Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency's HQ in Bratislava in 2020. (source: TASR)
Back in 2014, a firm with a confident vision, but without employees and money, falsified a loan promise from the bank and other documents, submitted a grant application, and eventually obtained €2 million.
The name of the company was Tatraworld.
The awarded sum, which came from European funds, was approved by the Economy Ministry and the Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency (SIEA). Pavol Pavlis of the Smer party was at the helm of the department at that time.
On the other side of the riverbank was Veronika Remišová. Back then, the current MP was a blogger who wrote about the dubious allocation of grants by the ministry.
After a decade, the case has now been closed. The unidentified culprits, nevertheless, remain at large.
