palace over its ‘fraudulent’ sale
It comes as Pedro Sanchez’s PSOE administration has pushed on with a plan to exhume the remains of the Fascist dictator
ELECTION SHOCKER: Spain’s far-right party Vox win first ever seats in Andalucia as PSOE decimated
It is the first time a far-right Spanish political party has gained seats in a regional election since 1975, when General Franco's death brought the return of democracy
Fascist vandals paint Nazi swastikas on cultural centre in northern Spain
"We will continue to be profoundly antifascist and committed to the rights and freedoms"
WATCH: Topless female protestors in Madrid kicked and punched by Franco supporters
Bare-breasted Femen activists, who had the slogan 'Legal Fascism, National Shame' painted across their chests, stormed Franco remembrance rally
Police foil Franco supporter’s plot to assassinate Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez
The 63-year-old painted himself as a martyr, writing in the WhatsApp group, 'I am willing to sacrifice myself for Spain'
WATCH: Man defaces General Franco’s tomb in Madrid with red paint and is dragged away by security guards
The protest was sparked by growing tension surrounding the planned exhumation of the remains of General Franco from the Valley of the Fallen
Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sanchez promises to exhume the remains of General Franco
The controversial site has faced huge criticism for being the only remaining monument dedicated to a fascist leader in Europe
Spanish parliament votes to exhume Franco’s remains
Opposition parties on the left and centre backed a motion 198 votes to one to remove the fascist dictator out of state-funded mausoleum Valle de los Caidos
Franco’s body set to be removed from Valle de Los Caidos tomb after vote tomorrow
The majority of deputies voting in Spain's Congress tomorow are in favour of the Socialist PSOE motion to exhume the dictator’s body from the controversial site near Madrid
International Women’s Day: Women’s rights in Spain
Up to 40 million women are expected to protest around the world and in Spain
European election polls show two-party dominance set to stumble
After four decades of power, the PP and PSOE could have to change course
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