Felipe VI welcomes OECD’s decision to “isolate Russia” and support Ukraine’s membership
King Felipe VI visited yesterday the headquarters of the Council of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in...
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Portugal and France: How our neighbors celebrate the Three Wise Men
The image of the Three Wise Men as the "gift-givers" par excellence of Christmas has been part of the cultural...
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200 years since Riego’s fall, liberal icon in the Hundred Thousand Sons of St. Louis land
Next April marks the 200th anniversary of the overthrow and death of Lieutenant Colonel Rafael del Riego, who only three...
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‘Twelve grapes’ history: between aristocratic snobbery and popular satire
“It is customary in Madrid to eat twelve grapes by giving twelve hours on the clock that separates the year...
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Holy Innocent’s Day: Portuguese Prime Minister Marcelo Caetano’s fake trip to Tenerife
In the early seventies, the Portuguese Embassy in Madrid and the Portuguese Consulate in Tenerife woke up with the unsuspected...
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How Moroccan ambassador used Christmas to save an “unhappy” Spanish soldier’s life
In December 1779, the writer, historian, traveler and plenipotentiary ambassador of Morocco to Spain, Mohamed Ben Otoman Al Meknasi, decided
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The Christmas tree in Spain, a tradition that came in from the cold
As it is common in these cases, the origin of the Christmas tree includes all kinds of legends, from those...
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Immaculate Conception, a matter of state for 17th century Spanish diplomacy
The Spanish Kings in the 17th century intensified their diplomatic efforts and negotiations with the Holy See to have the...
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