https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Spanish government on Tuesday approved a special fund to exhume graves at the Valley of the Fallen, where thousands of victims of the Spanish Civil War and dictator Francisco Franco are buried. https://www.thelocal.es/20210331/spain-to-exhume-bodies-of-civil-war-victims-at-valley-of-the-fallen Wed, 31 Mar 2021 11:30:13 +0200 spain-to-exhume-bodies-of-civil-war-victims-at-valley-of-the-fallen Spain's north African enclave of Melilla has removed the country's last public statue of former dictator General Francisco Franco 45 years after his death. https://www.thelocal.es/20210224/spain-removes-last-statue-of-dictator-franco Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:04:53 +0100 spain-removes-last-statue-of-dictator-franco The Spanish state on Thursday took possession of a mansion owned by the family of Francisco Franco after a court found it had been illegally bought by the late dictator decades ago. https://www.thelocal.es/20201211/spain-finally-evicts-franco-family-from-late-dictators-summer-palace Fri, 11 Dec 2020 10:51:20 +0100 spain-finally-evicts-franco-family-from-late-dictators-summer-palace During the past week, it was widely reported in both the British and Spanish press that the descendants of volunteers who fought in the International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War would be offered citizenship. https://www.thelocal.es/20200924/confusion-and-disappointment-greet-spains-plans-for-citizenship-for-international-brigades Thu, 24 Sep 2020 17:16:31 +0200 confusion-and-disappointment-greet-spains-plans-for-citizenship-for-international-brigades Spain's leftist government approved a draft bill Tuesday which will finance the exhumation of victims of the country's 1936-39 civil war and the Franco dictatorship from hundreds of mass graves. https://www.thelocal.es/20200915/spain-wants-to-ramp-up-search-for-franco-victims-in-mass-graves Tue, 15 Sep 2020 20:09:07 +0200 spain-wants-to-ramp-up-search-for-franco-victims-in-mass-graves A Spanish court has ordered Francisco Franco's family to hand over the keys to a mansion it says was illegally bought and then gifted to the late dictator decades ago. https://www.thelocal.es/20200902/finally-franco-family-ordered-to-return-dictators-mansion-to-the-people-of-spain Wed, 02 Sep 2020 18:19:32 +0200 finally-franco-family-ordered-to-return-dictators-mansion-to-the-people-of-spain Historian David Mathieson revisits the site of one of the Civil War's bloodiest battles. https://www.thelocal.es/20200212/remembering-the-battle-of-jarama-and-the-role-of-the-international-brigades-in-the-spanish-civil-war Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:23:17 +0100 remembering-the-battle-of-jarama-and-the-role-of-the-international-brigades-in-the-spanish-civil-war Jewellery items once belonging to the wife of Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco are being offered for sale at London auction house Christies. https://www.thelocal.es/20191113/franco-descendants-to-sell-off-family-jewels-at-london-auction Wed, 13 Nov 2019 13:21:44 +0100 franco-descendants-to-sell-off-family-jewels-at-london-auction Richard Torné reflects on the recent exhumation of the Spanish dictator and what it tells us about modern Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20191030/opinion-francos-gone-now-its-time-to-bury-his-ideas-too Wed, 30 Oct 2019 13:52:47 +0100 opinion-francos-gone-now-its-time-to-bury-his-ideas-too In what was an historic day for Spain, the remains of General Francisco Franco were removed from the tomb that lay beside the altar in the vast basilica and transferred to a more discreet grave in a municipal cemetery on the outskirts of Madrid. https://www.thelocal.es/20191025/what-next-for-the-valley-of-the-fallen Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:09:50 +0200 what-next-for-the-valley-of-the-fallen Spain has exhumed the embalmed body of Francisco Franco from a grandiose state mausoleum ahead of its relocation it to a more discreet grave in a country still conflicted over the dictator's decades-long regime. https://www.thelocal.es/20191024/spain-set-to-exhume-franco-and-transfer-his-remains-by-helicopter Thu, 24 Oct 2019 13:32:54 +0200 spain-set-to-exhume-franco-and-transfer-his-remains-by-helicopter Spain will remove the remains of dictator Francisco Franco from a grandiose state mausoleum northwest of Madrid on October 24th, the government announced on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20191021/october-24-spain-sets-date-for-franco-exhumation Mon, 21 Oct 2019 12:50:13 +0200 october-24-spain-sets-date-for-franco-exhumation The Spanish government does not need a building permit to remove the remains of late dictator Francisco Franco from a grandiose mausoleum near Madrid, Spain's Supreme Court said in a ruling made public Monday rejecting an appeal against the exhumation by the late dictator's descendants. https://www.thelocal.es/20191001/no-building-permit-needed-for-franco-exhumation Tue, 01 Oct 2019 11:33:04 +0200 no-building-permit-needed-for-franco-exhumation Spain's Catholic Church said Thursday it would not oppose the exhumation of the remains of late Spanish dictator Francisco Franco and their removal from a huge state mausoleum outside Madrid. https://www.thelocal.es/20190926/spains-catholic-church-says-it-will-not-oppose-franco-exhumation Thu, 26 Sep 2019 19:14:36 +0200 spains-catholic-church-says-it-will-not-oppose-franco-exhumation Spain's Supreme Court on Tuesday gave the green light for the government to remove the remains of Francisco Franco from a grandiose state mausoleum, rejecting an appeal against it by the late dictator's descendants. https://www.thelocal.es/20190924/explained-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-battle-to-exhume-franco Tue, 24 Sep 2019 14:02:50 +0200 explained-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-battle-to-exhume-franco The United Nations has apologized to Spain for having mistakenly attributed the devastating 1937 bombing of the town of Guernica to Spanish Republican forces, a spokesman said Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190917/un-apologizes-for-attributing-guernica-bombing-to-spanish-republicans Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:17:19 +0200 un-apologizes-for-attributing-guernica-bombing-to-spanish-republicans The Vatican on Thursday said the former papal envoy to Madrid's criticism of plans to move dictator general Francisco Franco's remains were his personal opinion after Spain complained of "interference". https://www.thelocal.es/20190719/vatican-insists-ex-envoys-comments-on-franco-exhumation-personal Fri, 19 Jul 2019 11:20:33 +0200 vatican-insists-ex-envoys-comments-on-franco-exhumation-personal Spain's government said Thursday it has filed a lawsuit against the descendants of Francisco Franco -- who ruled the country with an iron fist until his death in 1975 -- to demand they hand over a mansion it says was illegally bought by the late dictator. https://www.thelocal.es/20190712/spanish-government-sues-franco-family-over-mansion Fri, 12 Jul 2019 11:18:02 +0200 spanish-government-sues-franco-family-over-mansion Spain on Monday accused the Vatican of "interference" in its internal affairs after the papal envoy in Madrid criticised government plans to move dictator General Francisco Franco's remains from a vast mausoleum. https://www.thelocal.es/20190701/spain-to-proetest-over-vaticans-interference-in-franco-exhumation-plan Mon, 01 Jul 2019 16:08:00 +0200 spain-to-proetest-over-vaticans-interference-in-franco-exhumation-plan Spain's Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended the exhumation of the remains of dictator Francisco Franco while it considers an appeal from his family against the move, which divides opinion in a country still conflicted about the nationalist regime. https://www.thelocal.es/20190604/francos-exhumation-suspended-by-spains-supreme-court Tue, 04 Jun 2019 17:00:25 +0200 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