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

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

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 ...

Malaga, on the Costa del Sol, in romantic Andalusia, home to Antonio Banderas and the capital of one of Spain’s most sophisticated resort areas, is also a city where bullfights hold a hallowed place.

MADRID - Bullfights returned live to Spanish state TV with a glittering and music-filled display on Wednesday evening, six years after the fights were banned from the widely watched public channel.

MADRID -- Bullfights returned live to Spanish state TV with a glittering and music-filled display Wednesday evening, six years after the fights were banned from the widely watched public channel. The ...

PAMPLONA, Spain - Hordes of humans will sprint ahead of thundering beasts this week at Pamplona's famed running of the bulls, but Spain's most storied fiesta is being overshadowed by a crisis in the ...

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 ...

Spanish bulls are under threat — not from bullfighters, but from illness. Jerome Socolovsky reports from Spain where the spread of a livestock epidemic called "blue tongue" has forced the cancellation ...

MADRIDMADRID — 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 ...