his colleagues days after the bodies of and his fiance martina kristen over were found in their bratislava home. ninety nine percent convinced that the murder is connected with his writings about a link between italian mafia and slovak in politics. could see a story name two officials who have now resigned pending an investigation one of them mario toskala a chief advisor to the prime minister and other. chair of the state security department both have denied any link to the killings prime minister robert fitz so seen here with has cautioned against judging the pair without evidence he's offered a reward of one million euros for information about the murders slovakia's culture minister also resigned ashamed that something like this could happen in his country for the. culture minister i can't deal with the fact that the journalist was killed during my term in office. in brussels european parliamentarians held a minute of silence to honor the journalists who have gathered on the vid me that's . the truth with determination and didn't answer to anyone. the police to clear that he was almost

thousands of slovaks have taken to the streets of bratislava to omit the murder journalists young. demonstrators marched and held aloft tributes to the reporter he was writing about organized crime and he had these girlfriend who shot dead last weekend the double murder has shocked many in slovak it's a sign the country sliding back to corruption. we. could see ak and his fiance the expressions of solidarity in slovakia continue people such as here in the capital bratislava are demanding information and they are deeply disappointed with slovak politics. we thought events like these only occurred in the ninety's that they couldn't happen anymore but now we see the way things are going here so i d m it was just several arrests have already been made among them i tell you and businessmen mentioned in the last article young could siac wrote they're said to have links with italian mafia clans and the governing party. would give a shit about politics bear some responsibility for the murders that's quite clear the police ought to be investigating the scandals not doing so as a political d

this luxury apartment complex in bratislava is the product of a massive fraud. on a pet is one of the journalists who exposed it. this also happens to be the address of former prime minister robert feet so who has in the meantime resigned petkovic discovered that his government had helped the building contract to dodge millions of pyrrus in taxes. and no he. simply changed the laws so quickly that the building contractor couldn't pay up the v.a. tax without any penalties. which is just what he did. this is only one of many cases that reveal corruption at the highest levels. but it's so widespread that the country has gotten used to it but he never shut the . heck of it keeps glancing around nervously the journalist researched this and other scandals together with a coworker young could see. he was shot to death in mid february by person still unknown. even so the reporter isn't afraid to talk to a neighbor at the complex. here but what was the situation with the building permit looking for the little they applied for it after the fact and it was approved that's

delegation in bratislava is trying to piece together the story of the murder new allegations of corruption are emerging increasing the pressure on the government president under a key scale has welcomed the help from brussels he has emerged as the main political player to question the prime minister and his allies. that if any member of the e.u. family has an issue there are other members which would like to help and i hope that all questions would be answer very clearly and openly. kiska has called for new elections and for the government to resign the interior minister has not been forced to step down and he may not be the last to go the president clearly wants more he wants a complete changing of the guards in bratislava. germany still government is preparing to take office after the participating parties signed their coalition agreement setting up the program agreed between i'm going to back off conservative bloc on the social democrats at the top marks the end of nearly six months of difficult negotiations that have kept germany on edge party leaders at their joint program would addre

it was a silent march through bratislava the sound of boots on the frozen ground doing the talking. protesters rallied in a dozen slovakian cities demanding justice for the murders of investigative journalist. and his fiance. the twenty seven year olds would use omarion may they were killed in their home last week obviously as the reasons why we are here to support slovak journalists some stand up for freedom of speech we want the journalists to work freely. to see i could been investigating suspected corruption between the italian mafia and people close to prime minister robert fico. jaan coup ziac expose the activities of people connected to the italian mafia and their business in slovakia especially when it comes to the drawdown of e.u. funds various government contracts suspicions of tax fraud blackmailing and violent crimes the full hour from the murders has ripple through the government the chief stated visor and security ball stood down temporarily the culture minister resigned the opposition is calling for the in terry a minister and police chief to follow the. graph from an

