Months ago – in some cases years – the research group Citizen Lab, from the University of Toronto, contacted dozens of individuals linked to the Independence bid to see if they could analyse their mobile phones. They wanted to check whether they had been victims of Pegasus, a virus devised by Israeli company NSO only sold to states which could be used to access all information on a cell phone can be obtained without the affected party knowing about it. The results came back positive: their phones had been infected, yet they had all been acting as if they were being spied on for some time. As many as nine victims explained their experience to ARA.

The president of the Catalan National Assembly (ANC), Elisenda Paluzie, has said in an interview with ARA that the goal is for the Catalonia Day demonstration is to become a turning point to reactivate the street mobilisations and vindicate the mandate of the 2017 Independence Referendum. "To avoid the referendum not arriving until 2030 we have to mobilise now," she stated, in reference to President Pere Aragonès's forecast that a second referendum would be held before this date. "We are not in an ideal situation, but we have to mobilise," she said after reiterating that they hope to mobilise around 100,000 people.

This Friday, from 10:30 am live on ARA , Antoni Bassas will talk with the president of the Catalan National Assembly, Elisenda Paluzie. The ANC wants the demonstration of the Festival to be a turning point to reactivate the mobilization to the street and vindicate the mandate of 1-O. In these days previous to the manifestaicó, Paluzie has defended that the message of this Party will not go destined in the State but to the Government because it culminates the independence. Paluzie has also recognized that independence is not at a peak because there is no unitary roadmap

The Catalan National Assembly (ANC) has been claiming for days attendance numbers at the Catalonia Day demonstration it is organising alongside Òmnium is beating the expectations. In fact, this has already led to changes in the route of the protest. Instead of ending in Ciutadella Park, it will do so at Estació de França, to avoid crowds at the entrances to the park. Until now, the entity had not made any data public; today, ANC president Elisenda Paluzie said attendance is expected to reach six digits. That is, at least 100,000 people. This would be significantly higher than last year, when the ANC said 60,000 people took part in different events spread throughout the country. Nevertheless, it would be a far cry from the 600,000 people of 2019 or the one million of 2018, according to the Guardia Urbana. One of the indicators that allow them to be optimistic this year is that buses will leave from over 100 municipalities.

The Catalan National Assembly (ANC) has made a move after noting the total deadlock in negotiations between pro-independence parties. The sovereignist entity has called a protest this Sunday at 11:30 am in Plaça Sant Jaume to put pressure on pro-independence parties with the aim of reaching an agreement before repeat elections are automatically called on May 26. In declarations in fornt of the Parliament, the president of the entity, Elisenda Paluzie, has demanded ERC, JxCat and CUP reach an agreement to "advance" towards independence and not to put the majority of over 50% of the vote obtained on February 14 "at risk".