The Local Spain 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 IN IMAGES: Spain hosts World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship The Spanish city of Valladolid has hosted one of the most quirky events around the world recently, a massive jigsaw puzzle competition with participants from all over the planet. https://www.thelocal.es/20240924/in-images-spain-hosts-world-jigsaw-puzzle-championship Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:21:54 +0200 in-images-spain-hosts-world-jigsaw-puzzle-championship IN IMAGES: The Spanish town that stages mock battles with eggs and flour The eastern Spanish town of Ibi held its annual 'Els Enfarinats' festival on Wednesday, a colourful and messy fiesta which sees revellers launch eggs, flour and firecrackers at each other in a mock coup d'etat. https://www.thelocal.es/20221228/in-images-the-spanish-town-that-stages-mock-battles-with-eggs-and-flour Wed, 28 Dec 2022 18:04:42 +0100 in-images-the-spanish-town-that-stages-mock-battles-with-eggs-and-flour Debate flares over Spain's bull-running fiestas as ten revellers die Spain's controversial bull-running festivals have once again hit the headlines after a deadly summer in which at least 10 people lost their lives, exacerbating divisions over the centuries-old tradition. https://www.thelocal.es/20220906/debate-flares-over-spain-bull-running-fiestas-as-ten-die Tue, 06 Sep 2022 12:04:50 +0200 debate-flares-over-spain-bull-running-fiestas-as-ten-die Three die during bull runs in Spain's Valencia region 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 Three gored at Pamplona's fifth bull run 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 'It's Christmas for adults': The foreigners who flock to Spain's bull-running fiesta 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 Five in hospital as Spain's Pamplona bull run returns 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