Diplomacy with a history

The identification of the Three Wise Men as “gift givers” par excellence at Christmas in Spain and in most of...

Just like the Christmas carol among English speakers, the Noël among French speakers or the Weihnachtslieder among German speakers, the...

In the early seventies, the Portuguese Embassy in Madrid and the Portuguese Consulate in Tenerife woke up with the unsuspected...

Christmas gifts in the Netherlands do not come from the East or Lapland. They come from Spain and their protagonist...

The Plaza Mayor of Madrid has been hosting one of the most popular Christmas markets in Spain for more than...

As is often the case, there are all kinds of legends about the origin of the Christmas tree, from those...

Tradition says that the Christmas custom of representing the Nativity scenes with figures was introduced to Spain by Charles III...

In December 1779, the writer, historian, traveller and Moroccan plenipotentiary ambassador to Spain, Mohamed Ben Otomán Al Meknasi, decided to...

On November 22, 1975, two days after the death of dictator Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos de Borbón was sworn in...

The crucial aid provided by Adolf Hitler's Third Reich to the Nationalist side during the Spanish Civil War, and the...