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. Slovak officials cited legal analyses and the high risk of losing the case as reasons for the settlement, which also prevented potential financial claims from Babiš against the state. The case has been dragging on for over 12 years at different courts on various levels reaching different verdicts.