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Atlas of Disappearance review – forensic quest for thousands of forgotten victims of the Spanish civil war

Researchers employ technology in a bid to identify and retrieve remains in Spain’s Valley of the Fallen, in Manuel Correa’s emotional documentary

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3

Paco Robles obituary

Other lives: Refugee from Spanish civil war who settled in the UK but maintained connections with his homeland

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28

Spain’s conservatives and far-right Vox increase ties with Andalucía coalition

Deal including ‘national priority’ policy brings prospect closer of countrywide agreement between parties

The Guardian - UK · Jul 3

Picasso’s Guernica is the ultimate emblem of the horrors of war. It has no place in Spain’s partisan squabbles

Forty years after the 1937 masterpiece returned to Madrid from its Franco-era exile in New York, it is again embroiled in politics, says Spanish journalist María Ramírez

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21

Beyond the ‘Spain is Different’ slogan: putting an end to tourist clichés about Spain

Spain’s image abroad and how it has evolved over the centuries was the focus of a recent episode of Karambolage, a TV show on Franco-German European culture channel Arte. It traced the evolution of the “Black Legend” from the 16th century to the tourist slogan “Spain is Different”, popularised in…

The Conversation · Mar 16

Antonio Tejero obituary

Military officer who led an armed assault on the Spanish parliament in an attempted coup in 1981

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10

Spanish officer who led 1981 coup dies on day documents declassified

Antonio Tejero, who has died aged 93, was part of rightwing network whose efforts were thwarted by King Juan Carlos

The Guardian - UK · Feb 25

Gwyn Jones obituary

Other lives: Revolutionary socialist who devoted most of his life to political campaigning, including in Spain, Romania and Hungary

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21

Eurovision has faced political boycotts before – how does the latest compare?

Decision by four countries to pull out over Israel’s inclusion is significant for the contest but crisis may not be existential

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2025

Archaeologists examine Franco-era mass graves for possible identifications

Archaeologists in Spain say many victims of the Franco regime may never be identified, as mass graves continue to surface decades after the dictatorship ended.

Euronews · Nov 25, 2025