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Appeal Hearing Begins In Babis’s Subsidy Fraud Case With Intense Media Interest

On May 27, 2025, the Prague Court commenced an appeal hearing in the Capi Hnizdo case, which concerns allegations of EU subsidy fraud involving former Prime Minister Andrej Babis and a previous close associate who is now a Member of the European Parliament.
The appeal follows two prior acquittals by the Prague Municipal Court, which the prosecutor contests, requesting annulment and a new trial due to reliance on Babis's contested testimony.
Investigators claim Babis helped present the farm as eligible to secure a CZK 50 million subsidy awarded successfully to Nagyova, who faces charges of subsidy fraud and damaging EU financial interests.
Expert Vitezslav Halek plans to testify that the farm could not implement the project economically without Agrofert, while Babis denies wrongdoing and calls the indictment false and politically motivated.
The appellate process could lead to a retrial, suggesting ongoing legal uncertainty around Babis's alleged accessory role and the subsidy fraud accusation's outcome.

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Deník.cz

Stork's Nest Was Not Eligible for the Subsidy. Nagy Said She Would Provide It, Said the Witness

Witness Jan Bareš, who worked as a technical representative for the investor on the Stork's Nest project, reiterated at the High Court of Appeal in Prague on Tuesday that the defendant, the chairman of the ANO movement, Andrej Babiš, originally wanted to sell the project. But he subsequently decided to give it to his children. The second defendant, the current MEP for ANO, Jana Nagyová, then, according to Bareš, came forward with the idea of sec…

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Hospodářské Nnoviny (HN.cz)

Babiš Heads From Campaign to Court. Appeal Hearings in the Stork's Nest Case Begin

Andrej Babiš spent the past weekend campaigning hard in the Slovak Republic, but on Monday the chairman of the ANO movement and owner of the Agrofert concern had to go to court. The court began hearing the public prosecutor's appeal against the first-instance verdict in the Stork's Nest case, which convicted Babiš and his colleague Jana...

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Polsat News

Former Czech Prime Minister in Court for Allegedly Defrauding €2 Million in Subsidies

On Monday, the Prague Court of Appeal once again began appeal proceedings in the case of former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis. He and his associate allegedly swindled EU subsidies. We are talking about 2 million euros. The case has been going on for 10 years, and the prosecutor's office does not agree with the earlier acquittal.

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aktuality.sk

Babiš Claims that if He Were Not in Politics, He Would Never Stand Trial

Former Czech Prime Minister Babiš describes the prosecution in the Čapí hnízdo case as politically motivated and absurd.

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Aktuálně.cz

The Stork's Nest Case Is Politically Motivated and Absurd, Babiš Said in Court

The High Court today began hearing the appeal against the verdict of the municipal court, which acquitted Babiš and ANO MEP Jana Nagyová of charges last year. The chairwoman of the appeals chamber, Eva Brázdilová, has now started reading out documentary evidence, and plans to continue presenting evidence on Tuesday. The ANO leader said on Monday that, in his opinion, the continuation of the Stork's Nest case always comes before the elections to …

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echo24.cz

The Court May Still Overturn the Verdict in the Stork's Nest Case. Babiš Is Silent, ANO Talks About the Campaign Before the Elections

Amidst great media interest, the High Court in Prague began hearing the appeal in the case of a fifty million subsidy for the construction of the Čapí hnízdo congress complex in Central Bohemia, in which the defendants are the chairman of the ANO movement, Andrej Babiš, and his former advisor and now MEP for ANO, Jana Nagyová. Babiš told reporters before the hearing that he did not want to comment on the case. However, this did not apply to some…

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