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Former US military base will become migrant reception centre at highest point of Spain’s Alicante area

AN OLD American base at the highest point of Alicante province will be converted into a migrant reception centre. The facility at Aitana is over 1,500 metres above sea level and entered

5 Aug, 2023 @ 14:18

Alicante·Lead·Valencian Community

Mystery of how the Cold War spy who met the Kennedys ended up dead in a ravine in Spain’s Costa del Sol

IT started as a Cold War tale of intrigue involving a spy, international headlines and appearances from Robert and Edward Kennedy. It ended when a shepherd in a remote backwater of Spain

7 Aug, 2022 @ 12:00

La Cultura·Lead·Must Read·Premium

Remembering that time the US dropped nuclear bombs on Andalucia

AS the US and North Korea square up with their nuclear toys, Olive Press Mason Cox uncovers the incredible near miss that almost wiped out Andalucia during the last Cold War “But

19 Aug, 2017 @ 14:09

Almeria·Lead·Politics

Fake news: How a lost suitcase changed photojournalism

Although the terms are contemporary, the role of journalism in ‘manufacturing opinion’ has been a human activity as far back as reliable evidence suggests, writes Jack Gaioni

25 Jun, 2017 @ 14:20

Jack Gaioni: Jack's Corner·La Cultura·Travel News

Russian invasion

Ah, springtime at last – sunlight, flowers in bloom and… brawling fishermen

20 Mar, 2015 @ 10:30

Columnists·Giles Brown: Loud and Clear