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Reyes de Las Pistolas: A brief history of Spanish anarchism through the life of Buenaventura Durruti

JULY 1936. It’s the Summer of Anarchy in Barcelona, and the air smells of revolution. In a matter of days, the state system had collapsed and the economy had been almost entirely

15 Apr, 2024 @ 16:40

Barcelona·Lead·Madrid

The oldest woman in Spain – and the world – celebrates her 117th birthday today

THE world’s oldest living person, Maria Branyas, has turned 117 years old. Maria, who was born on March 4, 1907, is celebrating her record-breaking birthday this Monday with family and friends in

4 Mar, 2024 @ 16:40

Catalunya·Health·Lead·Other News

212 international fighters resisting Franco's forces in Spain's Civil War found in mass graves in Catalunya

Catalunya mass graves discovered of foreign fighters who resisted Franco’s forces in Spain’s Civil War

212 international fighters from Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands who disappeared in Catalunya during the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939 have been identified in mass graves. Two studies by the

31 Jul, 2023 @ 14:12

Catalunya·Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·National News

Judge pauses exhumations of Franco victims from controversial mausoleum in Spain

Nazi salutes and fascist chants: Clashes and arrests break out during exhumation of Falange founder in Spain’s Madrid

CLASHES broke out between police and far-right supporters over the controversial exhumation of Falange founder José Antonio Primo de Rivera. The remains of the father of fascism in Spain were removed from

24 Apr, 2023 @ 17:15

Lead·Madrid·National News

Bomb squad deactivates Spanish Civil War hand grenade in Malaga river

BOMB disposal experts have detonated a mortar grenade from the Spanish Civil War that was found at the mouth of the Guadalmedina river in Malaga city. The artefact was found yesterday afternoon,

1 Mar, 2023 @ 09:00

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Exhumations of Republican soldiers to restart at Spain’s Civil War ‘monument’ after legal appeals from right-wing groups flounder

A TEAM of forensic scientists that has been recruited by the Spanish central government will on Monday restart work to recover the bodies of 110 victims of the Civil War at the

4 Dec, 2022 @ 13:30

Lead·Madrid·National News

Top movie director developing film depicting horror of Spain's Civil War

Top movie director developing film depicting horrific acts during Spain’s Civil War

A leading film director is developing a movie which will depict some of the atrocities committed during the Spanish Civil War in the 1930’s. J.A. Bayona, who directed ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’

7 Nov, 2022 @ 11:59

La Cultura·Lead

Spanish government sets its sights on Franco-era figures buried in Toledo for next exhumations

SOURCES from the Spanish government have confirmed to reporters that they are already studying the next exhumations of Franco-era military figures, after three coffins were removed from La Macarena basilica in Seville

5 Nov, 2022 @ 12:45

Lead·National News

Mps In Spain Back New Law To Enshrine Memory Of People Killed By Brutal General Franco Regime

Spain’s government to strip Franco and nine other figures from the regime of medals

THE SPANISH government announced on Thursday that it is to strip former dictator Francisco Franco of the Medal of Merit in Labour, an award that was granted to people who had excelled

27 Oct, 2022 @ 16:30

Lead·National News

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 who is interested in the conflict, which ran

16 Oct, 2022 @ 13:30

Lead·National News

Explainer: What will be the effects of Spain’s new Democratic Memory Law?

EARLIER this month, the Socialist Party-led central government approved a new piece of legislation: the Democratic Memory Law. The legislation passed with 128 votes in favour, 113 votes against and 18 abstentions

12 Oct, 2022 @ 12:45

Lead·National News

Paintings stolen during Spanish civil war by Franco forces returned to family

Two paintings stolen from an aristocrat by forces of the Spanish dictator Franco have been returned to the family 85 years later. Its return could see the recovery of other assets and

23 Sep, 2022 @ 16:00

Lead·Madrid·National News

Oliver Law: The forgotten story of how a Black American soldier became the first to lead an integrated battalion during the Spanish Civil War

THE Battle of Jarama in February 1936 during the Spanish Civil War served as a brutal reality check for the anti-fascist volunteer army known as the International Brigades, writes Shannon Chaffers. Most

19 Aug, 2022 @ 18:30

Lead

Following the legacy of Spain’s most famous poet and playwright, Federico Garcia Lorca

On the 86th anniversary of his death on August 18, we republish Dimitris Kouimtsidis account of exploring the fleeting life of Spain’s most famous poet, snuffed out for being gay, socialist and

18 Aug, 2022 @ 12:00

La Cultura·Lead·Olive Press Travel

MPs in Spain back new law to enshrine memory of people killed by General Franco regime

