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Slovak Coverup: Italy Provided Intel On Mafia Tied To Jan Kuciak Murder In 2013

Bratislava, March 6 (CTK) – Slovakia received in 2013 information from the Italian authorities about the contacts of mafia with Italian businessman Antonino Vadala, about whom murdered Slovak journalist Jan Kuciak was writing, the Aktuality.sk portal, for which Kuciak worked, has written.   Interior Minister Robert Kalinak claimed at the weekend that the Italian authorities ...

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Culture Minister Marek Madaric Resigns Over Jan Kuciak’s Murder

Bratislava, March 5 (CTK) – Slovak Culture Minister Marek Madaric tendered his letter of resignation to President Andrej Kiska over the murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak today, but he will keep the post for the time being.   Madaric announced his resignation last week.   Kuciak and his fiancee were shot dead in their ...

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Candle lit memorial for Jan Kuciak and fiance

Jan Kuciak’s Murder Forces Slovakia To Recognize Mafia Problem

Rome/Bratislava, March 2 (CTK) – The recent death of the young journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee forced Slovakia to become aware of the mafia operating in its territory, but Italian mafias have been investing and hiding in Slovakia for years, Italian author Roberto Saviano has written on Facebook.   Saviano mentions members of the ...

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Slovak PM Fico Rejects Reporters Without Borders Request For Apology To Journalists

Bratislava, March 3 (CTK) – Reporters without Borders (RSF) Secretary General Christophe Deloire insists on having called on Slovak PM Robert Fico to apologise for offending journalists, but Fico dismissed the information on Friday and the Government Office released a statement in his support today.   At a meeting with Fico in Bratislava on Friday, ...

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Slovak PM Fico Owes Journalists Apology: Reporters Without Borders

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 ...

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Jan Kuciak: Murdered Slovak Journalist Uncovered Italian Mafia Ties To Prague

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, ...