corruption

Andrej Babiš’ questionable investment partner

Former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis stands trial for alleged EU subsidy fraud in Prague
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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Documentary about Kuciak murder gets huge applause in Toronto

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The film’s main producer, Signe Byrge Sørensen from Final Cut for Real; the director, Matt Sarnecki; Pavla Holcová and Eva Kubániová from investigace.cz.; the two directors of OCCRP, Drew Sullivan and Paul Radu.

The documentary The Killing of a Journalist decribes in detail not only the murder of Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak and his girlfriend, Martina Kušnírová, but also the dramatic events in Slovakia that followed this horrendous crime.

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Kuciak case: Kočner’s and Zsuzsová’s acquittals overturned

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Public hearing for Marian Kocner and Tomas Szabo at the Slovak Supreme Court
A court employee arrives for the public hearing of Marian Kocner and Tomas Szabo who are on trial for charges of ordering and carrying out the murders of Jan Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova, at the Slovak Supreme Court, in Bratislava, Slovakia, June 15, 2021.Source: RADOVAN STOKLASA/Reuters/Forum

The Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Tomáš Szabó, who drove the murderer to the house of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée.

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The murder of Ján and Martina: an analysis of the evidence

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Photograph of the murdered journalist Jan Kuciak and Martina Kusnirova with the inscription "we will not forget". Bratislava, Slovakia, 16 March 2018. Source: Rosalicka / Shutterstock

The Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic will issue a judgment in the case of the murder of investigative journalist and his fiancée.

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Long years in jail and terabytes of scandals: The definite end of Kočner’s era

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Verdict on Slovak businessman Marian Kocner in Pezinok
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.

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The Life of Ján Kuciak and a Brief History of Slovakia

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The house of Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová
The house of Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová on Brezova street in Veľká Mača . On the gate is the inscription "Love is stronger than evil". Photo taken March 16, 2018 by Miro.kern/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

The murder of Ján Kuciak and his fiancée rocked Slovakia like nothing else had in the previous 30 years. Their deaths literally changed the country.

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The great escape of ‘KGBéla’, Hungarian MEP accused of spying for Russia

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In 2014 Béla Kovács, a notoriously russophile Hungarian member of the European Parliament, dubbed as KGBéla even by his own far-right comrades, broke the law and made illegal contacts with Russian intelligence officers. The story of Kovács is the most accurate depiction of the complicated nature of Russian influence in Hungary. And it’s not that easy to understand what happened to him and today’s political landscape of Hungary.

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