Spanish PM Sanchez shocks country again putting his continuity on the line
Madrid, Spain Reuters Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is no stranger to high octane political battles and has successfully fought for his career in public life several times. On Wednesday evening, Sanchez said he would suspend public duties until next week to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro […]
Spain to begin exhumation of 128 Civil War victims from burial complex – media
Madrid, SpainReuters Forensic scientists will on Monday begin the exhumation of 128 victims of the Spanish Civil War from a vast burial complex near Madrid, El Pais newspaper reported. It will be the first exhumation of its kind involving people whose bodies were moved from elsewhere after the 1936-1939 war and reburied without their families’ […]
Spain scraps 33 titles handed out by dictator Franco to family and aides
Madrid, SpainReuters Spain abolished 33 aristocratic titles handed out by dictator Francisco Franco and his successor to loyal lieutenants and family on Friday as a new “Democratic Memory” law took effect. The measure affects two of Franco’s grandchildren, as well as the descendants of several of his top generals, ministers and other high-ranking officials. A […]
Families of victims of Franco regime welcome new Spanish law
Madrid, SpainReuters Flor Baena has spent decades trying to clear the name of her brother Jose Humberto, who was one of the last five people executed under General Francisco Franco’s fascist regime just two months before the dictator’s death in 1975. But on Thursday, the leftist government’s Democratic Memory law tackling the legacy of the […]