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Why is this the first national museum about the Spanish Civil War?

The project brings together resources for the public and hopes to bypass the heated and often political partisan debate.

Spain

Spain approves law banning praise of former dictator Francisco Franco

It is part of legislation aimed at bringing "justice, reparation and dignity" to victims of Spain's civil war and the subsequent dictatorship.

Spain

Spain's parliament backs law to entrench memory of Franco's victims

The new bill will make it a "state responsibility" to identify the thousands of missing victims of Spain's Civil War and Franco's dictatorship.

Spain

Spain discovers two mass graves of Civil War victims in Belchite

Archaeologists and historians estimate that as many as 150 people could have been buried in the mass graves after their execution.

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Destinations

The Roman city lost to the Libyan Civil War

A forgotten historical gem in Libya is the best kept Roman ruin outside of Italy.

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Confederate statue taken down in Virginia

Confederate statue taken down in Virginia

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Heavy military in Kabul, Afghans try to leave capital

Police tightened security in Kabul as the lightning Taliban offensive continued to close on Afghanistan's capital.

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South Sudan swears in new parliament vowed under peace deal

Hundreds of legislators were sworn into a newly created national parliament, a long-awaited condition of a fragile peace agreement.

Cry Like A Boy

Podcast | Liberia’s army of peace: The women who stood up to warlords

The power of women, that’s what this episode of the CryLikeABoy podcast is about. Listen to Cecelia Danuweli and Gini Reticker reflect on the role of women during the civil war in Liberia.

Cry Like A Boy

Podcast | Liberia's invisible war wound: from warrior to black sheep

We join Liberian journalist Carielle Doe to explore the war wounds that cannot be seen but are difficult to heal. The ex-combatants who once lived by their own rules now struggle with PTSD #CryLikeaBoy

Cry Like A Boy

Podcast | Liberia’s civil war: the soldiers who battled masculinity

Liberia’s brutal civil war pushed soldiers and masculinity to the extreme. Jonathan and Morris had to show strength even when they feared death. Join our talk with Liberian journalist Carielle Doe as we retrace the past #CryLikeaBoy

Myanmar

UN envoy warns of possible civil war in Myanmar

A civil war "could happen", Chrisrine Schraner Burgener told a virtual UN news conference.

Ukraine

Kyiv says four soldiers killed in a bombing in eastern Ukraine

BREAKING: Kyiv says four soldiers killed in a bombing in eastern Ukraine

Europe News

EU 'must give Libya more autonomy' over stopping Europe-bound migrants

Euronews spoke to Admiral Fabio Agostini, head of the EU mission to enforce the Libyan arms embargo in the Mediterranean Sea, who said that more autonomy must be given to the war-torn country.

Travel News

New drone footage shows what a decade of war has done to Syria

Syria is a country steeped in centuries of history. But many of the architectural wonders from its past have been badly affected by civil war.

World News

France sends flyover mission to Central African Republic

The mission "marks France's condemnation of attempts to destabilise the country," the Elysée said.

Syria

Syria enters its tenth year of war

Even before the coronavirus outbreak, that war had largely fallen off of the world's collective radars.

Spain

Survivors remember the Spanish Civil War, 80 years on

The last generation of Spanish Civil War survivors spoke to Euronews about their experiences, 80 years on. "I will never forgive them," said 99-year-old Alejandro del Amo Diaz.

Spain

Franco's exhumation 'step towards reconciliation' says Sanchez

Franco's coffin was flown by helicopter from the Valley of the Fallen to a cemetery outside Madrid where his wife, Carmen, is buried.

World

Afghanistan: What is the humanitarian cost of a never-ending war?

In partnership with The European Commission

With a growing number of attacks and civilian casualties. The conflict in Afghanistan is intensifying even 18 years after U.S. intervention. But what is the humanitarian cost?