Calendar of the most important dates for democracy building and the rule of law crisis in Slovakia

December 2012 – The National Crime Agency (NAKA) is established.

November 2015 – Act Nr. 91/2016 on the criminal liability of legal persons is adopted.

November 2015 – Act. Nr. 343/2015 on public procurement is adopted. 

October 2016 – Act Nr. 315/ 2016 on registering public sector partners (the Anti-kickback Act) is adopted. 

February 2017 – Act Nr. 55/2017 on the civil service is adopted. 

February 2018 – Murder of Ján Kuciak (journalist) and his fiancée. 

March 2018 – Resignation of Róbert Fico´s third government. 

December 2018 – The government of the Slovak Republic adopts Resolution No.585/2018 approving the anti-corruption policy of the Slovak Republic for 2019-2023.

January 2019 – Act Nr 54/2019 on the protection of whistleblowers adopted.

August 2021 – Prosecutor General Maros Zilinka uses Article 363 for the first time to dismiss corruption charges against the former director of the Slovak Secret Service.

May  2022 – The Supreme Court sentences former Special Prosecutor Dusan Kovacik to eight years in prison. 

April 2023 – Governor Peter Kazimir of the National Bank of Slovakia (finance minister 2012-2019 under the SMER-SSD) is found guilty of corruption by the Specialized Criminal Court.

June 2023 – A ruling of the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic confirms the constitutionality of Article 363. 

July 2023 – Marian Kucerko, a former police investigator, is sentenced to eleven years in prison and the seizure of his assets. 

Author:
Jana Kazaz, GLOBSEC