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Spain grants citizenship to 170 descendants of International Brigade volunteers who fought Franco

THE Spanish government has announced that up to 170 descendants of volunteers in the International Brigade will receive citizenship in recognition of their ancestors’ fight

5 Nov, 2025 @ 17:28

International Affairs·Lead·National News

Violence erupts over Louis Vuitton fashion show in Spain: Protesters clash with police after iconic Barcelona park is forced to close

VIOLENCE broke out between protestors and police outside one of Barcelona’s most iconic tourist attractions on Thursday as locals rallied against the disruption caused by

24 May, 2024 @ 12:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Environment·La Cultura·Lead

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Fake news: How a lost suitcase changed photojournalism

Although the terms are contemporary, the role of journalism in ‘manufacturing opinion’ has been a human activity as far back as reliable evidence suggests, writes

25 Jun, 2017 @ 14:20

Jack Gaioni: Jack's Corner·La Cultura·Travel News

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Covering up corruption

The similarity between Orwell’s oppressive regime and the new data protection law is scary, to say the least

7 Feb, 2015 @ 12:07

Opinion

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George Orwell’s Gibraltar musings

The author of 1984 was impressed by the Rock during his time there

7 Feb, 2014 @ 10:30

Gibraltar·La Cultura

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Leading Hispanist criticises new book on Spanish Civil War

Paul Preston described David Haycock's book as 'totally wrong'

18 Nov, 2012 @ 08:49

La Cultura·National News·Other News

With the Reds in Andalucia

Vivid account of Irishman Joe Monks’ time serving with the International Brigades during Spanish Civil War has been translated into Spanish

12 May, 2012 @ 12:39

La Cultura·Other News

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They came to Spain to fight for freedom

But new evidence shows that those Britons and Irish who came to fight Fascism in Spain - 75 years ago this month - were spied

27 Jul, 2011 @ 14:58

Other News

Spanish noise

Many a writer on Spain has commented on what a noisy country it is. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Spain is the second

1 May, 2011 @ 08:47

Paul Whitelock's View From The Mountains

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