The brutal murders of Jan Kuciak, an investigative journalist, and his fiancee in February 2018 quickly turned Slovakia's politics upside-down. Tens of thousands of Slovaks took to the streets, suspecting the killings were linked to political corruption. "We just thought our politicians' behaviour was fishy," says Jan Galik, a 31-year-old it specialist who helped found "For a Decent Slovakia", one of the main groups behind the demonstrations. The protests forced police to mount a serious investigation and ultimately drove the former prime minister, Robert Fico, to resign.
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