One man gored, 7 others injured on second day of Pamplona’s bull-running festival
One man was gored and seven others sustained minor injuries on Tuesday, during the second day of the San Fermín festival in Pamplona (Navarra), where thousands pack...
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Bullfighting documentary wins top prize at San Sebastian Film Festival
A documentary about bullfighting, ‘Tardes de Soledad’ (‘Afternoons of Solitude’), has picked up the top award at the San Sebastián Film Festival, its graphic nature...
Spanish government scraps €30,000 national bullfighting prize, sparking debate
Spain’s coalition government said on Friday that it would be scrapping a national prize for bullfighting, prompting anger from supporters of the controversial spectacle –...
Pamplona’s San Fermín bull running festival ends with 35 injured
Six men were injured on Friday during the eighth and final bull run of Spain’s famous San Fermín festival, bringing to 35 the total number of...
Debate reignites over Spain’s bull-running fiestas, after 10 deaths during summer
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...
San Fermín bull-running festival ends, with five people gored, 52 treated in hospital
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
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
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...
Opinion: the world’s first octopus farm in Gran Canaria would be a stain on humanity
Anyone who has watched the Academy Award-winning documentary My Octopus Teacher can be in no doubt that these mesmerising animals are sentient, awe-inspiring, and highly...
Opinion: why bullfights should stay cancelled after Covid-19
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...
