Slovak Court to Rule on May 29 in Central Bank Chief’s Corruption Case

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Slovak court to rule on May 29 in central bank chief's corruption case

A Slovak court will rule on May 29 whether Slovak National Bank governor and European Central Bank policymaker Peter Kazimir is guilty of corruption, the court's spokeswoman said on Friday. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Slovak court to rule on May 29 in central bank chief’s corruption case

(Reuters) – A Slovak court will rule on May 29 whether Slovak National Bank Governor and European Central Bank policymaker Peter Kazimir is guilty of corruption, Slovak media reported on Friday. Kazimir denies any wrongdoing. The case dates back to Kazimir’s previous position as finance minister before he became the central bank’s chief in 2019. Prosecutors have proposed a jail sentence. (Reporting by Jan Lopatka in Prague; Editing by Toby Chopr…

Pezinok (Slovakia) - A prosecutor in Slovakia has proposed to the court to impose a prison sentence on the governor of the Slovak Central Bank (NBS) Peter Kažimír, who is accused of bribery, and a minimum five-year ban on working in public institutions and offices. The prosecutor said this today in his new closing argument. The defense again proposed to stop the prosecution due to the statute of limitations, according to it, the case cannot be a…

Former Finance Minister faces one to five years in prison

The trial of the defendant former Minister of Finance and Governor of the National Bank of Slovakia (NBS) Peter Kažimír continues on Friday at the Specialized Criminal Court in Pezinok, who is not present at the hearing. Defense attorney Ondrej Mularčík excused him and requested that the proceedings be held in his absence, as he is on a business trip to Japan. Judge Milan Cisarik mentioned his proposal to change the legal qualification and the 1…