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 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 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 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 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 francos-exhumation-suspended-by-spains-supreme-court Spain will finally exhume the remains of late dictator Francisco Franco from his current resting place at a vast mausoleum built using forced labour and moved to a cemetery alongside his wife. https://www.thelocal.es/20190315/franco-to-be-exhumed-on-june-15th-despite-family-opposition Fri, 15 Mar 2019 14:53:41 +0100 franco-to-be-exhumed-on-june-15th-despite-family-opposition The Spanish government will give Francisco Franco's family two weeks to decide on a place to rebury the late dictator when his remains are exhumed from a vast mausoleum. https://www.thelocal.es/20190212/spanish-govt-to-give-franco-family-two-weeks-to-choose-reburial-spot-and-it-cant-be-almudena Tue, 12 Feb 2019 12:44:35 +0100 spanish-govt-to-give-franco-family-two-weeks-to-choose-reburial-spot-and-it-cant-be-almudena The prior of the mausoleum where Spain's late fascist dictator Francisco Franco is buried has rejected any exhumation of his remains, the government said Thursday, in the latest stumbling block to a divisive project. https://www.thelocal.es/20190103/prior-at-valley-of-the-fallen-mausoleum-vetoes-franco-exhumation Thu, 03 Jan 2019 13:38:58 +0100 prior-at-valley-of-the-fallen-mausoleum-vetoes-franco-exhumation The Vatican said Tuesday it agreed with Spain's efforts to find an alternative to the Madrid cathedral as a place to rebury late dictator Francisco Franco, once he is exhumed from his vast mausoleum. https://www.thelocal.es/20181031/vatican-backs-spains-search-for-reburial-spot-for-franco Wed, 31 Oct 2018 10:29:38 +0100 vatican-backs-spains-search-for-reburial-spot-for-franco A decree authorising the exhumation of late dictator Francisco Franco from his tomb in the Valley of the Fallen monument near Madrid was approved in Spain´s congress on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20180913/spanish-parliament-approves-exhumation-of-general-franco Thu, 13 Sep 2018 19:16:52 +0200 spanish-parliament-approves-exhumation-of-general-franco Spain's Socialist government passed a decree on Friday allowing the exhumation of the remains of Francisco Franco from his vast mausoleum, a decision that divides Spaniards and has opened old wounds. https://www.thelocal.es/20180824/spain-is-about-to-pass-a-decree-to-dig-up-franco Fri, 24 Aug 2018 15:30:10 +0200 spain-is-about-to-pass-a-decree-to-dig-up-franco "Since they are going to remove Franco, I wanted to see it. It's morbid curiosity," says Antonio Nevado, one of thousands of Spaniards who have rushed to visit the late dictator's tomb before his remains are moved. https://www.thelocal.es/20180819/rush-to-visit-francos-tomb-before-his-remains-are-moved Sun, 19 Aug 2018 11:33:57 +0200 rush-to-visit-francos-tomb-before-his-remains-are-moved More than 40 years after the death of the dictator why is Spain still divided about what to do with Franco's remains? https://www.thelocal.es/20180802/digging-up-franco-why-spain-still-cant-decide-what-to-do-with-the-dictators-body Thu, 02 Aug 2018 13:00:35 +0200 digging-up-franco-why-spain-still-cant-decide-what-to-do-with-the-dictators-body At least 1,000 people gathered at the grandiose tomb of the late Spanish dictator Francisco Franco on Sunday to protest against Madrid's plans to move his body, an AFP photographer said. https://www.thelocal.es/20180716/at-francos-tomb-protesters-rally-against-moving-his-body Mon, 16 Jul 2018 10:54:47 +0200 at-francos-tomb-protesters-rally-against-moving-his-body Spain's new Socialist government is determined to remove the remains of Francisco Franco from a vast mausoleum near Madrid and turn it into a place of "reconciliation" for a country still coming to terms with the dictator's legacy. https://www.thelocal.es/20180619/spains-new-government-poised-to-exhume-franco Tue, 19 Jun 2018 11:44:24 +0200 spains-new-government-poised-to-exhume-franco A Spanish court has for the first time authorised the exhumation of bodies from the Valley of the Fallen, a vast mausoleum where dictator Francisco Franco is buried along with thousands of victims of Spain's civil war, according to a ruling published Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160510/civi-war-victims-to-be-exhumed-from-francos-tomb Tue, 10 May 2016 10:52:26 +0200 civi-war-victims-to-be-exhumed-from-francos-tomb Activists with the radical protest group Femen have protested against what they see as the glorification of Spain's fascist past by painting graffiti on a gigantic cross at site of a Spanish Civil War massacre. https://www.thelocal.es/20141120/femen-tells-spaniards-to-end-franco-remembrance Thu, 20 Nov 2014 13:05:00 +0100 femen-tells-spaniards-to-end-franco-remembrance A UN expert on Monday urged Spain to break a decades-long taboo by investigating atrocities allegedly committed in its 1936-39 civil war and the Franco dictatorship that followed. https://www.thelocal.es/20140204/un-expert-urges-spain-to-break-civil-war-taboo Tue, 04 Feb 2014 10:42:14 +0100 un-expert-urges-spain-to-break-civil-war-taboo