https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Six people were hurt on Sunday in Spain's traditional annual San Fermín bull running festival, with one participant gored and five suffering bruising, local government sources said. https://www.thelocal.es/20240707/six-hurt-in-spanish-bull-running Sun, 07 Jul 2024 14:52:19 +0200 six-hurt-in-spanish-bull-running With the news last week that the Spanish city of Pamplona in Navarra has been forced to cancel its bull running fiesta for the second year running due to the Covid crisis, animal rights activists have seized on the opportunity to call for it to be banned permanently. https://www.thelocal.es/20210209/peta-offers-cash-to-ban-pamplonas-famous-running-of-the-bulls-forever Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:57:45 +0100 peta-offers-cash-to-ban-pamplonas-famous-running-of-the-bulls-forever Spain’s most famous running of the bulls fiesta has been cancelled this year due to the coronavirus. https://www.thelocal.es/20200421/running-of-the-bulls-pamplonas-san-fermin-cancelled-over-coronavirus Tue, 21 Apr 2020 17:31:48 +0200 running-of-the-bulls-pamplonas-san-fermin-cancelled-over-coronavirus A Spanish court sentenced Tuesday a man to 18 months in jail for setting up a website showing where a notorious gang rape took place during the running of the bulls festival in the city of Pamplona three years ago. https://www.thelocal.es/20191211/spanish-court-sentences-man-over-pamplona-gang-rape-website Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:01:15 +0100 spanish-court-sentences-man-over-pamplona-gang-rape-website Four of the five men who were found guilty of raping a teenager during the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona in 2016 are now on trial for a separate sex crime. https://www.thelocal.es/20191119/pamplona-wolf-pack-tried-for-separate-sex-abuse-case-in-cordoba Tue, 19 Nov 2019 10:42:43 +0100 pamplona-wolf-pack-tried-for-separate-sex-abuse-case-in-cordoba More than 7,000 people marched in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona Saturday to protest revised sentences handed down to eight people convicted of beating up two off-duty policemen in 2016. https://www.thelocal.es/20191027/thousands-protest-sentences-in-basque-bar-brawl-trial Sun, 27 Oct 2019 10:50:31 +0100 thousands-protest-sentences-in-basque-bar-brawl-trial Thousands of revellers raised candles and red scarves in the air and swayed back and forth as they sang a mournful song to mark the end on Sunday of Spain's most famous bull running festival in Pamplona which saw eight daredevils gored this year. https://www.thelocal.es/20190715/famed-spanish-bull-run-festival-ends-with-8-people-gored-this-year Mon, 15 Jul 2019 11:18:37 +0200 famed-spanish-bull-run-festival-ends-with-8-people-gored-this-year A 46-year-old American was in a serious condition after he and two others were gored during the first day of the running of the bulls in the northern Spanish town of Pamplona on Sunday, regional authorities said. https://www.thelocal.es/20190708/americans-seriously-injured-after-being-gored-at-spains-pamplona-bull-run Tue, 09 Jul 2019 00:11:31 +0200 americans-seriously-injured-after-being-gored-at-spains-pamplona-bull-run Acclaimed British author and bullfighting expert Alexander Fiske-Harrison has been running with the bulls at Pamplona for the last eight years and has participated in dozens of bull runs across Spain. He shares with The Local his top ten tips for survival. https://www.thelocal.es/20190705/the-survivors-guide-to-running-with-the-bulls-in-pamplona Fri, 05 Jul 2019 12:16:20 +0200 the-survivors-guide-to-running-with-the-bulls-in-pamplona If you thought Pamplona was all about risking your life by running in front of bulls, then think again: This beautiful city has plenty more to offer. https://www.thelocal.es/20190705/things-to-do-in-pamplona-that-dont-involve-running-with-bulls-travel Fri, 05 Jul 2019 11:06:10 +0200 things-to-do-in-pamplona-that-dont-involve-running-with-bulls-travel Spain's Supreme Court on