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.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreEpstein 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.
Read MoreMarko 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.
Read MoreDomestic 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.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreFor more than two years, the two companies of lawyer Peter Premk, brother of Freedom Movement MP Martin Premk, have had no restrictions on dealings with the National Assembly. Peter Premk was also a co-founder of the predecessor of the Freedom Movement (Gibanje Svoboda), where Finance Minister Klemen Boštjančič is now Vice-President. His ministry has transferred nearly 27 thousand euro to Premk’s company in a year.
Read MoreIn early September 2022, the wife of SDS MP Tomaž Lisec, then still employed in the public sector, opened a part-time sole proprietorship. Just a few days later, she signed a consultancy contract with the Rudolfovo Institute, which had been established by the government of Janez Janša (SDS). The sequence of events raises suspicions of a possible pre-arranged cooperation.
Read MoreSDS MP Andrej Kosi used to live in a building that was officially categorised as a crop storehouse. The living situation of two MPs, who are residing in buildings with reported useful floor areas smaller than a couple public parking spaces, also remains unclear.
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