Although information on possible tax evasion has been available to the police for at least a year, this year the case has moved significantly. First, the police began to investigate the case on the basis of a criminal complaint last December. Now, according to the findings, Neovlivní.cz has assessed the suspicion as serious. “Police have commenced ...
As Czech’s cast their ballots for European Parliament, the most massive protests in the nation since 1989 continue, with 50,000 people taking to Wenceslas Square to demand the dismissal of Justice Minister Marie Benešová. The crowd of protestors waved Czech and European Union flags and signs that read: “You can’t break justice” and”I am ashamed ...
Police raided offices at the Czech Agriculture Ministry early on Thursday in connection with suspected subsidy fraud. The raid was conducted by the country’s special unit for fighting organized crime. Its spokesman Jaroslav Ibehej confirmed the raid was in connection with a criminal investigation but refused to provide further details. No one has so ...
Czech billionaire Prime Minister Andrej Babis said Saturday he would not resign if indicted for his alleged role in a two-million-euro EU subsidy fraud. Police this week recommended that Babis be indicted over the case which could see him and several others, including family members, spending five to ten years in prison. “I would not resign because I have ...
Police investigators have proposed pressing charges against Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and several members of his family over suspicions that he and his associates illegally tapped into a 50 million crown EU subsidy ten years ago. If the prime minister stands trial and is found guilty he could face a jail sentence of between ...
Police investigators have proposed pressing charges of EU subsidy fraud and damaging the interests of the European Union against Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, and several family members including his wife, Czech Radio reported citing police sources. The police investigation into the so-called Stork’s Nest affair, in which the prime minister is suspected of ...
Thousands of Czechs have protested against their prime minister, Andrej Babis, and urged him to resign over a string of scandals, including claims from his son that he was forced to leave the country to avoid questioning in a fraud case. About 20,000 people rallied in Prague against the tycoon turned politician on Saturday, amid ...
Czech opposition parties are piling pressure on ANO’s Andrej Babiš after his son claimed to have been forcibly sent abroad so he would not be able to testify in a corruption case against the prime minister. The leaders of six parties – who together have 92 votes in the 200-seat lower chamber – have called ...
Czech opposition parties on Tuesday called on Prime Minister Andrej Babis to resign and agreed to push for a no-confidence motion in his government after a news report that said his son had been send abroad to hinder a fraud investigation. Czech opposition parties on Tuesday called on Prime Minister Andrej Babis to resign ...
