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 Three men including a French tourist have died this week after suffering severe injuries during the 'Bous al carrer' bull runs of eastern Spain, emergency services said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20220721/three-die-during-bull-runs-in-spains-valencia-region Thu, 21 Jul 2022 12:23:10 +0200 three-die-during-bull-runs-in-spains-valencia-region An American and two Spaniards were gored on Monday during a danger-filled fifth bull run of Spain's famed running of the bulls through the cobblestoned streets of Pamplona. https://www.thelocal.es/20220711/three-gored-at-pamplonas-fifth-bull-run Mon, 11 Jul 2022 14:39:55 +0200 three-gored-at-pamplonas-fifth-bull-run Pamplona's San Fermín festival, immortalised in Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel “The Sun Also Rises”, has long drawn large numbers of foreigners, with many choosing to return year after year. https://www.thelocal.es/20220708/its-christmas-for-adults-the-foreigners-who-flock-to-spains-bull-running-fiesta Fri, 08 Jul 2022 10:54:18 +0200 its-christmas-for-adults-the-foreigners-who-flock-to-spains-bull-running-fiesta Half-tonne fighting bulls knocked over thrill-seekers on Thursday in the first bull run since 2019 at Spain's San Fermín festival in Pamplona, with five people taken to hospital. https://www.thelocal.es/20220707/five-in-hospital-as-spains-pamplona-bull-run-returns Thu, 07 Jul 2022 13:45:41 +0200 five-in-hospital-as-spains-pamplona-bull-run-returns A red-and-white sea of revellers erupted in celebration Wednesday, dousing each other with wine in a packed Pamplona square as Spain's most famous bull-running festival returned after a two-year absence due to the pandemic. https://www.thelocal.es/20220706/gora-san-fermin-spains-bull-running-fiesta-returns-after-pandemic-pause Wed, 06 Jul 2022 17:19:11 +0200 gora-san-fermin-spains-bull-running-fiesta-returns-after-pandemic-pause Spain's best-known bull-running festival held in the northern city of Pamplona will be cancelled for the second year in a row because of the coronavirus pandemic, Pamplona's mayor said Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20210426/confirmed-spains-famous-bull-running-festival-gets-cancelled-again Mon, 26 Apr 2021 15:42:47 +0200 confirmed-spains-famous-bull-running-festival-gets-cancelled-again 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 Half-tonne fighting bulls knocked over thrill-seekers Tuesday in a fast, adrenaline-fuelled chase through the winding streets of Pamplona in northern Spain that sent an American and a Briton to hospital. https://www.thelocal.es/20190709/one-more-american-and-a-brit-injured-in-spains-pamplona-bull-run Tue, 09 Jul 2019 15:22:17 +0200 one-more-american-and-a-brit-injured-in-spains-pamplona-bull-run Activists from animal rights group PETA staged a protest ahead of Pamplona's famous running of the bulls - taking particular aim at foreign revellers. https://www.thelocal.es/20190705/watch-topless-animal-rights-activists-stage-protest-ahead-of-pamplonas-running-of-the-bulls-fiesta Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:15:28 +0200 watch-topless-animal-rights-activists-stage-protest-ahead-of-pamplonas-running-of-the-bulls-fiesta 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 Spain's San Fermin festival came to an end on Saturday after a week of frenzied bull runs that saw two gored and another 40 hurt, with one man thrown in the air as he ran looking at his smartphone. https://www.thelocal.es/20180715/famed-spanish-bull-run-ends-with-two-gored-dozens-hurt Sun, 15 Jul 2018 13:49:25 +0200 famed-spanish-bull-run-ends-with-two-gored-dozens-hurt One person was gored and four others injured on Saturday at the first running of the bulls in this year's San Fermin festival at Pamplona, one of Spain's best-loved but increasingly scrutinised traditions. https://www.thelocal.es/20180707/one-gored-four-hurt-on-first-day-of-divisive-spanish-bull-run Sat, 07 Jul 2018 16:36:28 +0200 one-gored-four-hurt-on-first-day-of-divisive-spanish-bull-run We take a look at some of the craziest wine-drenched photos taken during Friday's chupinazo, the San Fermín inauguration party. https://www.thelocal.es/20180706/in-pics-spains-bull-run-festival-kicks-off-under-sexual-abuse-cloud Fri, 06 Jul 2018 14:01:57 +0200 in-pics-spains-bull-run-festival-kicks-off-under-sexual-abuse-cloud 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 Ten people were hurt Saturday in Spain's annual San Fermin bull running fiesta in Pamplona, regional government sources said. https://www.thelocal.es/20170708/ten-hurt-in-spanish-bull-running-fest Sat, 08 Jul 2017 18:07:59 +0200 ten-hurt-in-spanish-bull-running-fest A young French woman reported being sexually assaulted and four men have been arrested over other attacks at Pamplona's San Fermin bull-running fest. https://www.thelocal.es/20160711/more-arrests-for-sexual-assault-at-pamplona-bull-run-fest Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:07:51 +0200 more-arrests-for-sexual-assault-at-pamplona-bull-run-fest UPDATED: Six people were gored by bulls early on Friday morning during one of the most dangerous bull runs in Pamplona history. https://www.thelocal.es/20160708/five-gored-in-war-like-pamplona-bull-run Fri, 08 Jul 2016 11:35:20 +0200 five-gored-in-war-like-pamplona-bull-run Thousands of revellers wearing red and white sprayed each other with red wine in Pamplona's main square on Wednesday for the start of Spain's famed San Fermin bull-running festival. https://www.thelocal.es/20160706/pamplona-in-pics-san-fermin-bull-fest-kicks-off-with-a-bang Wed, 06 Jul 2016 18:12:37 +0200 pamplona-in-pics-san-fermin-bull-fest-kicks-off-with-a-bang Authorities in Pamplona this year are preparing a surprise for the hundreds of revellers who relieve themselves against the city’s medieval walls during the famous San Fermin running of the bulls festival. https://www.thelocal.es/20160629/pamplona-fights-back-with-walls-that-pee-back Wed, 29 Jun 2016 18:59:05 +0200 pamplona-fights-back-with-walls-that-pee-back