SPANISH MPs have approved a new law that will enshrine the memory of victims of dictator General Franco. The bill was backed by 173 lawmakers in Congress on Thursday after a long

15 Jul, 2022 @ 12:44

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Search for Spanish Civil War victim unearths Visigothic remains

THE search for the remains of a teenage woman executed by Franco’s fascist forces for her temerity in embroidering a Republican flag has found a body. But it is not that of

30 Jun, 2022 @ 18:00

Lead·National News

Ukraine’s Zelensky thanks Spain’s parliament for support but attacks companies still trading with Russia

UKRAINIAN president Volodymr Zelensky addressed Spain’s parliamentarians on Tuesday in a special 30-minute session of Congress in Madrid. He appeared via video-link at the unanimous invitation of all political parties. Senators and

5 Apr, 2022 @ 19:15

Lead·Madrid·National News·Politics·Ukraine

Kiev Recruits Of Ukrainian Army 'azov' Battalion During Military Oath Ceremony In Kiev Before Dispatch To Eastern Regions

OPINION: Why Ukraine’s foreign fighters have little in common with those who signed up to fight in the Spanish Civil War

According to some reports, thousands of people from around the world are signing up to fight on behalf of Ukraine. But comparisons to the Spanish Civil War’s International Brigades are misguided. By

18 Mar, 2022 @ 18:45

Lead·National News·Ukraine

Costa Blanca city in Spain gets month-long deadline to remove big Francoist memorial

Large Francoist symbol to be removed from Costa Blanca city square in Spain despite right-wing opposition

A major Francoist symbol in Elche is to be removed and replaced by an open-air museum of memory to victims of the Spanish Civil War. The Cross of the Fallen was constructed

18 Mar, 2022 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

Bomb squad called in after ‘explosive device’ found on a beach in Spain’s Marbella Tedax

Unexploded bomb from Spanish Civil War located during building works in Mallorca

AN artillery shell dropped by planes during Spain’s Civil War has been uncovered during building works on a ‘refugio’ at Llevant Natural Park in Spain’s Mallorca. The Guardia Civil specialist bomb disposal

10 Feb, 2022 @ 09:15

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Sniffer Dogs Search For Spanish Civil War Explosives Buried In Deserted Alicante Area Factory

Sniffer dogs find Spanish Civil War bombs buried on old factory site in Alicante area

POLICIA Nacional sniffer dogs went to an old Alcoy factory after a bomb dating back to the Spanish Civil War was unearthed during renovation work. Workers on the 8,000 square-metre foundry site

26 Jan, 2022 @ 17:15

Alicante·Lead·Valencian Community

Los Tedax Acordonaron Un Radio De 1 000 Metros Para Detonar Sin Riegos Bomba De Aviacion De La Guerra Civil Hallada En Maella

Police detonate bomb dating from Spanish Civil War after neighbour remembers seeing it drop and fail to go off more than 80 years ago

POLICE in Spain revealed how they discovered an unexploded bomb more than 80 years after it was dropped by fascist bombers during the Spanish Civil War thanks to a recollection by an

16 Jan, 2022 @ 18:47

Lead·National News

Unexploded bomb from Spanish Civil War discovered by hikers in Costa Blanca park

BOMB DISPOSAL personnel were called in to deal with an unexploded bomb found by two hikers in Costa Blanca. The terrifying find was found in the Sierra de Mariola Natural Park on

8 Nov, 2021 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Poster for Barcelona’s People’s Olympiad (Source: Flickr

Barcelona’s People’s Olympiad: The story of the 1936 Protest Olympics that were derailed by the Spanish Civil War

BY Shannon Chaffers THE Tokyo Olympic Games will soon come to a close despite an initial rocky start under a shroud of controversy with Japan facing a surging coronavirus threat that forced

6 Aug, 2021 @ 17:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·La Cultura·Lead·Must Read·Politics·Sport

Digging for Franco’s victims: British team from Cranfield University join search for Spain’s Civil War dead

A TEAM of British archaeologists have started to exhume and identify victims executed by the Franco regime after the Spanish Civil War. Several bodies with gunshot wounds to the head, personal effects

25 May, 2021 @ 15:45

Lead·National News

Heartless fraudster cons elderly Benidorm lady of over €40,000 in bogus search for remains of parents killed in the Spanish Civil War

A conman swindled €43,600 from a 91-year-old Benidorm woman in a bogus search to find the remains of her parents who died in the Spanish Civil War. The 54-year-old fraudster overheard the

19 May, 2021 @ 13:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead