Bratislava Regional Court rejects Czech Ex-PM complaint in StB files case

The Bratislava Regional Court on Tuesday rejected Czech ex-premier Andrej Babis's complaint against the Slovak Nation's Memory Institute (UPN) in a case concerning his registration in files of the erstwhile communist secret service the StB as its agent. The trial was held in Babis's absence. "The court stated that the defendant, UPN, has no capacity to be a passively materially eligible party to legal proceedings, but that it should be the Slovak Republic represented by the Interior Ministry," said the court's spokesman Pavol Adamciak. The verdict will become valid as soon it is delivered to the parties to the action.