Articles for tag: Andrej Kiska, Antonino Vadala, Down with Fico, EU Subsidy Fraud, Italian Mafia, Jan Kuciak, Most-Hid, Ndrangheta, Slovak Journalist Killed, Slovakia, Smer-SD

Petr Dubinsky

Mired In Scandal Over Journalists Murder PM Robert Fico Offers Resignation

Bratislava – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico offered his resignation as part of a solution to the political crisis after the assassination of journalist Ján Kuciak and his girlfriend. Fico told journalists today. But Prime Minister Andrej Kiska, who, in accordance with the constitution, appoints a new prime minister, will respect his current Coalition for Social Democracy (SDS), ...

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Antonio Vadala Arrested: Jan Kuciak Reported Ties To PM Fico’s Government

Bratislava, March 13 (CTK) – The Slovak police have arrested, based on an European arrest warrant, Italian businessman Antonino Vadala, whom the recently murdered Slovak journalist Jan Kuciak mentioned in his last article, the Slovak General Prosecutor’s Office announced.   The warrant for Vadala’s arrest was issued by a court in Venice, Italy.   “By ...

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Jan Kuciak Murder: Mafia Cleans Dirty Cash In Prague

Prague, March 12 (CTK) – The Italian Prosecutor’s Office is investigating former UniCredit bank manager Massimiliano Fossati along with real estate businessman Claudio Leo Personnettaz on suspicion of assisting in money laundering in Prague, daily Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) writes today.   The firms controlled by Personnettaz were buying luxurious buildings in the centre of ...

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PM Fico’s Party Weighs Cabinet Changes Amid Kuciak Scandal

Bratislava, March 11 (CTK) – Smer-Social Democracy of Prime Minister Robert Fico is ready to make changes in the government lineup, but this does not mean that it will dismiss Interior Minister Robert Kalinak, Deputy Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini told the public broadcaster today.   Smer-SD can take steps leading to personnel changes in order ...

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Slovak PM Fico: President Kiska Destabilising Slovakia Since Murder Of Journalist

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 ...

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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 ...

PM Robert Fico Fights For Survival After Murder Of Journalist Jan Kuciak

Robert Fico is struggling for political survival. A week after the public learned about the murder of journalist Jana Kuciak, he criticized President Andrej Kiska, who wants to address the crisis by government reconstruction or early elections. “People are angry and the government responds in a rather arrogant way,” political scientist Grigorij Meseznikov describes the situation in Slovakia. ...