Spain is proving to be the most difficult country to probe in the investigation of the use of spyware. In November 2022 Joanna Giménez and a photojournalist were arrested as they attempted to cover a protest by environmental activists.

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A demonstration under the slogan "Czech Republic First!", which gathered around 70,000 people, called on the government to abandon its pro-Western agenda, withdraw from NATO and the EU, drop sanctions against Russia, and agree on gas prices.

Greek journal Documento revealed a new list of persons whose devices were wiretapped with the spyware tool called ‘Predator’. The soaring cost of living brought together tens of thousands of protesters to request higher wages.

The Hungarian government is battling to persuade the European Commission to unlock 4.64bn Euros in Covid recovery funds, frozen for more than a year, in addition to avoiding a 70 percent cut in its cohesion funds.

Prosecutors file an indictment against women's rights activists as the Polish government continues to target whrds

Despite expectations and promises, the Spanish government has not moved forward with the reform of the so-called Gag Law, which allows authorities to sanction and muzzle dissent.

Lithuania announced an extension to the state of emergency along its borders with Belarus and Russia until 16th December 2022. Minister of Internal Affairs Agnė Bilotaitė said that such a measure is necessary to stop hybrid attacks from Belarus and Russia

University students and staff protested several times in Athens against the deployment of police forces, the so-called University Institutions Protection Teams (OPPI) on university campuses

At the beginning of July 2022, the European Chief Prosecutor warned Romania of the potential consequences of a new law regarding whistleblowers.