Tags: Holidays

Giving Back in Madrid: Volunteering Opportunities You Can’t Miss This Season

As we enjoy the holiday season, it's the perfect time to reflect on how we can all give back. While there's always more work to be done, whether it's a simple donation or hands-on volunteering, there are so many ways we can make this world a little brighter.

Temporadas

Ciclos finitos, soles eternos, noches de festejo, copas como espejos. Fiesta, ecos despiertos, desnudos paseos, y sentimientos a flor de piel.

A journey through the Himalayas: IE Transformational Leadership Journey 2024

During Spring break, second-year International Relations students, Angel Alonso and Borja Santos embark on a two-week journey through the Himalayas to reach Everest base camp.

Commodified Holidays and Lost Priorities

All the while candy brands change their logos to pastel colors, inclining people who celebrate Easter to purchase their products. It is strange that Gen Z and the current youth grew up with such commodified holiday experiences. Their paternal and maternal generations certainly did not experience it to the same exaggerated degree. 

Unwrapping the Magic of Latin American Christmas Celebrations

Grab your cafecito and come along to learn about the holiday experience in Latin America

Is Valentine’s Day a Hoax?

It is that time of the year again when birds are chirping, the sun is shining, and consumption of flowers and chocolate boxes is...

How We Celebrate Our Holidays Around the World

Every culture, every country, and every family has its own particularity for the holidays. Nevertheless, the arrival of winter holidays brings excitement shared between...

Realistic New Year’s Guide: A Guide on How to Set Them

Welcome to 2023! It's this time of the year when everyone is rushing to set their New Year's Resolutions, but beware! It can be...

Plan your Spring Break holiday with The Stork!

IE University’s spring break this year goes from the 9th of April to the 18th. Being in Spain, there are so many beautiful domestic...

48 Hours in Sofia

One thing Covid has made us do is rethink our travel destinations, encouraging us to discover what is close to Spain yet still unknown...

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The Election That Belarus Never Had

The 2025 Belarusian presidential election wasn’t just rigged, it was a performance. A performance in which Lukashenko plays the role of a “democratically elected leader” while the Belarusian people are denied real choice. With no free press, no independent judiciary, and no genuine opposition, Belarus is not a democracy—it is an authoritarian regime propped up by fear and Russian support. But authoritarian rule is not eternal. The Belarusian people have shown before that they are willing to fight for change. The question is: when will their next opportunity come? And when it does, will Lukashenko still be there to crush it, or will history finally catch up with him?

TikTok Granted Stay of Execution as Trump Takes Office

On the afternoon of 19 January, the popular social media platform TikTok services in the United States were restored after a brief ban that ended up lasting all of 14 hours. The ban, which went into effect around 10:30 PM EST on the night of 18 January, was reversed just over half a day later, nearly 24 hours before Trump’s inauguration. While Trump himself went on a crusade against TikTok during his first term, he warmed to the platform’s continuation during his most recent presidential campaign, arguing that a ban of the app would empower one of its arch-rivals, Facebook, which he called at the time an “enemy of the people”, a frequent theme of Trumpian attacks.

Six Observations on the Japanese Culture

By Alexandra Marie Charlotte Stahl When I sat down with my sister in Tokyo for a traditional tea ceremony, as she enjoyed a fluffy Japanese...