Portugal: Cavaleira Sónia Matias awarded

Cavaleira Sónia Matias has been awarded with Feminina 2015 award of Matriz Portuguesa - Sociedade Civil para o Desenvolvimiento da Cultura e do Conhocimento.

Spain: RTVE´s Oreja de Oro award

RTVE´s Oreja de Oro award has been given ex-aequo to Sebastián Castella and López Simón. It is the first time the award is given to two bullfighters at the same time.

Spain: Antonio Ferrera awarded in London

Club Taurino de Londres has awarded bullfighter Antonio Ferrera. Award was given for Antonio Ferrera´s long and outstanding career.

Cultoro.com: Ferrera, homenajeado ayer por el Club Taurino de Londres.

Spain: Dávila Miura awarded in Munich

Bullfight club of Munich has awarded bullfighter Dávila Miura with I León de Bavaria award for the bullfight fought with Miura bulls in the past Feria de Abril of Seville.

Cultoro.com: Dávila Miura galardonado con el León de Bavaria por el Club Taurino de Munich

Spain: El Juli and López Simón mano a mano in Las Fallas

First of Valencia 2016 Las Fallas bullfights has been announced. Bullfight will take place on 18.3.2016. Bullranches: Domingo Hernández, Garcigrande. Bullfighters: El Juli and López Simón, mano a mano.

Spain: Two Balearic municipalities shield bullfight

Two Balearic municipalities, Fornalutx and Escorca, have shield bullfight declaring bullfight as intangible cultural heritage, Mayors of the municipalities have delivered the documentation of the declaration to Govern Balear.

Spain: bullfights may continue in Vitoria

Bullfights may contunue in Vitoria in spite of Bildu party´s iniative to ban bullfights in Basque Country´s capital. All the other parties, PNE, PSE and PP, voted against Bildu´s iniative.

France: Istres Féria 2016 bullfight dates

Istres Féria 2016 bullfight dates have been announced. Bullfights will be held 17.6. - 19.6.2016.

Spain: Coquilla embryos exported to Australia

Coquilla bull embryos have been exported to Australia from Mariano Cifuentes bullranch in Spain. Australian rancher has the intention to create a bullranch in Australia.

France: Rion-des-Landes 22.11.2015. Fiesta campera

Rion-des-Landes 22.11.2015. Fiesta campera.

Bullranch: Frères Jalabert.

Bullfighter and trophy:

Patrick Varin: one bull´s ear.
Juan Bautista: one bull´s ear.
Juan del Álamo: two bull´s ear.
Pablo Aguado: two bull´s ears and a tail.

Novillero and trophy:

Adrien Salenc: two bull´s ears.

One minute of silence was observed in the beginning of the fiesta campera for the victims of Paris terrorist attacks.
National anthem of france was played with one minute of applause.

France: Boujan-sur-Libron 2016 novilladas announced

Boujan-sur-Libron 2016 novilladas have been announced. Novillada without picadors will be held on 3.6. and novilladas with picadors on 4.- 5.6.2016. Bullranches are José Escolar Gil and Valverde for novilladas with picadors.

Spain: San Fermín 2016 bullranches announced

Pamplona San Fermín 2016 bullranches have been announced. Bullranches are: Pedraza de Yeltes, Cebada Gago, Nuñez del Cuvillo, José Escolar, Miura, Jandilla, Fuente Ymbro and Victoriano del Río.

Pedraza de Yeltes makes its debut in San Fermin in 2016.

Spain: more than 700000 seats sold to bullfights in Castilla y León in 2015

More then 700000 seats were sold to bullfights in Castilla y León in the 2015 bullfight season between second class bullrings, third class bullrings and portable bullrings where 375 bullfights and novilladas were held.
Bullfights are very important economical, ecological, and cultural factor in Castilla y León says secretary of culture José Rodríguez Sanz-Pastor. Bullfights move 850 million euros which has a direct impact on 13000 jobs.

Two out of three inhabitants of Castilla y León saw a bullfght on the season 2015.

