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Puigdemont denounces EU "indifference" to mass espionage against Catalans, 6 months on

In a hard-hitting article, the Catalan MEP asserts that "the more the EU protects Spain, it more it loses credibility"

EU blocks Spanish access to European funds due to Sánchez's failure to comply

Spanish government has not met the deadline for reforms required in order to receive remaining funds, reports Bloomberg

World media report UN conclusion that Spain violated rights of Catalan leaders

Media in Europe and the US note the Committee's concern that the Catalan MPs had been suspended before their case was decided

Why a German newspaper says Spain is among the 10 poorest countries in the EU

Business daily Handelsblatt doubts that Spanish tourism can lift up the economy after the pandemic

A wake-up call to Spain on climate change, in the 'Financial Times'

Feature writer praises Spain's life style in 2022, but asks if anyone will be able to live there in fifty years

Spanish journalist Ferreras implicated by Villarejo's audios over fake Iglesias account

Leaked Villarejo recordings show how Ferreras echoed Iglesias' information suspecting it to be false

Jordi Pujol: "Catalonia is sad, confused, and politically, it's just not working"

Jordi Pujol, president of Catalonia for 23 years, reappears in a radio interview with journalist Josep Cuní

ECHR condemns Spain over outing of judges who backed Catalan "right to decide"

Human Rights Court concludes that the newpaper publication of personal ID numbers violated the right to privacy of 33 judges

Germany, unperturbed by prospect of a Scottish referendum "against the law"

Sturgeon's launch of campaign for a second referendum made the pound fall: the City takes her seriously

PSOE rewrites Spain's audiovisual law, angering ERC and supported by PP

Abstention by PP and Cs allows law to pass, amid controversy over Socialists' changes that undermine independent production

International press, appalled at Juan Carlos's return to Spain: "Cringeworthy"

European media are perplexed at how scandal-stained former king can return without any explanation to watch yacht races

New audio recordings confirm Spain's state-led "dirty war" against Catalonia

Recordings made by ex-police leader Villarejo show how "state sewers" acted to discredit Jordi Pujol and independence leaders

Pegasus was present: Spain's CNI spied on Barcelona's choice of mayor in 2019

Spanish intelligence was listening while an unlikely policial alliance took shape to keep pro-independence ERC out of power

Cybersecurity expert Diebert: "Catalangate has opened a crisis of democracy in Spain"

Citizen Lab director believes that Spaniards need to demand an independent inquiry and is aghast at the complacency he sees

Spanish justice now likely to admit appeals against pardoning of Catalan prisoners

Change in court composition could mean the re-admission of appeals and revive the issue in political and media terms

Spanish intelligence told government in 2019 it was spying on Catalan VP Aragonès

CNI spy agency told the Sánchez executive they were spying on Pere Aragonès, suspected of coordinating CDR activists

International media note Spanish PM's long silence on Catalangate

Major world media report Spain's claim of an "external" perpetrator but also note its sudden change of pace on the affair

Swiss politicians among likely victims of Spanish espionage, says 'Tribune de Genève'

Lawyers, business people and politicians in Switzerland would also have been surveilled in CatalanGate operation, says paper

CatalanGate: 'Washington Post' editorial condemns democracies that spy on citizens

Leading US daily calls for regulation to prevent illegal cyberespionage after report shows massive snooping on Catalans

Carles Puigdemont's reflection on CatalanGate: "Spain can't change"

The wide acceptance of the monarchy's corruption, says Puigdemont, shows the difficulty in democratizing the Spanish state

World media zoom in on triumph of Carla Simón's Catalan-language movie 'Alcarràs'

Golden Bear prize for best film at the Berlin festival is the most important award ever won by a Catalan movie

Spain is now a 'flawed democracy', according to 'The Economist's ranking

EIU index says Spain has fallen from top category of democratic states, with problems of judicial independence as a factor

A study debunks the indicators that classify Spain as a "full democracy"

Democracy indices like those of 'The Economist' and V-Dem Institute are "opinion polls of experts", asserts study

'The National': "Spanish secret service behind the 2017 Barcelona attack?"

Suspicions of dirty war against the pro-independence movement reach Scotland

Rejection to extradite Valtònyc to Spain resounds in Europe

The news calls into question the respect in Spain for the freedom of expression as enshrined in European law

Puigdemont in 'Le Monde': "The 27 States keep quiet due to the risk of dividing Spain"

Fake Russian plot in Catalonia brings EU's Borrell up against The New York Times

Barça's two Ballon d'Or awards and the word that 'Marca' couldn't bring itself to say

Wiesenthal Center says Spanish TV interview with neo-Nazi "will encourage admirers"

International media warn that North African dispute could leave Spain without gas

German TV punctures trumphalism of Sánchez: "Spain, worst joblessness in the EU"

Prestigious prosecutor on Spain's democratic culture: "It's from Europe, not our own"