“The talk was very correct,” commented Janković upon leaving the hearing at NPU accompanied by his lawyer Aleksander Čeferin.
“The contract was of benefit for the City Municipality of Ljubljana”
Crime investigators were interested in the contract for the Stožice hall and stadium, which in Janković’s opinion “was of benefit for the City Municipality of Ljubljana (MOL)”. “If you add expenses and revenues for the stadium and the hall together, you’ll find that the net outflow from MOL’s budget was only 3.5 million euros plus tax, which went to the government budget. If anyone in the world has built a cheaper hall of stadium, they should come forward,” noted Janković in his style.

He reassured that the contract had not been fictitious. “It’s legal. I’m certain I can prove that. I’m willing to explain the matter further, for as long as they’d like me to,” he argues.
What were the crime investigators interested in?
The mayor of Ljubljana was questioned in connection with an investigation against Roman Jakič, Samo Lozej and Hrvoje Draškovič, CEOs of companies involved in the Stožice project. In Janković’s words, the questions were only related to contracts signed by Jakič, the CEO of Grep and Janković, as well as contracts that do not bear Janković’s signature, i.e. contracts between Grep and Energetika companies.

Will any criminal complaints be filed?
Asked whether any criminal complaints will be filed, Janković responded, “You have to ask them.” He added the Stožice facility was very beautiful, one of the most beautiful functional structures that exist in Europe. “I think we have to close this matter as soon as possible. I’m willing to respond to every invitation by the NPU and explain any matters further.”

Filed a lawsuit against Praprotnik
Janković also shared with the press that he had filed a lawsuit against Rok Praprotnik on the anniversary of the report by the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (KPK), since this will give him an opportunity to prove in court that it was a lie. Praprotnik stated on TV Slovenia that it had been “indisputably established” that the money from MOL ended on the mayor’s personal bank account.
Janković under investigation in September 2012
Due to suspicion of irregularities in financing the Stožice project, crime investigators had already performed house searches at Janković’s home and at the city municipality in September 2012. The Grep company that built the Stožice facilities in partnership with MOL was searched, too, together with the premises of Electra, a company partly owned by Janković’s sons.
Money from the municipality into Janković’s company?
In May 2012 the media published a confidential tax document which indicated that the investor of the Stožice project, the Grep company, gave two loans to a company called Baza Dante, which transferred 400,000 euros through a contract of assignment to the KLM Naložbe company, the majority owner of which being Zoran Janković.
House searches prompted new suspicions
In house searches vast documentation had been seized by crime investigators, and is now being examined. It has – as the police have pointed out a number of times – already unveiled new suspicions of criminal offences. The most recent indication that the investigation is in progress dates back to December 2013 when a house search was performed at the home residence of Roman Jakič, the minister of defence, who had already been questioned once and is suspected of abuse of power and contract fraud in his former function as the CEO of the Zavod Tivoli company, also involved in the Stožice project.