Spain re-opens probe into Spanish PM’s phone being hacked with Pegasus spyware
A Spanish judge probing the alleged hacking of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s and other MP’s phones with Pegasus spyware has re-opened the investigation after getting...
CatalanGate
Media groups uncover alleged illegal investigation of Catalan independence groups by Spanish government led by Rajoy
A recent inquiry conducted by Spanish media outlets La Vanguardia, El Diario and El Nacional has exposed the alleged illegal use of the country’s national police...
Sánchez to meet Aragonès on 15 July in Madrid, first official meeting since ‘CatalanGate’
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is to meet with the Catalan president Pere Aragonès on Friday 15 July in Madrid, their first formal face-to-face gathering...
Spanish court calls NSO Group’s CEO to testify in cell phone spying case
Spain’s High Court has called the CEO of Israel’s software company, NSO Group, to testify as a witness in a case concerning the hacking of...
Spain to reform official secrets law following spying scandal
Spain is to ‘strengthen judicial control’ over its secret services in the wake of a scandal over the hacking of the mobile phones of top...
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’....
Spanish PM and defence minister’s phones also targeted with spyware
The Spanish government said on Monday that the mobile phones of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and the Defence Minister Margarita Robles were infected last year with...
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...
