US EditionSlovakia’s central bank chief convicted of bribery and fined $225,000
- Slovakia's central bank governor Peter Kažimír was convicted of bribery on Thursday at the Special Criminal Court in Pezinok.
- The case stems from when Kažimír served as finance minister in Robert Fico's leftist government and involved an alleged 48,000-euro bribe in 2017-18.
- Kažimír, the first minister from Fico's government to stand trial, was fined 200,000 euros and is a member of the ECB governing council that sets monetary policy for 20 eurozone countries.
- Recent legal reforms under Fico's 2023 coalition reduced corruption penalties, drew protests, and prompted Kažimír's attorneys to argue for acquittal based on these changes.
- Kažimír pleaded not guilty, called the charges illegal, and said he would appeal the conviction announced last Thursday.
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The former finance minister was accused of paying a bribe of 48,000 euros to the head of the tax administration in Slovakia in 2017–2018, in a context related to tax audits carried out on several private companies. The article Governor of the National Bank, convicted of bribery: Mugur Isărescu's counterpart from Slovakia was also a member of the ECB appeared first on Romania TV.
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