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Specialised Criminal Court: Ex-Justice Minister Gabor G. Maintains His Innocence

Specialised Criminal Court: Ex-Justice Minister Gabor G. Maintains His Innocence

Pezinok, June 6 (TASR) - Former justice minister Gabor G. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons], accused of accepting a bribe, has maintained his innocence, reiterating that the actions listed in the indictment have been fabricated. In his final speech, delivered before the Specialised Criminal Court in Pezinok (Bratislava region)

Road Accident in Kolarovo Claims Four Lives, Nine More Suffer Injuries

Road Accident in Kolarovo Claims Four Lives, Nine More Suffer Injuries

Four people were killed and nine more injured in a traffic accident involving a lorry and two vans in the town of Kolarovo (Nitra region) on Tuesday morning, Nitra Regional Police Directorate has reported on a social network.

Judge Acquits Stefan H. in Case Concerning Approval of Russian Aggression

Judge Acquits Stefan H. in Case Concerning Approval of Russian Aggression

A judge of the Specialised Criminal Court in Pezinok has acquitted Supreme Court ex-president and former justice minister Stefan H. of charges related to endorsing Russia's aggression in Ukraine, which included the offences of defaming a nation, race and belief, and approving of a criminal offence.

Gaspar: Volume of Hate Speech Has Increased Year after Assassination Attempt

Gaspar: Volume of Hate Speech Has Increased Year after Assassination Attempt

The amount of hate speech in society has increased by over 200 percent a year after the assassination attempt on Premier Robert Fico, the security and intelligence services informed the Security Council at its session on Thursday.

UIS Closes Kosice Manslaughter Case with Motion to File Charges

UIS Closes Kosice Manslaughter Case with Motion to File Charges

Kosice, April 17 (TASR) - An investigator of the Internal Affairs Inspectorate (UIS) has completed the case of a manslaughter in Kosice with a proposal to file charges against two police officers, UIS spokeswoman Andrea Dobiasova told TASR on Thursday, adding that the case concerns the killing of a detainee

PG: Prosecutor Indicts Juraj C. with Terrorist Attack over Shooting of Fico

PG: Prosecutor Indicts Juraj C. with Terrorist Attack over Shooting of Fico

Bratislava, March 17 (TASR) - A prosecutor of the Prosecutor-General's Office on Monday submitted an indictment against Juraj C. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons] to the Specialised Criminal Court over his shooting of Prime Minister Robert Fico on May 15 of last year, charging him with an

Constitutional Court to Assess Lex Assassination Attempt

Constitutional Court to Assess Lex Assassination Attempt

The Slovak Constitutional Court will assess the constitutionality of the 'Lex Assassination Attempt,' passed by Parliament last June, after a group of opposition MPs challenged it, and the Court has accepted their complaint for further proceedings regarding its alleged unconstitutionality. The opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party argued that