or in stock and these plays in bratislava he's a symbolic in many ways this is the exact place where. oldest in the night at eighty nine was killed this is there is still a message in one of the buildings here it says the only man who fights for his freedom has the right to hold it also this is the only place in the city where campbell has four young men and what appear not is still standing three weeks since their murder and then a few shots there from brussels live again in the thank you. and iraq a teenager has been found guilty of attempted murder for planting a bomb on a london train last september eighteen year old document has some will be sentenced next week thirty people were injured when his homemade bomb partially exploded parson screen underground station in west london and claimed asylum after he smuggled himself in been on the truck in twenty fifteen. egypt's foreign ministry has asked its british counterparts for information about the death of a teenage student in the u.k. mariama stuff it was reportedly assaulted by a group of girls in the city of nottingham last month

in two thousand and thirteen tens of thousands of slovak ins have turned out in the capital bratislava to demand early elections they are angry at the failure of political leaders to address high level corruption slovakia's prime minister robert feet so resigned on thursday following the killing of journalist young could siac that's it for myself and the team here in london counting the cost is next. al-jazeera. we're in for your. alarm has a secret this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week old million russians getting all way bargained for as putin heads for reelection. also this week saudi aramco puts its i.p.o. on ice and keeps the financial world.

and he's not sure he apartment complex in bratislava is the product of a massive from want susannah pentagon is one of the journalists who exposed it. this also happens to be the address of prime minister robert feet so. peckover discovered that his government had helped the building contract to daunce millions of euros in taxes and penalties. this is only one of many cases that reveal corruption at the highest levels. petrak of glancing around nervously the journalist researched this and other scandals together with her coworker jan could see ak and he was shot dead in mid february by a person still are known. since the murder of jan could siac seen here at a journalism seminar in twenty seventeen things have started changing in slovakia on march the ninth tens of thousands of people demonstrated against the government and of rampant corruption in the country. to the prime minister robert feed so is doing his part to spread fear at a press conference he called the journalists dirty prostitutes. it came as no surprise to suzanne a pet cover she worries that the politicians rhetoric could enc

murder of investigative reporter yan could see again his fiance tens of thousands of people packed bratislava central square demanding a phone desiccation and a change of government. it's been decades since slovakia has seen such large protests people nationwide are outraged by the double murder of the young journalist and his fiance twenty seven year old yuan could siac had published research about connections between italy's mafia and slovakian politicians there's now a tremendous mistrust of the government. we need new elections were people can freely waltz or be their own new government which they can trust again. and e.u. delegation visited slovakia for two days met with prime minister robert feet so opposition politicians and journalists they wanted to learn more about the investigation into the murder. spot as the country is deeply divided and there is a great deal of mistrust enormous mistrust of the government of state employees of the police state prosecutors who in a large part are no longer trusted to carry out the investigations. the e.u. delegation also traveled to the small vil

colleagues days after the body of kuciak and his fiancee martina kusnirova were found dead in their bratislavaome. >> i am 99% convinced of the murder is connected with his writings about a link between the italian mafia and slow back politics. -- slow back politics -- slovak >> politics. one of them, a chief advisor to the prime minister. another, the state security department chair. both have denied links to the killings. the prime minister, seen here, has cautioned against judging the pair without evidence. he has offered a reward of one million euros for information about the murders. so back he is culture minister also resigned, ashamed something like this could happen in his country. >> as culture minister, i cannot deal with the fact that the journalist was killed during my term in office. reporter: he said. in brussels, they held a minute of silence to honor the journalists. kuciak sought out the truth with determination and did not answer to anyone. >> the police declared he was almost surely killed to stop his investigation. reporter: many of kuciak's grieving supporters want his wor

bratislava.ane: eight has been more than a week since 110 students in nigeria were kidnapped from a girls school by boko haram militants. their fate remains unknown, and parents are facing an agonizing wait for any news of their e whereabouts. c has visited the school to meet with the family of some of those missing. reporter: this is ere she ran when the militants attacked her school. it was 7:00 p.m. she was in the dorm with her best friend. they were about to eat dinner when they heard gunshots. >> one of our teachers told us to come out., when we came o saw bullets flying in the air like fire. there was confusion all over the school. students screaming ahing towards the gates. but the gate was locked. reporter: this is the path that many of the girls took to try to get away. the main exit is that way. sandals littered along this path. >> then we saw the militants' truck and ever shooting and geshouting tin the truck. reporter: during the attack, fatima managed to run away from the militants t

