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Investigative Journalist Jan Kuciak Murdered along with Fiancée

Investigative Journalist Jan Kuciak Murdered along with Fiancée

Velka Maca/Bratislava, February 26 (TASR) – Investigative reporter for the Slovak news website Aktuality.sk Jan Kuciak, 27, whose focus was mainly on suspicions of major tax frauds, was shot and killed along with his fiancée Martina Kusnirova in his house in Velka Maca (Trnava region). The murder seems to

SNS Not to Support Decriminalisation of Drugs in Certain Cases at Gov't Session

SNS Not to Support Decriminalisation of Drugs in Certain Cases at Gov't Session

Bratislava, February 20 (TASR) – The Slovak National Party (SNS) objects to a Justice Ministry-sponsored draft law on the decriminalisation of certain drugs, so the SNS ministers will not support it at the Cabinet session on Wednesday (February 21), TASR learnt from a SNS press report sent to the media on

Police Recommend Prosecutor to Charge Ladislav B.

Police Recommend Prosecutor to Charge Ladislav B.

Bratislava, February 16 (TASR) – The police have concluded their investigation into tax fraud allegedly committed by a well-known businessman, for legal purposes identified only as Ladislav B., recommending a special prosecutor to press charges, news websites aktuality.sk and tvnoviny.sk reported on Friday. “The investigator has presented a proposal

Expert: Court Decision on Babis Widely Misinterpreted

Expert: Court Decision on Babis Widely Misinterpreted

Bratislava, February 14 (TASR) – The fuss surrounding Bratislava Regional Court’s decision to reject Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis’s lawsuit against Slovakia’s Nation’s Memory Institute (UPN) concerning the publication of files on his registration as a former communist Czechoslovak secret service (StB) agent has resulted in many

Slovak Court Rejects Czech PM Babis's Suit Concerning StB Files

Slovak Court Rejects Czech PM Babis's Suit Concerning StB Files

Bratislava/Prague, February 13 (TASR) – Bratislava Regional Court has rejected Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis’s lawsuit against Slovakia’s Nation’s Memory Institute (UPN), meaning that there’s no court ruling stating that his record as an agent of the erstwhile communist secret service (StB) was unjustified, law firm

Cabinet Approves Rumana's Bid for Post of Additional EGC Judge

Cabinet Approves Rumana's Bid for Post of Additional EGC Judge

Bratislava, February 7 (TASR) – Supreme Court judge Ivan Rumana has become Slovakia’s third candidate for the post of additional judge of the European Union’s General Court (EGC) based in Luxembourg, with the Cabinet approving his candidacy at its session on Wednesday. At the same time the Cabinet tasked

Government Makes Judicial Council Complete Again

Government Makes Judicial Council Complete Again

Bratislava, February 7 (TASR) – The Judicial Council is complete again after almost four months, as the Cabinet appointed Branislav Jablonka and Magdalena Hromcova as its members on Wednesday. The nominations were submitted by Justice Minister Lucia Zitnanska (Most-Hid). Two of the three posts in the Judicial Council earmarked for government