Spain abolishes national bullfighting award in cultural shift
Opposition to bullfighting is growing.
Bullfighting will return to Palma.
Bullfighting will return to Palma.
Palma declared a ‘bullfighting city’ again
According to the Constitutional Court and Law 18/2013, bullfighting is considered culture.
Pet owners could face jail sentences.
Pet owners could face jail sentences.
FILE PHOTO: A century on, Hemingway's prose lures revellers to Spain's Pamplona
FILE PHOTO: Novice bullfighter Marcos Linares prepares to take part in a bullfight with young bulls ("novillada"), on the eve of the start of Sanfermines in Pamplona, Spain, July 5, 2023. REUTERS/Susana Vera./File Photo
Three die in 24 hours in Spanish bull festivals
The three men were injured on different days during the past two weeks but all died within hours this week
Man dies after being gored at Spanish bull-running festival
It was the first such fatality in the country since such events resumed after COVID-19 curbs.
Spanish village hosts first bull running fiesta since pandemic
Spanish society remains divided over the controversial issue of using bulls for sport.
A view of an empty Pamplona's bullring
A view of an empty Pamplona's bullring
San fermin party in Spain
San fermin party in Spain.
Letters to the Editor
Two readers on their thoughts about bullfighting and litter in Majorca.
No bullfighting
The Palma city council is in a very complicated situation over the bullfight.
Animal welfare
Calls for town hall to prevent Palma bullfight
Council claims bullfight cannot take place because the required paperwork has not been submitted.
Animal welfare
Bullfighting set to return to Palma
Bullfighting had effectively been prohibited, until the Constitutional Court intervened.
Animal welfare
No bullfight for the Muro fiestas
Muro is one of the last remaining bastions of bullfighting. Or was.
Majorca
Indoctrination and the missing million: the week in Majorca
Majorca's hoteliers were asked not to be alarmist; the attempt at communicating the benefits of the tourist tax was "dismal"; schoolchildren were at risk of being indoctrinated; and Madrid was making an appeal about bulls.
Animal welfare
Animal-welfare organisations back Balearic bullfight law
The proposed Balearic legislation on bullfighting is "the best possible option".
Bullfighting
Plans by the Balearic government to ban bullfighting have hit a brick wall... and they are going to have to go back to the drawing board.
Ban
Madrid says that Balearic bullfighting legislation is unconstitutional
Proposed Balearic legislation, designed to prevent the staging of bullfights, may well end up going the same way as Catalonia’s legislation that banned bullfighting.
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Comment
Bulls don’t know politics
In today's Blog: “Bullfighting has been part of the tradition of the left, in the same way that it has become part of the tradition of the right, because it is our culture.”
Andrew Ede17/12/2020 13:27