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Pavla Holcova: You can not scrap the blood

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Pavla Holcova. Source: press kit

Slovakia is a chilling case study. A laboratory of how the corrupt system was built, how it fell, how it broke down into pieces, and how it was rebuilt – tells Pavla Holcova in an interview about the film “The Killing of a Journalist”, which just premiered in Poland.

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Andrej Babiš’ questionable investment partner

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Former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis arrives at his trial for alleged EU subsidy fraud at the Municipal Court in Prague, Czech Republic, September 12, 2022.,Source: David W. Cerny / Reuters / Forum

Since being ousted as prime minister in the 2021 Czech parliamentary elections, now-MP Andrej Babiš has made investments in Slovenia. Ten percent of Babiš’s Slovak partner is owned by Anna Bubeníková, who gained infamy for her role in the Gorilla corruption scandal.

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Broadband in Europe: The Czech Republic lagging behind the rest of V4

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The European Union has set 100 Mbps threshold by the end of 2025. Source: Gts / Shutterstock

Internet speed performance in Europe is continuously increasing, but many countries are still well below the 100 Megabits per second (Mbps) threshold that the European Union has set itself to achieve by the end of 2025, as shown by the data collected by the European Data Journalism Network.

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Ukrainian refugees in Hungary: Volunteers doing the government’s work

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Ukraine war refugees arriving at railway station greeted by aid workers handing out food and supplies, Budapest, Hungary, 5 March 2022. Source: lithian / Shutterstock

Even though there are barely more than twenty thousand refugees from Ukraine in Hungary (as opposed to the government’s claims of hundreds of thousands, or over a million), the refugee care system is still crumbling.

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NewsFront: Slovak lawyer producing pro-Russian propaganda

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The Slovak-language version of NewsFront is currently disseminating pro-Russian claims about the invasion of Ukraine. Who is the creative force behind the Slovak NewsFront site? The findings of the Investigative Centre of Ján Kuciak (ICJK) suggest it could be lawyer and member of the Slovak Union of Antifascist Fighters, Vladimír Zemko.

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NewsFront: From Crimea with hate

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Source: ICJK

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as we found out, NewsFront has been playing a significant role in spreading anti-Ukrainian narratives in some Visegrad countries – especially in Slovakia. A complex redistribution scheme allows Kremlin propaganda to avoid bans and reach audiences in the region.

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“The Killing of a Journalist” director:
I can’t break down, even if the whole crew does

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Director Matt Sarnecki and Pavla Holcová in Karlovy Vary. Photo: investigace.cz

The European premiere of “The Killing of a Journalist” took place during the International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary. The document tell the story of a murdered Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina, which lead to uncovering of just how rotten the local system was and a wave of public unrest which inevitably changed the whole country.

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