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European Commissioner Candidate Marta Kos Under Scrutiny Regarding Interests – Where Did The Million Come From?

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Politico, the European-American political magazine, recently reviewed the political and personal (non-)integrity of the candidates for the positions of European Commissioners proposed by President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. As initially reported, the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs, known as JURI, is reviewing the declarations of interest of all top European …

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The Commission For The Prevention Of Corruption Is Investigation The Appointment Of Marta Kos

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The nomination process of Marta Kos for the position of European Commissioner will be looked into by the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (KPK). Following a complaint concerning the nomination procedure itself, the Commission has launched a preliminary examination procedure. The nomination of the former ambassador took place after the first candidate, Tomaž Vesel, …

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European Commissioner Candidate Marta Kos’s Career Fills International Headlines

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The fact that Slovenia is sending a confidante of the former Directorate for State Security of Yugoslavia – UDBA – to Brussels as a candidate for the position of European Commissioner is sparking international controversy on several levels, and this has recently also been reported on in various media outlets, from Croatia’s Slobodna Dalmacija to …

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European Commissioner Candidate Kos’s Love For Mother Russia Is Upsetting The European Media Again

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Slovenia’s candidate for the post of European Commissioner, who is expected to take over the enlargement portfolio, is the focus of international attention. Namely, the media outlet Politico has once again written about her, describing her as “left-leaning,” and in particular, highlighting her past statements “which have been conciliatory towards Russia.” European Commission President Ursula …

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Candidate For Marta Kos’s Chief Of Staff Is A Diplomat Who Threatened Journalists In The Past And Was Caught In The WikiLeaks Scandal

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Whether or not Marta Kos will actually become European Commissioner is still not clear – the media outlet Politico mentioned her as one of the five candidates who could fail to pass the hearings. But if she does become Commissioner, diplomat Marko Makovec is expected to become her chief of staff. The Slovenian public got …

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Chaos At The Presentation Of Former Spy Marta Kos – Another UDBA Collaborator Lost His Cool

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At Thursday’s hearing of Marta Kos, candidate for the new European Commissioner from Slovenia, tensions came to a boiling point. When the subject of Kos’s collaboration with the so-called UDBA – the Directorate for State Security of the former Yugoslavia, i.e. the political police – came up, some left-wing MPs were extremely unhappy. But none …

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It Is Not Only UDBA And Mobbing, Marta Kos Is Also Burdened By Strong Pro-Russian Views

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The opposition believes Marta Kos to be unsuitable for the post of European Commissioner for a number of reasons. Among others, her inadequate experience, her lobbying activities, and strong evidence that she was a source for the Yugoslav secret service, the Directorate for State Security – UDBA, are all problematic. Her views on Russia are …

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Archive Researcher Confirms: Candidate For The Post Of European Commissioner From Slovenia Marta Kos Was A “Snitch” For UDBA

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Marta Kos, the latest candidate for the post of European Commissioner from Slovenia, denies ever having been a collaborator of the UDBA or the Directorate for State Security, the former secret political police of the Yugoslav communist regime. Before the presidential elections, in which she also partook, parts of the official archive documentation were leaked …

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The Long Arm Of UDBA Has Activated Its Apologists To “Wash” The Public Image Of Kos And The Criminal Organisation

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The former Yugoslav secret police, known as the Directorate for State Security or UDBA, was in many ways worse than similar Soviet-style agencies. It was known for hunting down and killing political dissidents abroad, many of them innocent people. It was also famous for torture, kidnappings and bombings, and “rigged” trials, targeting real (and phantom) …

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Kos’s Cooperation With The Yugoslavian Directorate For State Security Reverberates Beyond Our Borders

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Slovenian candidate for European Commissioner Marta Kos’s cooperation with the former Yugoslavian Directorate for State Security, also known as UDBA, is reverberating beyond Slovenia’s borders. The media outlet Visegrád 24 wrote: “The far-left Slovenian government plans to appoint Marta Kos, a former member of the Yugoslav communist secret service, as their European Commissioner,” adding the …

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Politico: “Headaches coming. Marta Kos Works For A Lobbying Firm!”

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Marta Kos is an unacceptable candidate for the position of European Commissioner for several different reasons. A collaborator of the Directorate for State Security (UDBA) of the former Yugoslavia? Accused of mobbing? A close companion of the transitional left? Serious lack of experience? And now, the Brussels-based Politico is worried about something else, too – …

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EPP: Delay In Nomination Of The Slovenian Commissioner Candidate Was Caused By The Government

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For the European People’s Party (EPP), there is no doubt: the delay in the appointment of the Slovenian Commissioner-designate is the fault of the government of Robert Golob. “The Slovenian National Assembly respects its own procedures, and this is perfectly democratic. We cannot blame the Slovenian opposition for the government’s mistake,” said Pedro Lopez de …

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