it was a silent march through bratislava the sound of boots on the frozen ground doing the talking. to protesters rallied in a dozen slovakian says he's demanding justice for the murders of investigative journalist. and his fiance because. the twenty seven year olds would use a marry in may they were killed in their home last week obviously this is why we are here to support slovak journalists on stand up for freedom of speech we want to journalists to work freely. cruciate have been investigating suspected corruption between the italian mafia and people close to prime minister robert fico. jaan coup ziac expose the activities of people connected to the italian mafia and their business in slovakia especially when it comes to the drawdown of e.u. funds various government contracts suspicions of tax fraud blackmailing and violent crimes the full out from the murders has rippled through the government the chief station advisor and security ball stood down temporarily the culture minister resigned the opposition is calling for the in terry a minister and police chief to follow the. grap

threatening to topple the government now john krycek and his fiance were shot dead their home near bratislava last month last unfinished story was about the italian mafia and its ties to slovakian politicians the murderous circuit a wave of protests and the pressure is mounting on slovakian prime minister robert feats of on monday his interior minister resigned and ilan makers will be taking up the political crisis. followed an e.u. fact finding mission to slovakia and sent us this report it was in this house that john was young chick and his partner martina found. neighbors come every day to light candles they are still shocked by what happened in their quiet village defect finding mission from the european parliament has not arrived to pay their respects this is really the moment where you realize this is what it's about. to to work on the world where things like this don't happen it cannot go without punishment. but how much political will is there to find the murderers and the people who ordered the cold blooded execution of quick check in can the same government that is facing more and m

grieving supporters want his work to be continued they marched in bratislava demanding safety for journalists and an end to corruption could see acts reporting may now have more impact on slovakia than he could have ever imagined. earlier i spoke with. she's the editor in chief of the biggest daily newspaper and she told me the journalist in the country are determined to finish the investigation start. they will continue asking questions and that was our man for young that even accompanied not only the story but all the stories and all the information he looked into like reveal really continue and trying to define issues are today at the doors of chiefs in chiefs of the most critical media our meeting if you have a meeting and we'll discuss how to continue and how to make sure that the finish his reporting and not let you know to be silenced or work here really started i think also public pressure will continue there will be an other rally on friday i myself will speak and other journalists will speak out and even really stress the importance of critical reporting critical journalistic rois f

his fiance the expressions of solidarity in slovakia continue people such as here in the capital bratislava are demanding information and are deeply disappointed with slovak politics. we thought events like these only occurred in the ninety's that they couldn't happen anymore but now we see the way things are going here so why do we have met was just several arrests have already been made among them i tell you business men mentioned in the last article young could siac wrote they're said to have links with italian mafia clans and the governing party. that would give a shit about politics bear some responsibility for the murders that's quite clear the police ought to be investigating all the scandals not doing so is a political decision of the highest level she said. the cases also alarms the year paean union the e.u. commission thinks e.u. payments to the agricultural sector may have been misused for criminal purposes. i think we're witnessing the beginning of the end of the fico government. the slow government and police are under pressure the opposition and the media accuse them of having

it was a silent march through bratislava the sound of boots on the frozen ground doing the talking to the. protesters rallied in a dozen slovakian says he's demanding justice for the murders of investigative journalist. and his fiance. the twenty seven year olds would you say marry in may they were killed in their home last week obviously this is why we are here to support slovak journalists on stand up for freedom of speech we want to journalists to work freely. to see i could been investigating suspected corruption between the italian mafia and people close to prime minister robert fico. jaan coup ziac expose the activities of people connected to the italian mafia and their business in slovakia especially when it comes to the drawdown of e.u. funds various government contracts suspicions of tax fraud blackmailing and violent crimes the full out from the murders has rippled through the government the chief station advisor and security ball stood down temporarily the culture minister resigned the opposition is calling for the interior minister and police chief to follow the route and.

