Bratislava, March 12 (CTK) – Slovak Interior Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-Social Democracy) announced his resignation, which the opposition and the smallest government coalition party Most-Hid demanded after the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak, at a press conference today. Kalinak, deputy chairman of Smer-SD, is the second minister from the cabinet of PM and chairman ...
Bratislava, March 10 (CTK) – The Slovak police failed when it did not call a forensic pathologist to examine the dead bodies of murdered journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee, daily Pravda writes on its website today, quoting Slovak Society for Forensic Medicine head Boris Tazky said. “We consider the presence of a forensic ...
Bratislava, March 9 (CTK) – The Slovak police have been working hard to solve the recent murder of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee, yet major progress has not been made and more and more versions of the tragedy are being developed, Prosecutor General Jaromir Ciznar told journalists today. “We are doing our utmost,” ...
Bratislava, March 9 (CTK) – Rallies protesting against Prime Minister Robert Fico’s government and demanding an independent investigation into the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee were held in Bratislava and tens of towns across Slovakia today. The demonstration at a square in Bratislava’s centre was the biggest since the protests held ...
Bratislava, March 8 (CTK) – Interior Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-Social Democracy) wanted to discredit Slovak elite prosecutor Vasil Spirko because of the investigation of a case of suspected corruption of Kalinak, Spirko told journalists today. Spirko said he would file a criminal complaint against Kalinak, Police President Tibor Gaspar and the corruption police unit’s ...
Bratislava, March 7 (CTK) – Three Slovak opposition parties want to a hold a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Robert Fico’s coalition government over the recent murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend. Kuciak and his girlfriend, both 27, were shot dead in their house in Velka Maca village, west Slovakia, in ...
Bratislava, March 7 (CTK) – The Slovak intelligence service (SIS) for long warned ministers of a mafia group operating in eastern Slovakia, President Andrej Kiska said today, two weeks after the murder of a journalist who wrote about business linked to mafia and its ties to people close to PM Robert Fico. “People have ...
Bratislava, March 6 (CTK) – The Slovak police confirmed today that head of the anti-corruption unit Robert Krajmer, who is being connected with “oligarch” Norbert Bodor, a brother-in-law of Police President Tibor Gaspar, was on the scene of the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend. Gaspar himself said on Monday Krajmer had ...
Bratislava, March 6 (CTK) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska has been playing power games, pursuing opposition policy and destabilising Slovakia since the murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak, Prime Minister Robert Fico told journalists today. Kuciak and his girlfriend, both 27, were shot dead in their house in Velka Maca village, west Slovakia, at ...