Friday found five men involved in a sordid sexual assault case guilty of gang rape, refuting previous rulings that had convicted them of the lesser offence of sexual abuse. https://www.thelocal.es/20190621/la-manada-spains-infamous-wolf-pack-gang-rape-case-appeal-ends Fri, 21 Jun 2019 17:21:10 +0200 la-manada-spains-infamous-wolf-pack-gang-rape-case-appeal-ends They may have been freed to walk the streets despite a conviction for sexually abusing a teenager during San Fermin festivities in Pamplona, but having fun is proving easy against the strength of public opinion against them. https://www.thelocal.es/20180822/la-manada-sex-attackers-chased-away-from-seville-public-pool Wed, 22 Aug 2018 11:10:22 +0200 la-manada-sex-attackers-chased-away-from-seville-public-pool One of five men convicted of sexually abusing a young woman in Spain in a case that sparked nationwide protests was arrested Wednesday for shoplifting and ramming security guards with his car, local police said. https://www.thelocal.es/20180802/la-manada-police-arrest-wolf-pack-sexual-abuser-over-theft Thu, 02 Aug 2018 11:20:18 +0200 la-manada-police-arrest-wolf-pack-sexual-abuser-over-theft A row is brewing on the eve of Pamplona's San Fermín festival as rights groups argue over whether to wear black to protest the gang rape of an 18-year-old woman at 2016’s event. https://www.thelocal.es/20180705/wear-black-spains-bull-run-festival-overshadowed-by-wolf-pack-rape-case Thu, 05 Jul 2018 11:47:50 +0200 wear-black-spains-bull-run-festival-overshadowed-by-wolf-pack-rape-case Four men and a 15-year-old boy who dubbed themselves ‘la nueva manada’ – the new wolf pack – have been accused of gang raping a 16-year-old girl during the San Juan beach celebrations on the island of Gran Canaria last weekend. https://www.thelocal.es/20180629/new-wolf-pack-targets-underage-girl-at-tourist-resort-in-gran-canaria Fri, 29 Jun 2018 14:18:23 +0200 new-wolf-pack-targets-underage-girl-at-tourist-resort-in-gran-canaria A young woman who was sexually abused by five men in a lurid case that shook Spain spoke out for the first time Wednesday, calling on rape victims not to "stay silent". https://www.thelocal.es/20180628/victim-of-spain-sexual-abuse-wolf-pack-speaks-out-for-first-time Thu, 28 Jun 2018 12:00:57 +0200 victim-of-spain-sexual-abuse-wolf-pack-speaks-out-for-first-time Protesters hit the streets across Spain for the second day running on Friday, after five men sentenced to nine years in prison for sexually abusing a young woman at Pamplona's bull-running festival were released on bail. https://www.thelocal.es/20180623/spain-sees-second-day-of-protests-after-sexual-abuse-gang-released-on-bail Sat, 23 Jun 2018 06:15:28 +0200 spain-sees-second-day-of-protests-after-sexual-abuse-gang-released-on-bail Protesters took to the streets in Spain Thursday after a court ordered the release on bail of five men sentenced to nine years in prison for sexually abusing a young woman at Pamplona's bull-running festival. https://www.thelocal.es/20180622/protests-in-spain-as-pamplona-sexual-abuse-wolf-pack-released-on-bail Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:56:45 +0200 protests-in-spain-as-pamplona-sexual-abuse-wolf-pack-released-on-bail Nearly 2,000 psychotherapy specialists in Spain have added "scientific information" to Spain's nationwide rebuttal of the nine-year sentence for The Pack, and more crucially the court's decision that the Pamplona attack in 2016 did not constitute rape. https://www.thelocal.es/20180504/spanish-psychotherapy-experts-send-letter-to-ministry-of-justice-denouncing-the-pack-sentence Fri, 04 May 2018 12:13:27 +0200 spanish-psychotherapy-experts-send-letter-to-ministry-of-justice-denouncing-the-pack-sentence Irantzu Varela, journalist, feminist and coordinator of the feminist creative collective Faktoria Lila tells The Local what La Manada verdict means for the women of Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20180503/opinion-fighting-the-wolf-pack Thu, 03 May 2018 16:52:02 +0200 opinion-fighting-the-wolf-pack