published by his colleagues days after the bodies of and his fiance martina over were found in their bratislava home. percent convinced that the murder is connected with his writings about a link between italian mafia and slovak in politics. could see at story name two officials who have now resigned pending an investigation one of them maria thomas korver a chief advisor to the prime minister another. chair of the state security department both have denied any link to the killings prime minister robert fitz so seen here with has cautioned against judging the pair without evidence he's offered a reward of one million euros for information about the murders slovakia's culture minister also resigned a change that something like this could happen in his country for the. us culture minister i can't deal with the fact that the journalist was killed during my term in office. in brussels european parliamentarians held a minute of silence to honor the journalists going to me that's. the truth with determination and didn't answer to anyone. and the police to clear that he was almost surely killed to sto

the biggest demonstration was in the capital bratislava, from where our correspondent rob cameron sent, braving subzero temperatures, united in grief at the killing of a journalist. this was the largest protest here for many years. a sign that what began as a local tragedy has become a national crisis of leadership. the moral responsibility for the deaths is the government, for sure. they should have resigned straight after as it happened, but they haven't so far. i think that shows us that something is not right. i am mostly afraid of what will become of my country, because it is turning into something i do not want it to turn into. that is also why i'm here. the authorities are still working to find out who pulled the trigger on the gun that killed jan kuciak and his fiancee. the young journalist had begun to untangle a complex web of business and personal connections that led from the calabrian mafia right to the prime minister's door. this week, a number of slovak newspapers published jan's unfinished final article, still missing its ending, in a show of solidarity and defiance. af

in two thousand and thirteen tens of thousands of slovak ins have turned out in the capital bratislava to demand early elections they are angry at the failure of political leaders to address high level corruption slovakia's prime minister abbott feet so resigned on thursday following the killing of journalist young could siac that's it for myself and the team here in london counting the cost is next. al jazeera. where ever you. alone has a secret this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week are all knowing russians getting all they bargained for as putin heads for reelection. also this week saudi aramco puts its i.p.o. on ice and keeps the financial world guessing about the fate of the world's biggest stock market listing. plus open for business the push to revive zimbabwe's economy . well he is on track to become russia's longest serving leader since joseph stalin as that emir putin seeks reelection in the coming days he might not be too worried about the state of the economy there's been a rise in living standards over his

grieving supporters want his work to be continued they marched in bratislava demanding safety for journalists and an end to corruption could see acts reporting may now have more impact on slovakia than he could have ever imagined. is that too optimistic or will his reporting continue on slovakia's political corruption joining us now from soccer's capital. is a bottle of us she's the editor in chief of the country's biggest daily newspapers marathon so much for being with us this morning at this time in our country's history we've now seen resignations from the prime minister's office what is in yon could c.x. article published after his death that's shaking up this country he uncovered a network off company said the bill who will have links to drug these companies over the past decade have been i just want to say to you i got to if i could jump in the dragon to being the italian mafia ok if you continue please. and they have been accessing e.u. funding worth millions of euros so these people now have worth really like millions of euros and they were close to beatle who really work at the gove

delegation in bratislava is trying to piece together the story of the murder new allegations of corruption are emerging increasing the pressure on the government president under his care has come to help from brussels he has emerged as the main political player to question the prime minister and his allies. that if any member of the e.u. firmly has an issue there are other members which would like to help and i hold that all questions would be answer very clearly and openly. kiska has called for new elections and for the government to resign the interior minister has not been forced to step down and he may not be the last to go the president clearly wants more he wants a complete changing of the guards in. the bonus leaders monday night game between braman and cologne was a fierce battle to escape the relegation zone anything but the feed for cologne would have lifted them off the very bottom of the tables but they faced a team that had only lost once in the last six games. cologne are used to getting their nose bloodied on the road but against fellow relegation strugglers braman it proved

delegation in bratislava is trying to piece together the story of the murder new allegations of corruption are moving increasing the pressure on the government president under a keystone has come to help from brussels he has emerged as the main political player to question the prime minister and his allies. that if any member of the e.u. firmly has an issue there are other members which would like to help and i hold that all questions would be answer very clearly and openly. kiska has called for new elections and for the government to resign the interior minister has not been forced to step down and he may not be the last to go the president clearly wants more he wants a complete changing of the guards in but. it's germany now and he was known as the book keeper of auschwitz oscar governing a former member of the nazi s.s. as died at the age of ninety six in two thousand and fifteen he was sentenced to four years in prison for being excess ari the murder of thousands of the auschwitz concentration. in the courtroom nearly every step for us coghlan ing was torture at ninety four he was fina

