Slovakia: Andrej Babiš did not collaborate with the communist secret police

Slovakia's Interior Ministry has acknowledged that former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, now the leader of the main Czech opposition party ANO, was wrongly listed as an agent of the former Czechoslovak communist secret police (StB). The ministry now states that he did not knowingly collaborate with the StB. A settlement was reached between the ministry and Babiš in his lawsuit regarding his wrongful registration in the StB files, which was approved by the court. The case has been dragging on for over 12 years at different courts on various levels reaching different verdicts. In reaction, Prime Minister Petr Fiala (Civic Democratic Party) labeled the announcement as a simple political deal rather than a decision of an independent court, pointing out that Babiš is close to the Slovak politicians who are now in power.