Every storm runs out of wind and leaves behind calm waters, especially in the Adriatic. Oštro wishes you smooth sailing in 2022!
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The Pandora Papers reveal how a group of businessmen from the northeastern Slovenian region of Štajerska moved assets of biogas plants via offshore companies to hide them from creditors. They were built a decade ago by Keter Group, at the time »the leading Slovenian provider of biogas plants«.
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In the last five years the neighboring government led by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has significantly increased its funding of Hungarian national minority’s activities abroad.
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By financing its minority in Croatia the Hungarian government is expanding its influence through agricultural land, funding companies, supporting education and football clubs.
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But every storm runs out of wind and leaves behind calm waters, especially in the Adriatic. Oštro wishes you smooth sailing in 2021!
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FinCEN Files shows the role of U.S.-based correspondent banks in facilitating the global flow of dirty money.
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Substandard protective equipment for COVID-19 is being sold in over a dozen countries, using misleading certificates produced by businesses in the heart of Europe.
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If you want to make money outside the law, forget guns, drugs, alcohol or cigarettes. Trade in illegal pesticides combines high profits with lower risks.
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A Slovenian businessman with investments in gambling — and no background in healthcare — managed in just one day to secure a lucrative contract for millions of dollars in coronavirus protection equipment. It’s unclear what that equipment even is.
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How the Inner Circle of a Prominent Croatian Businessman Received Russian Money for Fake Real-Estate Deals.
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Oštro.si obtained documents which enabled us to reconstruct who was supposedly involved in the car smuggling ring in Slovenia and Croatia.
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How a car smuggling ring in Slovenia and Croatia allegedly used a UK company to cheat taxpayers out of millions.
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Compression socks marked with CE marking but failing to fulfil its requirements have been available on the Slovenian market since 2016.
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No one knows how many adverse events with breast implants occur in Slovenia. Mary paid the price of loosely regulated medical devices. More than once.
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The systematic and collective expulsion of asylum seekers continued this year. We gathered testimonies that prove this.
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Despite the Ombudsmen’s warnings, refugees and migrants in Slovenia and Croatia still face difficulties when applying for asylum after they enter these two countries. They are being driven out of the European Union in droves, systematically and violently.
Scientists say there is no acceptable dose to avoid brain damage. Its use is banned in several European countries. Yet its residues are found in fruit baskets, on dinner plates, and in human urine samples from all over Europe. Now producers are pushing for a renewed EU-approval – perhaps in vain.
Anuška Delić
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