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Netherlands, Iceland, Ireland, Spain and Slovania have said they will not participate in the competition if Israel does.

Spanish Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun has joined Slovenia’s national broadcaster in threatening to withdraw their country’s participation in Eurovision 2026 if Israel is not banned.

Spain’s culture ministry has returned the first of more than 5,000 items seized by the dictator 84 years ago

Every year the Spanish ministry of culture awards prizes for different artistic disciplines. From next year onwards, the country’s national bullfighting award will be withdrawn. The current Spanish minister of culture, the Barcelona-born Green politician Ernest Urtasun, supports the prohibition of what has long been known as Spain’s “national fiesta”.

Governing socialists say FNFF fails to comply with legislation that forbids any attempt to glorify regime

Spain's left-wing government said on Friday it would scrap a national prize for bullfighting, a move which angered supporters of the controversial spectacle but was welcomed by animal rights groups.

Spain’s socialist-led government vows to fight against arts censorship