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Spain’s Pamplona bull run ‘will have to be cancelled for a second year due to coronavirus’

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Spain’s Pamplona bull-running festival will have to be cancelled for a second year in a row due to the coronavirus pandemic, a local official has said. The San Fermin festival ‘won’t be possible’ this year, regional head of Navarre, Maria Chivite, told an economic forum on Tuesday. ‘It is not responsible to create expectations which will … Read more

Spain cancels its world-famous Pamplona bull running festival because of coronavirus 

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Spain’s best-known bull running festival in the northern town of Pamplona has been cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis, Pamplona city hall said today. The San Fermin celebration is centuries old and typically attended by hundreds of thousands of people. During the celebration half-tonne fighting bulls chase hundreds of daredevils, many of whom wear traditional … Read more