Mayor asked to step down after video of him with axe trying to evict squatters
Salvador Balliu says he acted in self-defense as he faced individuals with batons and a dog when entering his property
April 25, 2022 12:13 PM
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Far-right wins second round of French presidential election in Northern Catalonia
Macron re-elected as results of French nationals in Catalonia not yet available
April 25, 2022 09:37 AM
Spanish government to investigate intelligence agency and declassify information after Catalangate
Catalan government rejects proposal and urges for resignations warning political support not granted
April 24, 2022 02:43 PM
Catalan and Spanish governments to meet in Barcelona to talk Catalangate espionage case
Presidency ministers Laura Vilagrà and Spanish Félix Bolaños to talk in person for first time since scandal broke
April 23, 2022 02:24 PM
Catalan and Spanish parties urge Spanish PM to explain Catalangate in Congress
Washington Post calls case a "flagrant" violation of civil liberties that deserves "condemnation"
April 22, 2022 05:08 PM
Catalan president demands answers on espionage controversy in Madrid
Pere Aragonès says he currently has “zero” confidence in the Spanish government
April 21, 2022 04:52 PM
Parliament calls on Puigdemont to explain independence movement’s alleged ties to Russia
Committee denies request for Esquerra Republicana’s Gabriel Rufián to declare
April 21, 2022 03:15 PM
Q&A: What is Catalangate and what consequences will it have?
Over 60 pro-independence figures’ phones were hacked using spyware between 2017 and 2020
April 20, 2022 05:26 PM
Spanish intelligence agency acquired spyware in first half of 2010s, reports say
Former head of body neither confirmed nor denied mass espionage against independence leaders
April 20, 2022 12:31 PM
Talks frozen as Catalonia 'will not normalize' relations with Madrid until Catalangate clarified
President Aragonès demands internal investigation and says Spain is now on par with Hungary and Poland
April 19, 2022 06:11 PM
Spanish government denies any involvement in Catalangate
Cabinet believes espionage will not interfere with negotiations between both executives
April 19, 2022 04:34 PM
Catalangate: solid evidence points to perpetrators within Spanish government, says Citizen Lab
Pro-independence movement announces legal action in response to ‘world’s biggest cyberattack’
April 19, 2022 02:02 PM
Catalan politicians denounce espionage as ‘serious attack on democracy and fundamental rights'
Over 60 pro-independence leaders were victims of Pegasus spyware allowing remote access to messages and cameras
April 18, 2022 05:36 PM
Presidents, MPs, civil society activists: over 60 Catalans phones infected with spyware
Several pro-independence figures’ devices attacked by Israeli NSO Group’s software since 2017
April 18, 2022 03:17 PM
President Pere Aragonès’s phone targeted by Pegasus spyware in 2020
Over 60 Catalan pro-independence infected with software that also attacked all Catalan presidents since 2010, some when still in office
April 18, 2022 12:53 PM
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