Francisco Franco

Europe

Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont escapes arrest once more

Thursday’s events look set to cause major problems for Spain’s national government

Jim Lawley

Portugal’s ‘good’ coup

Fifty years ago today, on April 25, 1974, Europe was stunned by an almost bloodless military coup that removed the continent’s most durable dictatorship

Nigel Jones

Spanish politics takes a siesta

For many Spaniards the obvious solution is a grand coalition between left-wing PSOE and the right-wing Partido Popular

Jim Lawley

Real Madrid vs Barcelona: whose Franco ties are more damning?

The Barca president provocatively referred to Real as the ‘team of the regime’ last week

Mark Nayler

Europe

Spain’s growing culture war over General Franco

Rather than ’forgive and forget’, Spain’s transition to democracy became simply a case of ’forget’

Jim Lawley