EU court restores immunity for Puigdemont, Ponsatí & Comín
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has decided to provisionally restore the parliamentary immunity of three Catalan pro-independence MEPs who fled Spain fearing arrest over...
Catalan Independence
Supreme Court to allow appeals against pardons given to Catalan independence leaders
Spain’s Supreme Court has reversed its decision to uphold the pardons granted for the formerly jailed Catalan independence leaders. On Tuesday, the court voted in favour...
Spain’s spy chief sacked, following phone hacking scandal
The Spanish government sacked Paz Esteban, the director of its intelligence agency (CNI), on Tuesday, following the hacking of politicians’ mobile phones, including the devices of...
Head of Spain’s intelligence agency under spotlight over phone hacking scandal
Paz Esteban, the head of Spain’s Intelligence Service (CNI), has appeared before a parliamentary committee for questioning over phone hacking revelations, first referred to as ‘CatalanGate’....
Catalan government rejects spying investigation, demands resignations
The Spanish government has promised full transparency by opening an ‘internal investigation’ into allegations that 65 pro-independence Catalan politicians and activists have been the target of...
Catalan government freezes ‘dialogue’ with Madrid due to espionage claims
The Catalan government has frozen relations and ‘dialogue’ with Spain’s central government following a report claiming that over 60 pro-independence Catalan politicians and activists have been the...
‘CatalanGate’: politicians, activists accuse Spain of ‘huge & illegal’ spying
Catalan pro-independence politicians and activists have accused Spain of spying on dozens of its leaders’ cell phones with Pegasus spyware, after details came to light...
Puigdemont ‘free to travel’ after Italian extradition hearing suspended, pending EU rulings
Former Catalan president and MEP Carles Puigdemont was allowed to walk free from a court in Sardinia on Monday, after an Italian judge delayed a decision on Spain’s...
Puigdemont returns to Belgium before Sardinia extradition hearing on 4 Oct
Final update on Sun 26 Sept at 19h. Former Catalan president and MEP Carles Puigdemont, detained by Italian police on his arrival to Sardinia on Thursday evening...
Sánchez and Aragonès resume talks, despite ‘radically different’ views
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez met with the Catalan President Pere Aragonès in Barcelona on Wednesday – at the start of resuming ‘dialogue’ between the two governments on resolving the Catalan...
