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Editor-in-chief at the Ján Kuciak Investigative Center (ICJK). Experienced journalist and media leader, former director of news and journalism at RTVS and the editor-in-chief of news at Markíza television.
Marian Kocner is seen in the courtroom for the verdict in the case of the murders of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova, in Pezinok, Slovakia September 3, 2020. Source: RADOVAN STOKLASA / Reuters / Forum
The results of a police investigation into the murder of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak have left powerful figures in Slovakia extremely jumpy.
A healthcare worker collects a swab sample from a person at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing site during a second round of mass nationwide testing, in Trencianske Stankovce, Slovakia November 7, 2020 Photo by RADOVAN STOKLASA / Reuters / Forum
Slovak authorities underestimated the second wave of the pandemic and walked straight into it, unprepared.