The US high court revives a case around Nazi-looted impressionist painting in Spanish museum
The U.S. Supreme Court has revived a case that could decide the ownership of a French impressionist painting that was once ...
Contando Estrelas6d
The uniform and equipment of the Legion at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War
Founded in 1920 following the example of the French Foreign Legion, it adopted identity traits inspired by the Spanish ...
El País in English14d
Julián Casanova, historian: ‘The good things Franco did were done by democracies without torture or death sentences’
He was born in 1892 into a family from Galicia [in northwestern Spain] that had long been linked to the Navy at a time when Spain had lost its colonies and when belonging to the Navy no longer meant ...
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Elon Musk Posted '14 Flags' At 2:14 PM On Presidents' Day: What It Means
Elon Musk recently sparked a controversy by posted 14 American flags in response tweets by President Donald Trump and VP JD Vance's tweets on Presidents' Day. While the tech billionaire did not ...
Indiatimes29d
New Utah bill sparks debate: Nazi and Confederate flags permitted in schools, Pride flags banned
A new bill in Utah, HB 0077, has sparked debate by allowing Nazi and Confederate flags to be displayed in schools for educational purposes while banning pride flags. Proposed by Rep. Trevor Lee ...
CIC News29d
Celebrating 60 years: 10 fascinating facts about Canada’s maple leaf flag
Canada's iconic red-and-white maple leaf flag may be the country's most recognizable symbol today, but it wasn’t always so ubiquitous. The Canadian flag has had a rich and storied past which helped ...
Canada29d
Statement by Minister St-Onge on the 60th anniversary of the National Flag of Canada
Today, we celebrate the 60th anniversary of our national flag. At noon on February 15, 1965, the brightly coloured maple leaf flag was raised for the first time on Parliament Hill. Since then, this ...
The Salt Lake Tribune1mon
Nazi flags can fly in Utah schools, but not pride flags, GOP lawmaker says
Read about the amended version here. An ongoing fight in Utah to ban pride flags in schools entered new territory Thursday after Rep. Trevor Lee proposed new legislation to ban the flags not just ...
National Post1mon
Distinctive and meaningful: Why Canada has the best-designed flag in the world
Or sign-in if you have an account. When the Maple Leaf flag was first hoisted to the top of the Peace Tower on Feb. 15, 1965, few spectators commented on the moment being a triumph of graphic design.
The Globe and Mail1mon
Facing threats, Canada sees renewed sense of pride in flag
Graydon Miles was driving down Highway 7 in Ontario last year when he saw an upside down Maple Leaf flying from a pickup truck, along with one flag directing an obscenity at Prime Minister Justin ...
Yahoo News1mon
A button and a buckle: the memory of Franco's firing squads 85 years on
Sunday's ceremony at the cemetery in Valencia suburb Paterna featured urns draped in the tri-colour flag of the Second Spanish Republic that Franco overthrew. Several sources estimate that Spain has ...
Moviefone1mon
José Luis de Villalonga
Vilallonga also worked for foreign magazines including Paris Match, as he was banned from returning to Spain following the Francoist regime's censoreship of a few of his articles. His actor career ...