Many in the semiautonomous region in northeastern Spain have been clamoring for greater independence from Madrid, and bullfighting—which was embraced by longtime dictator Gen. Francisco Franco ...

Bullfighting has long been a lightning-rod ... of jobs both direct and indirect in sparsely populated areas of rural Spain, the union said. From a business perspective, the situation is “quite ...

A Spanish anti-bullfighting activist tried to jump onto Pope Francis's cortege heading for Piazza di Spagna for the ...

Spain's first openly LGBT matador believes more bullfighters will come out, after revealing he is pansexual. "There have always been gay people in bullfighting, but they didn't say anything," says ...

Bullfighter Ivan Fandino was gored to death during a bullfight in south-west France this week, becoming the second professional to die in the ring in the last 12 months. "It's a tragedy," a ...

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Borja comes from an underprivileged background and is encouraged to pursue bullfighting by his grandfather A new documentary follows a boy living in a small town in Spain, whose family expects him ...

Spanish bullfighter Morante de la Puebla performs a pass on a bull using a muleta during the Feria de Abril bullfighting festival at La Maestranza bullring in Seville on April 19, 2024.

Four animal activists were arrested in Rome on Sunday after throwing themselves in the path of a car carrying Pope Francis, ...

Spain will scrap a top prize for bullfighting, Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun said Friday, marking a significant cultural shift in the country. "I think that's the feeling of a majority of ...

Although he never ran with the bulls in the San Fermín festival, he competed in amateur bullfighting competitions. In 1932, he journeyed to Spain to research "Death in the Afternoon," a manifesto ...