The life of Spain’s emeritus king Juan Carlos I in Abu Dhabi
One year after leaving Spain amid accusations of financial irregularities, the former monarch is hoping to return to the country, but this is unlikely to happen any time soon
Spain drafts more ambitious historical memory bill amid wave of revisionism
Right-wing parties are expected to fiercely oppose a blueprint that expands on a 2007 law, provides greater support for exhumation efforts and seeks to eliminate the Francisco Franco Foundation
Franco’s tyranny against railroad workers
A new website and documentary reveal how the dictatorship targeted its enemies in this sector, with many imprisoned, sent into exile and executed
Closed hotels and deserted streets: the unrecognizable face of Spain’s tourism industry
Many establishments in Tenerife, Ibiza and Benidorm are shut due to a lack of customers. The British decision to keep the country off its green list list has been a blow to the sector
Dagger allegedly belonging to Franco sold at auction for €35,000
According to the auctioneers, the item was given to the Spanish dictator by Mussolini’s son-in-law to congratulate him on his victory in the Civil War
The tiny treasures of Franco’s victims
A compilation of the personal belongings found among bones and bullets marks the 20th anniversary of the Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory
Spain to monitor online fake news and give a ‘political response’ to disinformation campaigns
The government will be the arbiter of what constitutes such stories with no representatives from the media or journalist associations involved in the process
Spanish government planning a new state of alarm that will last for many weeks
The Cabinet is due to meet on Sunday morning to approve the emergency measure, which counts on the backing of the majority of the regions to give them a legal framework for coronavirus restrictions
The downfall of Spain’s Juan Carlos I
The emeritus king has been immersed in scandals since 2012, when he was caught in Botswana on a safari trip to kill elephants
Spain to release funds for mass grave exhumations
Government announces €750,000 in grants, nine years after conservatives slashed the budget for historical memory projects
Spain’s economy shrank 34% in the first two weeks of the coronavirus lockdown
The government is counting on EU funds to help with the economic recovery, but faces political disputes at home over the use of the money
Spanish government to extend state of alarm until April 26
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez made the decision after contacting opposition leaders and scientific experts
Spanish government proposes new national pact for coronavirus recovery effort
After overnight deaths reach a new peak, the executive is also considering extending the state of alarm until April 26
Opposition Popular Party backs stricter lockdown, but slams government “improvisation”
Spain’s biggest labor unions also support the move, but businesses warn of “negative impact” on companies
Galicia, Basque Country to hold early regional elections in April
The vote will take place ahead of polls that have been announced in Catalonia, but that are yet to get an official date
In Spain, opposition vows to fight new executive every step of the way
The leader of the conservative Popular Party withdraws earlier offers of support, saying that PM Pedro Sánchez has left the country “in the hands of terrorists and coup plotters”
Pedro Sánchez submits to the closest investiture vote of Spain’s democracy
The caretaker prime minister is set to win a simple majority by a very small margin in Congress today, meaning any last-minute setbacks could lead to fresh elections
How a cigarette pack became a form of anti-Franco resistance
A new exhibition showcases apparently insignificant objects that were nursed as treasures by the families of the executed and the exiled
In gridlocked Spain, caretaker PM explores an unlikely Plan B
Pedro Sánchez is meeting with leaders of right-of-center parties to determine their willingness to endorse him if his deal with a Catalan separatist party ultimately fails
Vote count gives extra seat to PP, further complicating Pedro Sánchez’s chances
The conservatives have picked up a deputy in the Basque Country, meaning the caretaker PM will need to secure key abstentions or support from another party to retake power
Valley of the Fallen faces uncertain future after Franco’s exhumation
While the caretaker government wants to turn it into a place of memory and reconciliation, long-term plans are on hold until after the national election of November 10
Spain’s PM seeks joint response to growing street violence in Catalonia
There were 51 arrests and 125 people were injured following a night of clashes between police and protesters who lit fires and erected barricades in Barcelona, Tarragona, Sabadell and Lleida
Madrid chief’s talk of “burning churches” upsets Popular Party colleagues
Regional premier Isabel Díaz Ayuso was attacking the plans of caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to exhume ex-dictator Francisco Franco, but the comments are out of step with the conservative group’s strategy for the upcoming election campaign
Valley of the Fallen: The fight to recover remains from “Spain’s largest mass grave”
Family members of Republicans interred in the controversial site want to exhume their loved ones and give them a dignified burial, but they say the process is taking too long
One hundred days since election, Spain still no closer to forming government
Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is working on a new strategy to win the support of the anti-austerity party Unidas Podemos, which refused to back his investiture bid in July
Once foes, two ex-PMs share concern about state of Spanish politics
Felipe González and José María Aznar agreed that centrality has been lost in recent years
The enduring myths around Spain’s Historical Memory Law
On the 80th anniversary of the end of the Spanish Civil War, the recollection of what happened in the following decades continues to be at the center of a heated political debate
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