separatist

Spain

POLITICS

Pardon for Catalonian separatists to be reviewed by Supreme Court

The Nomad Today 5/25/22

The nine were sentenced for their role in organizing the 2017 independence referendum, which had been deemed illegal, on charges of misusing public funds

09/03/2022. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez greets the Secretary of State and Director of the National Intelligence Center (CNI), Paz Esteban (2nd L), and the Secretary of State for Digitization and Artificial Intelligence, Carme Artigas, in the presence of the General Director of the Department of National Security, Miguel Ángel Ballesteros. Photo: La Moncloa.

Spain

SPYING SCANDAL

Spain's secret service admits monitoring Catalan separatists' phones

The Nomad Today 5/5/22

It was recently reported that Pegasus had also been found on the cell phones of Prime Minister Sánchez, Defence Minister Margarita Robles and Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska

Spain

SCANDAL

Spanish government promises probe into Catalonian separatists spying

The Nomad Today 4/25/22

Catalonia's regional government head Pere Aragonès has already threatened to withdraw his support if the issue is not clarified and if no one steps down

Spain

SCANDAL

Madrid on defensive after report claims Catalan separatists spied on

The Nomad Today 4/20/22

Mobile phones belonging to politicians, lawyers and activists were hacked and bugged between 2017 and 2020 with Israeli spyware Pegasus

23 March 2022, Ukraine, Mariupol: Burned buses are seen in front of a destroyed residential complex in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol. Photo: Maximilian Clarke/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

World

WAR IN UKRAINE

Donetsk separatist leader: "port of Mariupol under Russian control"

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/11/22

The separatists have been fighting with the support of the Russian army to capture Mariupol, which is strategically important due to its location on the Sea of Azov.

03 April 2022, Ukraine, Mariupol: The bodies of a civilians lay in an intersection in the centre of Mariupol as a Donetsk People's Republic fighter stands guard. Photo: Maximilian Clarke/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa - ACHTUNG: Graphic Content.

World

WAR IN UKRAINE

Separatists claim control of Mariupol as fresh evacuation bids begin

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/7/22

The city administration, which has fled, believes that tens of thousands of civilians have already been killed in the battle for the city

Spain

CATALONIA

Italian court refuses to extradite Catalan separatist leader to Spain

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/5/21

Puigdemont has ridiculed Spain's attempts to extradite him, accusing Madrid of abusing legal procedures to persecute its political enemies

Spain

Catalan separatist Puigdemont travels back to Sardinia for hearing

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/4/21

Monday's hearing in a court in the city of Sassari is about whether Italy must hand Puigdemont over to Spain

Spain

CATALONIA

Ex-Catalan separatist leader to attend extradition hearing in Italy

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/26/21

However, the court made it clear that Puigdemont should not be detained or extradited until the legal dispute over immunity is finally resolved

14 February 2021, Spain, Barcelona: Salvador Illa, candidate of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia, gives a press conference upon his arrival at his party's headquarters, minutes before the polls close during the Catalan regional elections. Photo: Lorena Sopêna I Lòpez/EUROPA PRESS/dpa

World

ELECTIONS

Separatists have majority in Catalonia, but socialists the most voted

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/15/21

The result is likely to prolong the independence debate that has been going on for years with the rest of Spain, which does not want Catalonia to become independent.