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 first woman recognised by Spanish courts as one of the "stolen babies" of the Franco dictatorship has found her biological family. https://www.thelocal.es/20190712/spains-first-stolen-baby-finds-her-birth-mother-but-theres-a-twist Fri, 12 Jul 2019 11:38:45 +0200 spains-first-stolen-baby-finds-her-birth-mother-but-theres-a-twist Spanish lawmakers voted unanimously Tuesday in favour of examining an "historic" bill to probe the "stolen babies" scandal that saw scores of newborns snatched from their parents during and after Francisco Franco's dictatorship. https://www.thelocal.es/20181121/spain-takes-first-step-towards-historic-stolen-babies-law Wed, 21 Nov 2018 11:12:52 +0100 spain-takes-first-step-towards-historic-stolen-babies-law A Spanish court has found an 85-year-old former doctor guilty of taking a newborn away from her mother under the Franco dictatorship but refrained from convicting him, in the first trial of the so-called "stolen babies" scandal. https://www.thelocal.es/20181008/doctor-found-guilty-but-not-convicted-in-spain-stolen-baby-case Mon, 08 Oct 2018 14:33:42 +0200 doctor-found-guilty-but-not-convicted-in-spain-stolen-baby-case The verdict in Spain's first trial linked to thousands of suspected cases of babies stolen from their mothers during and after Francisco Franco's dictatorship is due on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20181006/verdict-in-spains-first-stolen-babies-trial-due-monday Sat, 06 Oct 2018 07:28:09 +0200 verdict-in-spains-first-stolen-babies-trial-due-monday Spain's first trial linked to thousands of suspected cases of babies stolen from their mothers during the Franco resumed in a Madrid court on Tuesday, decades after the scandal broke. https://www.thelocal.es/20180904/trial-over-spains-stolen-babies-set-to-resume Tue, 04 Sep 2018 11:40:46 +0200 trial-over-spains-stolen-babies-set-to-resume It is June 6 1969 and Spain is living through the final years of Franco’s dictatorship. At a clinic in Madrid, a woman gives birth to a baby girl she will never see again. Little is known about what happened to that mother – but almost 50 years later, her daughter Inés Madrigal has just given evidence in a shocking trial. https://www.thelocal.es/20180717/the-stolen-babies-trial-in-spain-finally-shines-a-light-on-a-scandal-that-cannot-be-forgotten Tue, 17 Jul 2018 14:25:28 +0200 the-stolen-babies-trial-in-spain-finally-shines-a-light-on-a-scandal-that-cannot-be-forgotten Spain's first trial over thousands of suspected cases of babies stolen from their mothers during the Franco era was adjourned Wednesday after the accused, an elderly doctor, was admitted to hospital, the court and his lawyer said. https://www.thelocal.es/20180627/spains-stolen-babies-trial-adjourned-with-accused-in-hospital Wed, 27 Jun 2018 15:07:02 +0200 spains-stolen-babies-trial-adjourned-with-accused-in-hospital Jose Maria Garcia Gonzalez was 35 and getting official documents for his wedding when he found out he was adopted. https://www.thelocal.es/20180627/pain-shock-and-anger-two-of-spains-stolen-babies-speak-out Wed, 27 Jun 2018 12:10:42 +0200 pain-shock-and-anger-two-of-spains-stolen-babies-speak-out An 85-year-old Spanish doctor will appear in a Madrid court on Tuesday, the first person to go on trial over thousands of suspected cases of babies stolen from their mothers during the Franco era. https://www.thelocal.es/20180626/spains-first-franco-era-stolen-babies-trial-begins Tue, 26 Jun 2018 12:13:26 +0200 spains-first-franco-era-stolen-babies-trial-begins A former doctor will stand trial in Madrid for allegedly stealing a newborn from her mother and giving her to another woman, a practice thought to have affected thousands of families during Spain's dictatorship. https://www.thelocal.es/20170222/tens-of-thousands-of-babies-were-stolen-during-franco-era-in-spain-and-now Wed, 22 Feb 2017 10:07:14 +0100 tens-of-thousands-of-babies-were-stolen-during-franco-era-in-spain-and-now Up to 30,000 babies were stolen and adopted by families sympathetic to the Franco regime, both in Spain and abroad. https://www.thelocal.es/20151120/40-years-after-francos-death-spanish-families-look-for-stolen-babies Fri, 20 Nov 2015 16:37:13 +0100 40-years-after-francos-death-spanish-families-look-for-stolen-babies More than four decades after her newborn was snatched away, Marie-Jose E. has found her son after DNA tests proved they are related, a rare happy ending in Spain's "stolen babies" scandal dating back to the Franco era. https://www.thelocal.es/20130616/mother-finds-spain-stolen-baby-44-years-on Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:29:00 +0200 mother-finds-spain-stolen-baby-44-years-on