Slovaks return to streets one year after Kuciák's death

A year has elapsed since the brutal murder of Slovak journalist Ján Kuciák and his fiancee Martina Kušnirová and Slovaks came back out onto the streets to mark the anniversay. Speaking to a crowd in Košice, Slovak president Andrej Kiska said he doesn't believe the situation within the country has improved much. "I'd like to praise the investigators and the police that they've most likely captured the murders, that we probably know who the murder was and that we at least suspect who one of those who ordered it was." But he stressed that there are still many questions that remain unanswered and that resolving them would be key to improving the mood of the public. He went as far as to say that everything must be investigated and uncovered, no matter how high up the country's power structure the evidence leads. Kuciák's mafia-like execution last year set off a powerful wave of demonstrations that ended the career of the minister of interior. However, this was not enough and the outrage soon led to the resignation of prime minister Robert Fico. In recent weeks, Fico removed himself from the list of candidates for a post on the country's constitutional court. Before his death, Kuciák was investigating ties between the Italian underworld and Slovak power structures and received threatening phone calls.