Spain’s leading matador “stunned the bullfighting world” last week by “symbolically cutting off his ponytail in the ring”, ...

The recent refusal by Congress to even consider a public initiative to withdraw national cultural protection from ...

Bullfighting retains a passionate following in some circles in Spain and leading matadors are treated as celebrities - Copyright AFP/File CRISTINA QUICLER ...

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 ...

MADRID (AP) — Álvaro Alarcón plays out the moment when he will enter Madrid's Las Ventas bullring for his final challenge as a “novillero,” or apprentice bullfighter. The 24-year-old has been training ...

Ronda, a mountaintop town set dramatically above a deep gorge & Setenil de las Bodegas, a village known for its whitewashed ...

To understand the state of bullfighting in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region, you need look no further than Las Arenas. The striking, late 19th century arena with faux Moorish arches, located near ...

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 ...

Lawmakers in Catalonia outlawed bullfighting Wednesday, becoming Spain's first mainland region to do so after a heated debate that pitted the rights of animals against preserving a pillar of ...

MADRID (Reuters) - A movement to outlaw bullfighting has become entwined in Spain's combustible regional politics, with Madrid calling for the traditional spectacle to be declared cultural heritage ...

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 ...