Spanish festivals
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.
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.
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.
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.
'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.