Jan Kuciak

“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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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.

Tomáš Madleňák

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Three years after the murder of Ján Kuciak

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Demonstrators take part in a protest rally marking the second anniversary of the murder of the investigative reporter Jan Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova, one week ahead of country's parliamentary election in Bratislava
Demonstrators take part in a protest rally marking the second anniversary of the murder of the investigative reporter Jan Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova. Slovakia, February 21, 2020. Source: DAVID W CERNY / Reuters / Forum

Investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, were murdered on February 21, 2018. The reason was Ján’s journalistic work and the articles he wrote for aktuality.sk.

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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.

Lukáš Diko Tomáš Madleňák

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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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Bullet for a Slovak reporter

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A memorial for Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová in Prešov, by Petinoh, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

More than two years after shocking assassination of Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, another Slovak journalist from the same newsroom faces a death threat. Data analyst Peter Sabo found a pistol bullet in his mailbox – informs editor-in-chief of Aktuality.sk, Peter Bárdy.

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