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Spanish bishops and government sign deal for compensation of church sexual abuse victims

Spain’s Catholic bishops and the government have taken another step toward compensating victims of sexual abuse by clergy members who have died or whose possible crimes are too old to be prosecuted

The Independent UK · Mar 30

Spanish government and bishops agree on plan to compensate sexual abuse victims

Only a handful of countries have had government-initiated or parliamentary inquiries into sexual abuse by the clergy, although some independent groups have carried out their own investigations.

Euronews · Jan 8

Bishops and Spanish government agree on a plan to compensate sexual abuse victims

Spain’s government and the country’s Catholic bishops have agreed to a joint plan to compensate victims of sexual abuse by clergy members who have died or whose possible crimes have been proscribed

The Independent UK · Jan 8

Spain's PM Sanchez to go on state visit to China

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will visit China next week following a formal invitation by President Xi Jinping, as the Asian country seeks to position itself as a mediator in the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Reuters · Mar 22, 2023

Spain’s top court blocks government vote in unprecedented move

Spain’s Constitutional Court has handed down a ruling preventing the upper house of Parliament from voting on a controversial amendment to the country's penal code

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022

Spain: Top court puts brakes on govt in unprecedented move

Spain’s top court has handed down a ruling preventing the upper house of Parliament from voting on a controversial amendment to the country's penal code

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022

Spanish PM vows to end ‘unjustifiable’ block on court changes

Conservative judges froze passage of measures meant to overhaul appointments to their court

The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2022

Spanish PM’s mobile phone infected by Pegasus malware

The cellphones of Spain's prime minister and defense minister were infected last year with Pegasus spyware, which is available only to countries' government agencies, authorities announced Monday.

France 24 · May 2, 2022

Spanish prime minister’s phone ‘targeted with Pegasus spyware’

Minister for presidency says ‘illicit’ targeting will be investigated by Spain’s highest criminal court

The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2022

Spain: 2021 spyware attack targeted prime minister's phone

Spanish officials says the cellphones of the prime minister and the defense minister were infected last year with Pegasus spyware that is only available to government agencies, in an operation that was not authorised by the government

The Independent UK · May 2, 2022