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Warning: Town on Spain’s Costa del Sol will cut off water and issue fines of up to €600,000 to people who disobey drought measures

Thousands of residents face losing swimming pools and car park spaces on Spain’s Costa del Sol amid legal battle over land

RESIDENTS of four apartment complexes on Spain’s Costa del Sol face losing their swimming pools, gardens and car parks as part of an ongoing legal

2 Aug, 2024 @ 12:42

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Spain’s Culture Ministry starts process to outlaw foundation honouring former dictator Francisco Franco

NEARLY 50 years after the death of Spain’s former dictator Francisco Franco, the Spanish government has just announced that it will start the process to

20 Jun, 2024 @ 16:29

Lead·Politics

Refugee Children Escape From Malaga, During The Spanish Civil War

Spain’s central government considers legal action against speaker of Balearic parliament from far-right Vox party, after he tears up picture of Civil War victim during parliamentary session

THE central Spanish government of Socialist Party Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is considering taking legal action against Vox politician Gabriel Le Senne, who is currently

20 Jun, 2024 @ 09:00

Balearic Islands·Politics

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez makes surprise visit to exhumation site at infamous Civil War monument in Madrid

SPAIN’S Socialist Party Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez made a surprise visit today to the Valley of Cuelgamuros monument, where he saw first hand exhumation work

4 Apr, 2024 @ 13:53

Lead·Madrid·Politics

Spain’s Pedro Sanchez announces VAT hike on electricity bills: Tax will rise to 10% and could more than double next year

‘Stage a coup’: Group of former military leaders in Spain calls for army to rise up and remove Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez from power

A GROUP of 51 retired Franco-era military leaders has written and signed a manifesto in which they call on the army to rise up and

17 Nov, 2023 @ 14:40

Lead·Must Read·Politics

Barcelona mayor Ada Colau casts her vote

Spaniards brave the rain to vote in 2023 regional and local elections

MILLIONS OF SPANIARDS braved rain showers to keep their date with the polling booths on Sunday, as elections were held in 12 of the country’s

28 May, 2023 @ 17:54

Lead·Politics

Judge pauses exhumations of Franco victims from controversial mausoleum in Spain

Falangists give fascist salutes as they pay homage to Primo de Rivera in Madrid

WITH THEIR arms raised in fascist salutes, around 200 people paid homage on Saturday to the founder of Spain’s Falange party, Jose Antonio Primo de

30 Apr, 2023 @ 14:30

Lead·Madrid·National News·Politics

Despite exhumation from war monument, Franco and his new resting place are still costing the Spanish state €10,000 a year

IN OCTOBER 2019, the Spanish government finally moved the body of former dictator Francisco Franco from the Valley of the Fallen monument, transferring the remains

28 Apr, 2023 @ 17:15

Lead·Madrid·National News

Founder of Spain’s fascist Falange party, Primo de Rivera, to be exhumed from monument on Monday

THE REMAINS of the founder of Spain’s fascist Falange party, Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, are to be exhumed by his family from the Valley

20 Apr, 2023 @ 17:15

Lead·National News·Politics

Spain’s government strips notorious police torturer of medals

THE SPANISH government has ordered all of the medals and other decorations received by Franco-era police officers to be revised, including those of the notorious

1 Jan, 2023 @ 14:15

Lead·National 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

4 Dec, 2022 @ 13:30

Lead·Madrid·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

27 Oct, 2022 @ 16:30

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

12 Oct, 2022 @ 12:45

Lead·National News

Founder of Spain’s fascist Falange party to be exhumed from Valley of the Fallen by family

THE family of José Antonio Primo de Rivera, the founder of Spain’s fascist Falange party, has announced that it will privately exhume the politician’s remains

12 Oct, 2022 @ 09:45

Lead·National News

Donald Trump among foreign politicians to send message of support to Spain’s far-right Vox

FORMER US president Donald Trump was among the foreign politicians to send messages of support this weekend to Vox, the far-right Spanish party that has

10 Oct, 2022 @ 16:51

Lead·National News