{"id":1631,"date":"2019-09-02T19:11:34","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T17:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/czechpoints.com\/?p=1631"},"modified":"2019-09-02T19:28:57","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T17:28:57","slug":"prosecutor-drops-case-against-babis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/czechpoints.com\/prosecutor-drops-case-against-babis\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutor drops case against Babis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>State prosecutor Jaroslav \u0160aroch has halted an investigation into Prime Minister Andrej Babi\u0161 and members of his family over the alleged abuse of European Union subsidies in connection with the Stork\u2019s Nest hotel and conference centre near Prague, the newspaper Den\u00edk N reported on Monday, citing two people close to the case.  The news came on Babis&#8217; 65th birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The daily said that Mr. \u0160aroch, who was due to conclude the matter by the end of August, had informed his superiors of the decision on Friday. It must still be approved by the leadership of the Prague municipal state attorney\u2019s office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. \u0160aroch\u2019s superiors must now go through the entire case file, which contains over 20,000 pages, Den\u00edk N said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Babi\u0161 has been facing charges of abusing CZK 50 million in EU grants since October 2017 but has always denied any wrongdoing. His wife, daughter, brother-in-law and two other associates have also been under investigation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PM said on Sunday that he believed the investigation would be dropped. He said he would remain in government even if the prosecutor had acted on police advice and filed criminal charges against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Credit: Czech Radio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State prosecutor Jaroslav \u0160aroch has halted an investigation into Prime Minister Andrej Babi\u0161 and members of his family over the alleged abuse of European Union subsidies in connection with the Stork\u2019s Nest hotel and conference centre near Prague, the newspaper Den\u00edk N reported on Monday, citing two people close to the case. 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