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Media groups uncover alleged illegal investigation of Catalan independence groups by Spanish government led by Rajoy

News Desk16th January 202424th January 2024

16th January 202424th January 2024710

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’

News Desk8th July 202214th July 2022

8th July 202214th July 20221251

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

News Desk7th June 202213th June 2022

7th June 202213th June 20221317

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

News Desk27th May 20222nd June 2022

27th May 20222nd June 20221778

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

News Desk25th May 202229th May 2022

25th May 202229th May 20221365

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

News Desk10th May 202216th May 2022

10th May 202216th May 20221883

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

News Desk6th May 202210th May 2022

6th May 202210th May 20226522

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

News Desk2nd May 20229th May 2022

2nd May 20229th May 20221419

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

News Desk25th April 20222nd May 2022

25th April 20222nd May 20221747

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

‘CatalanGate’: politicians, activists accuse Spain of ‘huge & illegal’ spying

News Desk19th April 202225th April 2022

19th April 202225th April 20222325

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

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