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, ...
Bratislava, March 1 (CTK) – The Slovak junior government party Most-Hid has called on Interior Minister Robert Kalinak and Police President Tibor Gaspar to resign over last week’s murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend, its leader Bela Bugar told journalists today. The resignation of Kalinak and Gaspar has also been demanded ...
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, ...
Bratislava, Feb 28 (CTK) – Slovak PM Robert Fico’s two aides whose former business links to persons probably standing close to Italian mafia were highlighted in an article that reporter Jan Kuciak wrote before his murder, have left their posts pending the investigation, they announced today. The officials are head of the National Security ...
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 ...
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 ...
Bratislava, Feb 26 (CTK) – The Slovak government has offered a million euros as a reward for information to help catch the murderer of young investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-Social Democracy) told the media today. According to the police, Kuciak’s work as a journalist enquiring into suspicious ...
