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Matúš Burčík

Head of national news desk at the Sme daily

List of author's articles

Deputy Speaker of Parliament and SNS leader Andrej Danko in parliament.
Smer MP Ľubomír Vážny (l) and Smer politician Peter Pellegrini in 2018.
Investigator Martina Babacsová in 2019.

The corruption case that shook Slovakia faces new uncertainty as its third lead investigator quits

Martina Babacsová to step down from the Gorilla investigation by the end of August.

The private TV Markíza resides in the Záhorská Bystrica borough of Bratislava.

Slovakia's popular TV channel comes under pressure after new news director's takeover

Markíza journalists describe alleged intervention in their work in a letter.

The silhouette of Daniel Lipšic.

Constitutional Court didn't help. Special Prosecutor's Office will shut down in March

More than 1,000 cases waiting for redistribution around the country.

People at anti-government protests regularly call Hlas leader Peter Pellegrini 'podržtaška'.

Here's what anti-government chant 'podržtaška' means

Experts say derogatory term has no proper English equivalent.

Former PM Vladimír Mečiar.

Almost 30 years ago, the Slovak president's son was kidnapped. The trial may finally begin this year.

Mečiar's amnesties were cancelled in 2017, but further problems then surfaced.

Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency's HQ in Bratislava in 2020.

Smer’s EU funding scandal officially ends, but mystery culprits remain at large

A firm with fake documents had €2 million approved by the state agency.

The Interpol logo.
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GP Maroš Žilinka

Lipšic blocked in garage, Žilinka's loose wheels: Kuciak murder retrial continues

Court heard the testimonies of prosecutors whose murders the defendants are believed to have ordered.

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Tejla, a recently deceased Rothschild’s giraffe

Bratislava zoo mourns the loss of its oldest giraffe

The breeding of giraffes in former Czechoslovakia had a long, bloody history.

The Facebook post that informs about a curious robbery at a petrol station.

Woman delayed a robber with oral sex. How did the case end?

The robber is in prison, but the court did not examine whether the woman was a victim of sexual violence.

Monika Jankovská

Jankovská admitted to her relationship with Kočner. She also mentioned Fico

Former state secretary of the Justice Ministry started cooperating with the investigators after months in pre-trial custody for corruption-related crimes.

Norbert Bödör leaves the Specialised Criminal Court free.

Top investigators of the biggest corruption case are leaving the police

The investigation into bribery linked to agricultural subventions has so far landed businessmen Martin Kvietik and Norbert Bödör in prison and is still ongoing.

Questions over the biggest drug delivery case

Prosecutor talks about lives in danger.

Inspectorate deals with police intervention against Roma children in Krompachy

The mother of the children from the quarantined settlement claims the police beat them.

Miroslav Kriak at the court.

Kočner’s surveillance commando was in turn surveilled

A group hired by Toth to spy on journalists was watched and photographed by unknown shadows.

The entrance to the house.

Two years after the murder: How the crime scene looks today

Journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová were killed on February 21, 2018.

Kuciak’s sister Mária: I wanted to cry during Fico’s press conference, Janko was also a journalist after all

The families want information that does not harm the investigation to go public.

Peter Tóth

Six people involved in the surveillance of journalists, Kočner paid thousands

People who followed journalists for Kočner are trying to rid themselves of guilt.

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