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Bars or clinics? Different priorities in Spain and Taiwan
Spain is well-known for its amazing number of bars, which have little in common with those in the United States. They are...Heaven and hell: about banks in Taiwan and Spain
To deal with banks in Spain mostly makes me feel like being in a novel by famous Bohemian writer Franz Kafka (1883-1924),...Paella for three
I thought that after two and a half years in Spain I was quite tired of paella, the world-famous Spanish national dish...CNN, Trump and the truth
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An epic struggle between good and evil in Spain?
The man that decisively shaped twentieth-century Spain for almost four decades, Generalissimo Francisco Franco, died peacefully on November 20th, 1975 in a...Spain’s astonishing rise from the ashes after the civil war
After the end of the three-year-long Spanish Civil War on April 1st, 1939, reconstruction under Generalissimo Francisco Franco began quickly and virtually...November 20th, 1975: Arias Navarro announces Franco’s death
45 years ago on November 20th, 1975, the man that had shaped Spain for almost four decades, Generalissimo Francisco Franco, died in...Historic China-Taiwan summit in Singapore five years ago
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To deal with banks in Spain mostly makes me feel like being in a novel by famous Bohemian writer Franz Kafka (1883-1924),...Paella for three
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In March 2000, Pope John Paul II issued a historic apology for the Inquisition in the name of the Catholic Church.In fact, Saint Mark’s Day is also my day!
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