US EditionCzech Court Cancels for Second Time Ruling that Acquits Former Prime Minister Babiš of Fraud Charges
- In 2024, Prague’s High Court overturned the Municipal Court’s acquittal of former Prime Minister Andrej Babis and Jana Nagyova in the 2 million CZK Stork’s Nest subsidy fraud case for the second time, sending the case back for retrial.
- The case involves suspicions that Babis and Nagyova orchestrated transferring the Stork's Nest farm from Babis’s Agrofert conglomerate to family members to secure EU subsidies meant for SMEs.
- Despite the Metropolitan Court’s February 2024 acquittal, the High Court found the lower ruling ignored earlier procedural defects and ordered a retrial at the same court.
- Babis declared in court on June 23 that he felt innocent, denied any crime, and said the prosecution targets him politically due to his entry into politics in 2013.
- The ruling may affect Babis's prospects of forming pro-EU coalitions ahead of parliamentary elections where his ANO party leads polls with over 30% support.
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Czech Supreme Court cancels acquittal of populist leader Babiš in EU subsidy fraud
The Czech Supreme Court in Prague has cancelled the acquittal of Czech populist leader and billionaire ex-Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and his ex-manager and MEP, Jana Nagyová, over the alleged €2mn Stork's Nest subsidy fraud.
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Czech court cancels for second time ruling that acquits former Prime Minister Babiš of fraud charges
Prague’s High Court canceled for the second time a lower court ruling that acquitted former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš of fraud charges in a $2 million case involving a European Union subsidy. The...
This was originally supposed to be a comment with the point that the new verdict in the Stork's Nest case will not hurt Andrej Babiš politically. And that it therefore doesn't really matter that the Supreme Court concluded that Babiš is indeed a subsidy fraudster and obliged the lower court to include this finding when issuing a new verdict...
The Czech Court of Appeal on Monday ruled to rehear the so-called Stork's Nest case on EU subsidy fraud involving the expressionist and leader of the most popular ANO party, Andrey Babis.
Appeals Court Overturns Acquittal of Babis in Capi Hnizdo Case
The Prague Metropolitan Court will have to deal with the Capi hnizdo subsidy fraud case once again, as the Prague High Court today overturned the verdict that had acquitted ANO leader Andrej Babis and his former aide Jana Nagyova in February 2024. The appeals court is dealing with the case for the second time. It previously overturned the lower court’s acquittal verdict in late 2023. Appeals court panel head Eva Brazdilova stated that she also h…
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