On the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has warned about the dangers of religious intolerance and fanaticism.
Activists with the radical protest group Femen have protested against what they see as the glorification of Spain's fascist past by painting graffiti on a gigantic cross at site of a Spanish Civil War massacre.
Spain's decision to shelve plans to declassify thousands of documents relating to the country's Civil War and the dictatorship of Francisco Franco is a mistake, a top historian has told The Local.
An Argentine judge has issued arrest and extradition warrants for two ex-ministers of Francisco Franco's regime and 18 others, invoking "universal jurisdiction" for serious rights abuses.
Now that a new season of Spain's La Liga is just getting underway, The Local has put together some of the most intriguing facts about the best football league in the world and its history.
A left-wing mayor from southern Spain says he has received death threats after he published a photo of a Franco-era execution by police firing squad on Twitter under the headline "Damned jihadi murderers".
A Spanish sculptor who was unsuccessfully prosecuted by a foundation dedicated to Francisco Franco has responded with a stinging jab by creating a punch ball shaped like the former Spanish dictator’s head.
Madrid's Bar Association said on Wednesday it will decide in a vote next week whether to remove Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco as its honorary dean, 38 years after his death.
A new biography about former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco has revealed surprising facts about the right-wing leader’s traumatic upbringing and lacklustre sex life.
The families and friends of 129 people killed during Spain's civil war, on Saturday held a "dignified burial" for the victims of General Francisco Franco's forces, whose remains were found in mass graves.
Spain is resisting probing the forced disappearance of thousands of people during its 1936-39 Civil War and the Franco dictatorship that followed despite a UN call for it to act.
A Nazi and fascist memorabilia market held at a school gym on the outskirts of Madrid has led Spaniards to call into question the country's ruling party's far right roots.
The youth wing of Spain's ruling Popular Party (PP) has opened an internal investigation after several of its members were photographed performing Nazi-style salutes and posing with fascist flags.
The controversial 'Valley of the Fallen' basilica, erected by General Franco using political prisoners as workers, is to have its facade restored at a cost of €215,000.
A town mayor in northern Spain has got himself into hot water after saying that those who were sentenced to death during the regime of former Spanish dictator Franco "deserved it".
An artist who created a wax model of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco “frozen” in a fridge has been cleared from a lawsuit against him presented by the leader’s foundation.
The Spanish government has refused to remove an emblematic shield of the Franco dictatorship from a Bank of Spain window in Alicante because of its 'artistic value'.
More than four decades after her newborn was snatched away, Marie-Jose E. has found her son after DNA tests proved they are related, a rare happy ending in Spain's "stolen babies" scandal dating back to the Franco era.
Footage of former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco appeared on a live news debate programme on Madrid-based TV channel Telemadrid while an outspoken journalist spoke about former right-wing Prime Minister José María Aznar.
British Intelligence service MI6 bribed senior Spanish officials to stop Spain from becoming Hitler’s ally during World War II, declassified military documents released on Thursday revealed. They spent the present day equivalent of €179 million ($232 million).
The Local's Spanish Face of the Week is none other than formerly-moustachioed ex-Prime Minister José María Aznar, who has managed to bypass insinuations of links to corruption to publicly criticize his successor and hint at a return to the political fray.
The Spanish Interior Minister has justified an awards ceremony earlier this month to honour Francoist volunteers who fought for Hitler's 'Blue Division' in World War II.
An anti-fascist association is campaigning to change Franco-era street names in Madrid to sporty ones, as Spain's capital prepares its bid for the 2020 Olympics.
