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Debate reignites over Spain’s bull-running fiestas, after 10 deaths during summer

News Desk6th September 202213th September 2022

6th September 202213th September 20223884

Bull-running festivals have come under the spotlight in Spain again, after the summer saw at least 10 people lose their lives, provoking divisions over the centuries-old...

Three people die during bull festivals in the Valencia region

News Desk22nd July 202227th July 2022

22nd July 202227th July 20225610

Three men, including a French tourist, have died this week after suffering severe injuries during the traditional ‘Bous al carrer’ (bulls in the street) bull...

San Fermín bull-running festival ends, with five people gored, 52 treated in hospital

News Desk14th July 202218th July 2022

14th July 202218th July 20223606

Spain’s San Fermín festival in Pamplona came to an end on Thursday, after a week of bull running that left a total of 52 people hospitalised,...

Three people gored during 5th ‘running of the bulls’ at San Fermín festival

News Desk11th July 202212th July 2022

11th July 202212th July 20223728

Three people were gored during the fifth bull run at the San Fermín festival in Pamplona on Monday morning, with three others left with bruises, a Spanish...

Pamplona bull run returns – with six people treated in hospital on first day

News Desk7th July 202211th July 2022

7th July 202211th July 20223108

The first bull run in three years took place on Thursday morning at the San Fermín Running of the Bulls festival in Pamplona. Nobody was gored, but...

Spain announces €400 culture voucher ‘birthday gift’ for teenagers turning 18

News Desk10th October 202113th October 2021

10th October 202113th October 20215883

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced that teenagers who turn 18 during 2022 will receive a €400 culture voucher to spend on anything from...

Outrage as bull is rammed and killed by vehicles, after escaping from bullring

News Desk12th August 202116th August 2021

12th August 202116th August 20213042

Police are investigating and animal rights group are outraged after residents in a small town in central Spain rammed a bull to death with their...

Pamplona blames slow vaccine rollout for cancellation of bull-running festival

News Desk26th April 20213rd May 2021

26th April 20213rd May 20212491

Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (30 Apr) Local authorities in northern Spain’s Pamplona have officially cancelled the San Fermín bull-running festival for the second year...

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Opinion: why bullfights should stay cancelled after Covid-19

Elisa Allen2nd February 20217th January 2022

2nd February 20217th January 20228627

The annual ‘Running of the Bulls’ festival in Pamplona normally starts on 7 July but in 2020 it was suspended due to Coronavirus. The president of the...

Animal rights NGO starts petition against possible state aid for cancelled bullfights

News Desk25th March 20207th December 2021

25th March 20207th December 20215008

An animal rights organisation, Anima Naturalis, has collected over 12,000 signatures for a petition asking the Spanish government to not consider giving any public money...

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