Zur deutschen Version The execution-style murders of journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, shocked Slovakia, shook up the country’s politics and spurred the resignation of Prime Minister Robert Fico. While Kuciak’s work, including a posthumously published investigation into ties between Fico confidants and the Italian mafia, tapped into widespread animus over corruption, it […]

Zur deutschen Version The execution-style murders of journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, shocked Slovakia, shook up the country’s politics and spurred the resignation of Prime Minister Robert Fico. While Kuciak’s work, including a posthumously published investigation into ties between Fico confidants and the Italian mafia, tapped into widespread animus over corruption, it […]

Week after week, Slovak people have taken part in large protests since the murders of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his partner, archaeologist Martina Kušnírová, in February. Kuciak’s murder comes only five months after Daphne Caruana Galizia, a Maltese investigative journalist, was killed in a car bombing. The murders raise serious concerns about press freedom […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined 16 other European and international press freedom groups in calling on the European Commission to ‘step up’ efforts to protect journalist safety following the murders of Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta and Ján Kuciak. Kuciak, an investigative journalist with the portal Aktuality.sk, was found shot dead at home […]