Bratislava, March 2 (CTK) – Reporters without Borders (RSF) Secretary General Christophe Deloire called today on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to apologise for having offended journalists, daily Dennik N wrote after their meeting today, but Fico later dismissed such a call having been addressed to him. Fico (Smer-Social Democracy) received Deloire, along with […]
Brussels, March 1 (CTK correspondent) – The European Commission (EC) asked today the respective Slovak authorities to provide information on a possible abuse of European funds for agriculture in connection with the murder of Slovak journalist Jan Kuciak, EC spokesman Alexander Winterstein has said. The EC reacted to the suspicion of abuse of these […]
Bratislava, March 1 (CTK) – The Slovak police have detained seven people in raids in eastern Slovakia during the investigation into the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend, Police President Tibor Gaspar told reporters today. Media reported previously that Antonino Vadala, an Italian businessmen whom Kuciak mentioned in his last unfinished article, […]
The violent death of 27-year-old Slovak investigative journalist Jan Kuciak from the daily Aktuality.sk and his partner Martina also has a Czech connection. At a press conference, which was held on Tuesday by Prime Minister Robert Fico at the Office of the Government in Bratislava, Tibor Gašpar, Slovak police president, informed the media. He did not disclose […]
Prague, Feb 28 (CTK) – Italian businessman Antonino Vadala, who is linked to the Italian mafia and Slovak top politicians, according to murdered Slovak reporter Jan Kuciak, owns the Vadala Group CZ firm in the Czech Republic, daily Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) writes today. Vadala has owned the firm since last November. Until then, […]
Prague, Feb 27 (CTK) – The Czech Republic rejects the accusation of support for international terrorism in connection with the release of Syrian Kurdish leader Saleh Muslim, the Foreign Ministry said today in reaction to a diplomatic note in which Turkey’s complains about a Czech court’s verdict. The Prague Municipal Court released today Muslim, […]
Bratislava, Feb 27 (CTK) – Jan Kuciak, a recently killed Slovak journalist, investigated the activities of the people close to the Italian ‘Ndrangheta in Slovakia and their ties to Maria Troskova, a current assistant of Prime Minister Robert Fico, daily Sme writes today. On Monday, investigative journalist Tom Nicholson said he had discussed the […]
Prague, Feb 27 (CTK) – Syrian Kurdish leader Saleh Muslim considers his release a decision by an independent Czech court that does not succumb to political pressures, he told CTK at a meeting with reporters today. The Prague Municipal Court released Muslim, 67, who was detained on the basis of an international warrant of […]
Bratislava, Feb 27 (CTK) – The case of the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend in Slovakia has a link to the Czech Republic, Police President Tibor Gaspar said today, adding that Slovak investigators have launched cooperation with the Czech and Italian police and also with Europol. The Aktuality.sk server, for which […]