Aplausos.es: Más de 700.000 localidades se vendieron en Castilla y León durante 2015

Portugal: Campo Pequeno bullring has now own TV channel

Lisbon Campo Pequeno bullring is the first bullring with own TV channel, Campo Pequeño Televisión. Programs can be followed throught MEO and NOS platforms.

France: Bayonne bullfight season 2016 dates

Bayonne bullfight season 2016 dates have been announced.

30.7.2016 : rejones bullfight.
31.7.2016 : bullfight.
15.8.2016: novillada w/o picadors and a bullfight.
3.9.2016: novillada w/o picadors and a bullfight.
4.9.2015: novillada and a bullfight.

A Goyesca bullfight is planned for the season 2016 but the date has not been announced as of yet.

Spain: Animal protection association fined in Zamora

Animal protection association Defensa Animal Zamora has been fined in Zamora for disorderly conduct, disobeyance and underestimation of authority in front of a bullring the past Easter Sunday. Fine was 250 Euros.

www.aplausos.es: un gran precedente.

France: Lea Vicens has a new manager

Simón Casas is rejoneadora Lea Vicens new manager. Ángel Peralta continues as Lea Vicens technical director.

Spain: Bullfights can continue in Mallorca

Consell of Mallorca has declared Mallorca as anti-Bullfight area. Bullfights can continue however as Consell has no authority to ban bullfights in the island. Only Balearic Parliament can ban bullfights in the island. Ciudadanos and PP voted against the ban.

France: Saint-Sever 11.11.2015. Novillada without picadors

Saint-Sever 11.11.2015. Novillada without picadors.

Bullranch: Joaquin Buendía.

Novillero without picadors and trophy:

Tibo García: silence.
Baptiste Cissé: silence.
David Salvador: silence.
Fernando Salvador: silence.
Jesús Mejías: two bull´s ears.

Bullring was 1/3 full of spectators.

Spain: Miguel Ángel Perera cancels south American season

Bullfighter Miguel Ángel Perera has cancelled his south American bullfight season. Bullfighter has not recovered yet of his wounding on 15.9 in Salamanca.

Spain: Anti bullfight campaign in Mallorca

Consell de Mallorca and island of Mallorca will be declared anti bullfight on 12 november proposed by Mallorca sense sang campaign. The motion has been filed by PSIB-PSOE, MËS per Mallorca and Podem Mallorca.

France: Palavas Féria de la Mer 2016 bullfight dates

Palavas Féria de la Mer 2016 bullfight dates have been announced. Bullfights will take place from 30.4. to 1.5.2015. Two bullfights will be held.

France: Céret 2016 bullfight and novillada dates

Céret 2016 two bullfights and novillada will take place on 9.7. and 10.7.2016.

France: Arles 2016 bullfight dates

Arles bullfight dates for the year 2016 has been announced.

Féria des Pâques bullfights will take place on 25.3. - 28.3.2016. Corrida Camarguaise will take place on 4.7.2015. Féria du Riz will take place on 9.9. - 11.9.2016.

France: Musée Itinérant des Tauromachies universelles

Musée Itinérant des Tauromachies universelles exhibition has been opened in Saint-Sever. Exhibition has an itinerant character and it can be seen later in France´s bullfight regions and in Paris.

Portugal: Cartaxo 2.11.2015. Festival

Cartaxo 2.11.2015. Festival.

Bullranch: Pinto Barreiros.

Novilheiros:

Alfonso Cadaval: fought well his novillo.
Paula Santos: received big ovation for her capote and muleta work.

Cavaleiros:

Francisco Cortes: hit great first curto.
Francisco Parreira: fought well his bull.
Francisco Correia Lopes: hit great bandarilhas.

Bullring was 2/4 full of spectators.

France: Sébastien Castella received in the French Senate

Bullfighter Sébastien Castella has been received in the French Senate where he analysed past bullfight season with Vincent Zocato. Sebastien Castella urged to take steps to avoid the continuous attacks bullfight aficionados suffer.