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Ján Kuciak was an investigative reporter working for the Aktuality.sk, dealing mostly with stories concerning tax fraud. He and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová were killed on February 21, 2018 in their house in the western-Slovak village of Veľká Mača.

Marian Kočner attends day 7 of a trial regarding the murder of journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová on February 3, 2020, in Pezinok.
Miroslav Kriak

Ex-spy who spied on Kuciak: I thought I was working for the state

In court, Miroslav Kriak, who surveilled journalists for Peter Tóth, listed the names of journalists he was assigned to follow.

Court: Threema legally obtained

Meanwhile, a prosecutor of the Special Prosecutor’s Office charged Alena Zsuzsová with ordering another murder.

Ján Kuciak's colleagues

UPDATED: Kuciak’s boss: I'm 100 percent sure Kočner ordered the murder

Judges to announce on January 22 if they will accept Threema texts as evidence.

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Penta financial group partner Jaroslav Haščák was called forward to the court because of a message Kočner had sent to him prior to the Kuciak murder

Haščák said the message he got from Kočner was not about Kuciak

Two people have already been punished in the murder case.

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Norbert Bödör

Kuciak murder trial: Bödör denies helping Kočner

Businessman Norbert Bödör refused the allegations voiced by witness Peter Toth last week.

Alena Zsuzsová

Kuciak murder trial: What has happened so far

An overview of how the trial in the murder case has progressed.

Witness Peter Tóth was heard for eight hours on January 15, 2019, at the Specialised Criminal Court in Pezinok, western Slovakia.
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Kuciak murder trial: Tóth implicates Kočner and others

The former journalist-turned-spy Peter Tóth, who surveilled journalists for Kočner, testified on the third day.

Zoltán Andruskó is escorted to the courtroom.
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Key witness linked Kočner to the murder

The key witness of the prosecution testified for over four hours on the second day of the trial.

Parents of Ján Kuciak

Kuciak's mother: He said he was doing it to make Slovakia better

Families of Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová spoke in court on the second day of the trial.

Alena Zsuzsová

It was meant to end with a murder in any case, said the man who killed Kuciak

Zsuzsová and Kočner deny involvement in the murder of the journalist.

Marian Kočner is escorted to the courtroom.
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Man who shot Kuciak and Kušnírová: I am guilty

The trial has begun. Kočner and Zsuzsová plead not guilty to the murder.

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Slovak democracy set for crucial test in coming year, political analyst says

Parliamentary elections will give a guide to outcome of other key events, including election of Prosecutor General.

Kuciak murder investigation: A timeline

The most notable moments in the murder investigation related to journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová.

Marian Kočner and his lawyer Marek Para (in the background).

Kočner may get a new lawyer, if his current one is punished

Marek Para is threatened with disciplinary punishment.

Zoltán Andruskó arrives to court

Kuciak murder trial: Middleman gets 15 years in prison

The Specialised Criminal Court approved his deal with prosecutor, Andruskó becomes a witness.

The events that shaped Slovak politics in 2019

Take a look at what Slovakia has been through in the past 12 months.

Still a brutal murder that shouldn't have happened

Let us think of the victims' families.

Kuciak murder trial: The indicted rejected a plea bargain

The main trial will start as early as January 13.

Alena Zsuzsová surrounded by journalists

Kuciak trial to start with preliminary hearing

Journalists from the world over expected to attend.

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