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Revealed: The Olympic fencing champion turned Nazi stormtrooper and bodyguard to Hitler who made his home in Spain – and helped Nazis flee to Argentina

AT first glance the funeral in Madrid seemed like nothing out of the ordinary. It was a warm June day in 1975 and the few

30 Jun, 2024 @ 11:27

Columnists·Lead

JACKS CORNER: Emergency Services on the Costa del Sol just got better

IF you found yourself among the commotion on the A-334 north of Almeria on April 24, you are probably wondering what the frenzy was about.

5 May, 2023 @ 11:18

Columnists·Jack Gaioni: Jack's Corner·Lead

TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING: The controversy in a small Valencian village over plans for a massive solar power array

IT was described as ‘the first and only solar extracting and pumping station in Europe’ and, from the moment it was operational, it was a

27 Jan, 2023 @ 11:50

Columnists·Jack Gaioni: Jack's Corner·Lead·Opinion

James Bond inspired by iconic expat and British spy Alan Hillgarth who lived in Mallorca

The author confessed ‘the Bond character is a compound of all the secret agents I knew'

11 Sep, 2022 @ 17:00

Jack Gaioni: Jack's Corner·La Cultura·Lead·Mallorca

Farmers and growers rejoice over heavy rain which has revived drought-hit crops in Alicante

SEEDS OF HISTORY: SCIENTISTS USING OLIVE SEEDS TO PROVE BIBLE STORIES

OLIVES and Spain! Spain and olives! It’s no surprise to those of us who live here that the two are virtually synonymous. Chances are that

10 Jul, 2022 @ 14:58

Columnists·Jack Gaioni: Jack's Corner·Lead·National News

Beautiful View Of Field With Wind Turbines At Sunset And Cloudy

Wind of change: Two sides of the ecologist movement clash as Spain debates renewable energy

OUCH! Another electric bill arrived today as more evidence of the skyrocketing price of energy. Electricity costs have quadrupled – yes quadrupled! – from February

10 Apr, 2022 @ 15:00

Business & Finance·Columnists·Jack Gaioni: Jack's Corner·Lead·Other News

How British expat miners and a dozen chickens lead to Spain’s great love affair with football

Jack Gaioni uncovers the more absurd origins of the beautiful game

17 Feb, 2019 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead·Sport

Did gold-greedy Romans kick-off climate change in Spain?

Columinst Jack Gaioni takes a look at Las Medulas as an example of what the Romans did for us

16 Feb, 2015 @ 09:00

Columnists·Jack Gaioni: Jack's Corner

Santayana said it!

The sayings of the late, great Spanish philosopher, George Santayana, are an inspiration in these troubled times, writes Jack Gaioni

19 Dec, 2014 @ 09:00

Columnists·Jack Gaioni: Jack's Corner

Viva Roma!

Jack Gaioni unearths the best and brightest ‘Spanish sons’ who made it big in ancient Rome, setting the literary and intellectual agenda for many centuries

21 Oct, 2014 @ 09:00

Columnists·Jack Gaioni: Jack's Corner

The legal battle that restored Spain’s claim to the biggest ever underwater bounty

Jack Gaioni explores modern-day treasure hunters, are they pirates or archaeologists?

21 Sep, 2014 @ 09:00

Columnists·Jack Gaioni: Jack's Corner

Antequera: The town that’s ‘all heart’

The town surrounded by Andalucía’s Big Three cities is also at the centre of a ‘love triangle’, writes Jack Gaioni

11 Aug, 2014 @ 12:00

Columnists·Jack Gaioni: Jack's Corner

What the Dickens?

Columnist Jack Gaioni takes a rather unusual ride to an eccentric event centered around tweed in Madrid

30 Jun, 2014 @ 08:30

Columnists·Jack Gaioni: Jack's Corner

In Cordoban Skies… How a Moorish daredevil made aviation history

Columnist Jack Gaioni explores the history of flight in Spain

14 Jun, 2014 @ 08:30

Columnists·Jack Gaioni: Jack's Corner

Where did your dinner really come from?

Columnist Jack Gaioni explores the real link between countries and their national dishes

2 Jun, 2014 @ 09:00

Columnists·Jack Gaioni: Jack's Corner

The Liberator and the ecologist

Olive Press columnist Jack Gaioni on why the ghosts of Simon Bolivar and Alexander von Humboldt are alive and well

18 May, 2014 @ 09:00

Columnists·Jack Gaioni: Jack's Corner

Cabrera Island…Idyllic yet horrific

Olive Press columnist Jack Gaioni on Spain's unknown prison island

21 Apr, 2014 @ 09:00

Columnists

Revealed: The Olympic fencing champion turned Nazi stormtrooper and bodyguard to Hitler who made his home in Spain – and helped Nazis flee to Argentina

JACKS CORNER: Emergency Services on the Costa del Sol just got better

TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING: The controversy in a small Valencian village over plans for a massive solar power array

James Bond inspired by iconic expat and British spy Alan Hillgarth who lived in Mallorca

SEEDS OF HISTORY: SCIENTISTS USING OLIVE SEEDS TO PROVE BIBLE STORIES

Wind of change: Two sides of the ecologist movement clash as Spain debates renewable energy

How British expat miners and a dozen chickens lead to Spain’s great love affair with football

Did gold-greedy Romans kick-off climate change in Spain?

Santayana said it!

Viva Roma!

The legal battle that restored Spain’s claim to the biggest ever underwater bounty

Antequera: The town that’s ‘all heart’

What the Dickens?

In Cordoban Skies… How a Moorish daredevil made aviation history

Where did your dinner really come from?

The Liberator and the ecologist

Cabrera Island…Idyllic yet horrific

From dictatorship to European Union powerhouse: Spain’s 40-year journey of successes, setbacks and stories that transformed a country

Spain’s Mercadona becomes the most profitable supermarket in the world – ahead of Walmart, Carrefour and Tesco

New Louis Theroux Netflix documentary exposes how Marbella has become the favourite hangout for notorious ‘manosphere’ influencers

Police foil narco shootout in Costa del Sol beachfront hotspot: Shotgun and pistols seized moments before deadly midnight showdown

WATCH: Spain’s Canary Islands hit by ‘storm of the decade’ as its caked in snow, swamped in floods and smashed by high waves

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