We have published the asset data of MEPs, new government officials and MPs, and the first six mayors in the new edition of the Asset Detector. The mayors were selected through a public vote, but not everyone was thrilled with the outcome. The Municipality of Ljutomer namely reported Oštro to the Specialized State Prosecutor’s Office and the Information Commissioner.
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We have published the asset data of MEPs, new government officials and MPs, and the first six mayors in the new edition of the Asset Detector. The mayors were selected through a public vote, but not everyone was thrilled with the outcome. The Municipality of Ljutomer namely reported Oštro to the Specialized State Prosecutor’s Office and the Information Commissioner.
Following Oštro’s revelation that Minister Aleksander Jevšek’s ‘garage’ does not comply with the issued building permit, as it is a Pannonian house, the minister has told other media outlets that “the process of changing the intended use of this allegedly controversial building has been underway since the beginning of last year”. However, the Murska Sobota Administrative Unit this week informed Oštro that they have no record of a request for a change of use in this specific case.
In 2021, the Murska Sobota Administrative Unit issued a permit to the then mayor of Murska Sobota, now Minister of Cohesion, Aleksander Jevšek, to build a small partially open garage with a canopy. About a year later, a building that is almost half too large and resembles a Pannonian house stands on the site of the planned garage.
The investigative project Cartomb disclosed a systemic problem with out-of-function vehicles in Slovenia, as more than 70 unreported car dumps were discovered across the country. A portion of them is located on official lands, belonging to municipalities, the state, or a state-owned company.
Epstein helped a girlfriend obtain roles at the International Peace Institute, an influential New York-based think tank. Emails suggest he even subsidized her salary at one point. The scoop was discovered and penned by Oštro's editor in chief Anuška Delić, who is also OCCRP's Balkan co-editor.
Marko Kaloh, brother of independent MP Dejan Kaloh, is a dental industry entrepreneur. In March 2020 he registered a marketing company in Banja Luka. Things changed a few months down the line, and he instructed Rok Snežič to dissolve the company. It would seem that despite assurances, the latter hasn’t done so.
Domestic and international journalism organizations have responded to the proceedings against Oštro brought by the Information Commissioner’s Office and the District State Prosecutor’s Office in Murska Sobota, which they view as politically motivated pressure on journalistic work. Oštro will present the Asset Detector website where we collect data on the assets of politicians, today, December 18, at a public editorial meeting in Velenje.
A movement originating in Ukraine has been spreading globally to systematically deliver climate disinformation under the guise of climate change awareness. Although its main premise — the world ending in 2036 — may seem fringe, its proponents recently secured an audience with Pope Francis and engaged a registered lobbyist to work on their behalf in the US.
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