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

"Riveting." Grasshopper Film has revealed the official US trailer for the documentary film from Spain titled Afternoons of Solitude, directed by acclaimed Catalan-Spanish filmmaker Albert Serra. It ...

In this edition of Inside Spain, we look at how the ruling Socialists have turned their backs on the possibility of removing bullfighting's protected status, thus ensuring that the controversial ...

Spanish auteur Albert Serra always gets strong reactions to his films, and that’s how he likes it. His latest, his first documentary, Afternoons of Solitude, has been no different. The bullfighting ...

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 ...

It was a bold statement on culture and animal rights. Activists came together in Madrid to demand an end to bullfighting in Spain, a tradition they say is cruel and outdated. Protestors stood outside ...

MADRID (AP) – Spanish premier Mariano Rajoy and Nobel literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa are among 590,000 people who have signed a petition to Parliament urging bullfighting to be protected ...