As Spain prepares to mark the 50th anniversary of dictator Francisco Franco's death and the return of democracy, fascism is returning around the world. It's proof, as philosopher Walter Benjamin said, ...

A s historic turning-points go, it was squalid. On November 20th 1975 Francisco Franco, who had ruled Spain for almost 40 ...

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during an event marking the 50th anniversary of Spanish democracy, following the ...

Socialist Pedro Sanchez's government opened the commemorations of the dictator's death on Wednesday, in the absence of the ...

Fifty years after his death, Franco's legacy continues to divide Spain - Copyright Regional Government of Melilla/AFP/File Javier BERNARDO Fifty years after his death ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez marked the start of events commemorating 50 years since dictator Francisco Franco's ...

“They go back to the Spain of Franco but most of us are looking forward to a Spain without Sánchez.” The far-right Vox has voiced similar misgivings. The party’s spokesman José Antonio ...

Pierre-Philippe MARCOU/AFP/AFP Spain's conservative opposition will boycott the start of official commemorations marking the 50th anniversary of right-wing dictator Francisco Franco's death ...

Under the slogan "Spain at Liberty", the centre-left government commemorated the country's transition to a parliamentary democracy at a packed auditorium in Madrid's Reina Sofia Museum.

Spain's divisive 50th anniversary of Franco's death sparks political tensions as government and opposition clash over ...

Remembering Franco's death was "positive" because today's Spain "does not keep in mind the importance of recovering a democratic system in 1977 and being able to consolidate it", he said.