In the 1930s, dictator Francisco Franco declared it the “national fiesta”; today, bullfighting still enjoys protected status ...

"Riveting." Grasshopper Film has revealed the official US trailer for the documentary film from Spain titled Afternoons of Solitude, directed by acclaimed Catalan-Spanish filmmaker Albert Serra. It ...

Spanish auteur Albert Serra always gets strong reactions to his films, and that’s how he likes it. His latest, his first documentary, Afternoons of Solitude, has been no different. The bullfighting ...

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. [AFP] Spain's ...

The song “The Rain in Spain” from the film *My Fair Lady* includes the lyric, “The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.” ...

MADRID, Spain — State-run Spanish television has quietly yanked live coverage of bullfighting from its programming, ending a decades-old tradition of showcasing the national pastime out of concern ...

It was a bold statement on culture and animal rights. Activists came together in Madrid to demand an end to bullfighting in Spain, a tradition they say is cruel and outdated. Protestors stood outside ...

MADRID (Reuters) - Several thousand people rallied in Madrid on Saturday to demand a ban on bullfighting, adding their voices to a growing animal rights movement that has prompted some local ...

BARCELONA, Spain -- Lawmakers in Catalonia outlawed bullfighting Wednesday, making it Spain's first major region to ban the deadly, centuries-old ballet between matador and beast after heated debate ...