San Fermin bull-running festival Archives

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

News Desk26th April 20213rd May 2021

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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 20212nd February 2021

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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

Four Spanish ‘wolf pack’ rapists get further jail terms for earlier assault

News Desk6th June 202010th June 2020

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Four members of Spain’s ‘Wolf Pack’ (La Manada) – already sentenced for gang-raping a woman in Pamplona in July 2016 – have also received further jail terms for

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

News Desk25th March 202027th August 2020

25th March 202027th August 20202254

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

‘Wolf Pack’ verdict overruled: gang receive 15-year sentences

News Desk21st June 201927th June 2019

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Spain’s Supreme Court has overruled the ‘La Manada’ (wolf pack) case’s controversial verdict, charging five men with rape, not sexual abuse, and increasing their prison

Court confirms disputed sex abuse gang sentence

SiE Newsdesk / AFP / Agencies5th December 20189th December 2018

5th December 20189th December 20181165

A Spanish court said Wednesday it has confirmed a disputed nine-year jail term given to five men for sexually abusing a woman, despite two out

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