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Gaspar: Police Found Two Individuals Set to Go Armed to Velka Maca

Gaspar: Police Found Two Individuals Set to Go Armed to Velka Maca

Bratislava, February 28 (TASR) – With respect to the investigation into the murders of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee, the police have detained two individuals who were making plans on Friday (February 23) to equip themselves with firearms and go to the village of Velka Maca [in Trnava region, where

Madaric: I Can't Continue as Culture Minister after Journalist's Murder

Madaric: I Can't Continue as Culture Minister after Journalist's Murder

Bratislava, February 28 (TASR) – Culture Minister Marek Madaric (Smer-SD) on Wednesday announced his resignation in reaction to the murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée towards the end of last week. Stating that the murder “doesn’t allow” him to continue in the post of culture minister, Madaric

TASR: We Condemn Murder of Jan Kuciak as Attack on Democracy

TASR: We Condemn Murder of Jan Kuciak as Attack on Democracy

Bratislava, February 26 (TASR) – Young journalist and our former colleague from the Teraz.sk website Jan Kuciak along with his partner Martina Kusnirova have become the victims of premeditated murder in their own house. Such a crime is heinous, incomprehensible and absolutely unacceptable regardless of its motive. If it is

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