When Ján Kuciak, a journalist at Slovakian news site Aktuality, was murdered, protests broke out and the then prime minister, Robert Fico, resigned. Kuciak had been investigating alleged corruption by people connected to Slovakia’s government, and his death cast a harsh spotlight on reports of links between organised crime and high-ranking Slovakian officials.
Nearly six years later, following elections in September, Fico is back in power – and Aktuality, among several other media organisations, is in the new leader’s sights.