suspects in the murder of a journalist and his girlfriend tens of thousands of people marched through bratislava on friday nights to remember young crazy for the seven arrested businessmen had been named by cuisia in a report into alleged political corruption involving the italian mafia ukrainian place have shut down a political protest camp and arrested at least fifty people in the capital here six protesters and four police officers were injured in the fighting supporters of opposition leader mikhail saakashvili set up the makeshift camp last october they've been calling for the creation of an anti corruption course they say they found grenades and smoke bombs in the raid. and the people in wales remain cut off by snow off the days of weather transports been affected across much of the u.k. israel way lines and airports closed the cold snap has been blamed for dozens of deaths across europe. the doctrine of one hundred ten schoolgirls in northern nigeria last month has again highlighted the extreme challenges millions of children face in getting a basic education on top of the threat of violen

slovak politicians and italian mafia group al jazeera correspondent elena blue shirts has more from bratislava. organizers of this protest say that the resignation of slovak prime minister at all but speed so does not change essentially nothing guys spoke earlier today with one of the main organizers of the protest the journalist peter nods he said it's not going anywhere he said and clearly that message yesterday to the press and to the president himself so people who gathered here still had to demands they want independent investigation of mother of the on field sect and in the fish meter box also they want government to do a new one a government with no connection with the organized crime and corruption and they want decent contrie and one of the protesters here for example is trying to shoot me close call former candidate for the president most of i can one of the main organizers of the protest the people against violence and i think eight to nine i feel underlined that that is the decent country he's not just about this because government by the balls and the government so according to th

as suspects in the mayor of a journalist and his girlfriend tens of thousands of people mark so bratislava on friday night to remember a young crazy ak seventy arrested businessman had been named by kusiak in a report into alleged political corruption involving the italian mafia. french please sign for pal the group of environmentalists who are protesting plans to store nuclear waste that's how the two groups clashed in a field near the proposed site protesters are upset by plans to place nuclear waste five hundred meters below the ground police have already removed and activists can't close to the site which is east of paris but protesters their main defiant david chaytor has more from near the protest site. the anti nuclear demonstrators got within sight of the forest where the bunkers will be built underground five hundred meters underground to store the nuclear waste but that's as far as they got the police had huge cordons across the field they use tear gas to try and disperse them and drive them back those tactics were very successful and the demonstrators are now moving back across

suspects in the murder of a journalist and his girlfriend tens of thousands of people marched to bratislava on friday night to remember young because e ak the seven arrested businessman had been named by a crazy act in a report into alleged political corruption involving the italian mafia. got somalia is failing to protect the rights of its children according to the united nations its committee on the rights of the child says it's seriously concerned about the persistent high level of violence against children and high rates of chronic malnutrition in the central american nation david meserve reports from the country's south. the stanley cup son has a rare neurological disorder when he started to lose feeling in his legs she took him to a doctor but the cost for surgery was in the thousands of dollars and her husband earns less than five dollars a day working in the fields if it weren't for private donations from abroad ellis sale would have lost his ability to walk. when your children are healthy give thanks to god long look at that as though they may have but when they're sick you don't e

shots has more from bratislava. organizers of this protest stayed there the resignation of still the prime minister all but a speech so there's no change essentially nothing i spoke earlier today with one of the main organizers of the protests the journalist peter nods he said peter is not going anywhere he stand clearly that message yesterday to the press and to the president he's caught himself so people who gathered here still had two demands they want independent investigation of murder of the on field second and much in the push me to vote also they want government to do a new one a government with no connection with this organized crime and corruption and they want decent contrie and one of the protesters here for example is trying to shoot me close call former candidate for the president most of i can one of the main organizers of the protest the people against violence and i delayed tonight i feel underlined that that is the decent country is not just about the bits of government about about any government s

investigative reporter yann was found shot to death as well as his fiance in their home in the capital bratislava on sunday right those are the headlines counting the cost is lacking. more than forty thousand africans are facing deportation from israel is awarded more than ninety percent of your to accept as refugees the way it is a zero point zero point one per cent of civil liberties two of those in danger of being thrown out of the country in which they sought refuge talks al-jazeera at this time. a lawyer hasn't seeker this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week we'll look at how italy's fragile economic recovery could be at risk of melting away at if the next government fails to address and key issues stealing for a global trade war us president donald trump's announcement to.