Ahead of the eighth anniversary of the murder of Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins the undersigned partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in renewing the call for full justice for their brutal killing. With the new retrial of the twice-acquitted but alleged mastermind Marian Kočner now again underway in Bratislava as of January 2026, hope remains that all those responsible for ordering and carrying out this assassination will eventually face justice for their crimes. On 21 February 2018, Kuciak and Kušnírová were fatally shot at … Continue reading Slovakia: EFJ and MFRR partners continue to demand full justice for Kuciak assassination