Ex-Czech PM Topolánek keeps ‘cool’ over Steyr bribe allegations via WikiLeaks

Steyr official told US Embassy in Prague staff of bribery attempt by lobbyist Marek Dalík via Defense Minister Martin Barták, cables show

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Brian Kenety | 07.09.2011

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Ex-PM Mirek Topolánek (left) and his friend and advisor Marek Dalík, accused of soliciting an €18 mln bribe from US-owned Austrian arms maker Steyr, at a February 2008 tennis match

Ex-Czech PM Mirek Topolánek (ODS) has dismissed allegations in US Embassy in Prague cables — published by WikiLeaks — that his advisor and close friend, lobbyist Marek Dalík, sought an €18 million bribe from US-owned Austrian arms maker Steyr in the Pandur contract. Meanwhile, Kurier reports the ‘first concrete results’ of an Austrian-Czech probe into the deal, agreed under Topolánek, is imminent.

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