This is a list of major political scandals in Slovakia (since 1 January, 1993):
Most common name
Date
Summary
FNM Case (Prípad FNM)
1991–1996
In 1996, the Constitutional Court of Slovakia ruled that two of the three methods of privatization used by the National Property Fund (Fond Národného Majetku, FNM) were declared unconstitutional. From 1991 to 1996, FNM sold 1,218 state companies with a book value of 427 billion Slovak crowns ($11.9 billion).[1]
Ministry of Development started a competition to obtain services for 119.5 million euro published only on a small noticeboard in the hallways of the Ministry, in a section inaccessible to the public. The tender was won by companies Zamedia and Avocat close to Ján Slota, head of the Slovak National Party. Office of Public Procurement (ÚVO) declared the competition against the law and Prime Minister Robert Fico recalled Minister of Development Marian Janušek.[3]
The Military Defense Intelligence (VOS) - one of several secret services in Slovakia - was legally wiretapping journalists, including the editor-in-chief of news TV TA3 Michal Gučík.[4] On 21 November 2011, Slovak media reported that VOS was wiretapping journalists in order to uncover their sources at the Ministry of Defense, one day later Prime Minister Iveta Radičová recalled Minister of Defense Ľubomír Galko. On 20 January 2012 General Prosecutor's Office charged 5 VOS employees (including ex-chief Pavel Brychta) with misusing power while in office.
Alleged Wiretapping operation by the Slovak Information Service from 2005-2006, raw data based allegedly on wiretap transcriptions leaked to the internet on 21 December 2011, showing political corruption at the highest level. The scandal led to small-scale but nationwide protests and it influenced the results of the Slovak parliamentary election, 2012.[5]
On 25 November 2011 the newly created political party 99 Percent – Civic Voice delivered 16,000 signatures to the Ministry of Interior in order to be officially registered, which the ministry did on 6 December 2011. In early 2012 numerous media broadcast stories about suspicious signature collecting and on 22 February 2012 Slovak Police started investigating. The Police President Jaroslav Spišiak later confirmed that many signatures were indeed false yet the police did not manage to verify the needed 10,000 signatures before the Slovak parliamentary election, 2012 and the party entered the election nevertheless.[6]
