Barcelona are inextricably linked with the cause of Catalan separatism, but why are Real Madrid seen as the team of the establishment? The history of Spanish football is the history of Spain, with the ...

NOW that hostilities are over in Spain, General Francisco Franco's troubles are just beginning. It is easier to run a country in war than in peace. In war everything is subordinated to the single goal ...

For 36 years General Francisco Franco, whose remains are to be exhumed on Thursday, ruled Spain with an iron fist during one of Europe's longest dictatorships. He assumed power after Spain's 1936-39 ...

She was revered as an essential guardian of the country’s memory of war and repression long after the Franco dictatorship. By Adam Nossiter Una nueva ley de amnistía podría ser un remedio para la ...

Spanish youth are increasingly seduced by General Francisco Franco 50 years after the dictator's death, often unaware of his harsh rule and influenced by propaganda permeating social media, experts ...

On the fiftieth anniversary of Franco’s death, the influence of his dictatorship still lingers in Spain. As the country’s far right feeds on nostalgia for its fascist past, is its democracy coming ...

What was one of Europe's longest-running dictatorships comes under scrutiny on Friday as a victim of alleged torture by the forces of General Francisco Franco testifies for the first time in a Spanish ...

STORY: Forensic scientists have begun the exhumation of 128 victims of the Spanish Civil War. Their bodies will be exhumed from the former mausoleum of General Francisco Franco just outside of Madrid.

Fifty years after the death of General Francisco Franco, thousands of monuments, plaques and street names honouring the dictator remain in place across Spain -- a legacy some believe has lingered far ...

During the second world war, the Abwehr, the German intelligence service, was known for having spies all over the world. When ...