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

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

“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 ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday presided over the first in a year-long series of events to mark 50 years ...

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, ...

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.

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.

An 11th-century warlord who fought for both Christian and Muslim rulers left behind a reputation that expanded into myth.