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In a move toward greater transparency, the Spanish ombudsman Saturday announced it will probe the possible inappropriate use of Pegasus spyware by authorities to spy on Catalonian separatist figures. Additionally, a parliamentary commission and the Spanish Intelligence Agency CNI will conduct a separate probe. This decision came in response to a report by the University of [...]

The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled in favor of Holocaust survivor heirs who sought to repossess a Pissarro painting that was stolen by Nazis during World War II. In Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation, the Cassirer family sought to repossess a Camille Pissarro painting that was stolen by Nazis in 1939. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation, [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday announced that Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev was charged with violating US sanctions that were imposed in 2014 for his role in undermining democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine.  Malofeyev was sanctioned under Executive Order 13660. Under the order, individuals responsible for or complicit in the undermining of the peace, [...]

Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday issued a decree restricting visas for citizens of countries deemed unfriendly by the Kremlin. Under the decree, expedited visa procedures for citizens of the European Union, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland and Lichtenstein will cease. Additionally, Russian state-affiliated news agency TASS reported that the decree suspends payment waivers for government officials [...]

Spanish and US authorities Monday seized a 254-foot yacht owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg from a Spanish marina. Vekselberg operates the Renova Group, an energy conglomerate with operations in metals, mining, tech and other assets. Vekselberg was first sanctioned in 2014 for his role in the Russian annexation of the Crimean Peninsula. Vekselberg [...]

Spain’s National Court suspended the extradition of Venezuelan ex-military officer Hugo Armando ‘El Pollo’ Carvajal Barrios to the US Friday following Carvaja’s appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Carvajal, former Director of Venezuela’s Military Intelligence (DIM) and former politician, faces illicit drug trafficking and firearms trafficking charges in the US. According to the US [...]

A court in northern Argentina Friday convicted former Catholic Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta of sexually abusing two former seminarians at St. John XXIII Seminary.  Zanchetta was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for committing “simple, continued and aggravated sexual abuse.” The court also ordered for his DNA to be included in the national [...]

The EU Commission Thursday adopted new rules for open-source software distribution. The move is intended to facilitate the Commission’s transmission to make its software source code publicly accessible for the benefit of public services, companies and citizens, within a shorter time period and with less paperwork. The adoption of new rules comes close on the [...]

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced Tuesday that the US Department of State will restrict nine Cuban officials’ visas. The nine officials are Ministries of the Interior and the Revolutionary Armed Forces high-ranking members. The restrictions follow Cuba’s interference with peaceful demonstrators last month. The nine officials are accused of attempting “to silence the [...]

Shortly after the press credentials of five journalists belonging to Spanish news agency EFE were revoked Saturday in light of anti-government protests planned just two days later, Cuban authorities reinstated the credentials of two of them, according to the agency. Five members of EFE’s seven-member team in Havana—three reporters, a photographer, and a cameraperson—were urgently [...]