Johannes Peterlik, the former Secretary-General of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, has been acquitted of charges. This decision concludes a high-profile case involving the former top official.
The trial of Johannes Peterlik is nearing its conclusion, with focus on his meeting with the Russian ambassador, alleged unauthorized request for a classified Skripal report, and accusations of leaking top-secret reports and the Novichok formula, which Peterlik denies.
Johannes Peterlik, the former Secretary-General of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, is on trial in Vienna. He is accused of requesting a classified report from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in October 2018 without official necessity and of misusing OPCW information.
Johannes Peterlik, former Secretary-General to ex-Minister Kneissl, is set to stand trial for abuse of office and violating secrecy obligations. He is accused of requesting a secret report on the 2018 Salisbury poisoning and making it accessible to Egisto Ott, with his trial beginning on Tuesday.
Johannes Peterlik, former Secretary General to Karin Kneissl, has been acquitted by the Vienna Regional Court in a case involving the 2018 leak of secret reports about a Russian poison attack.
A witness in the 'Nowitschok case' has testified that highly secret documents were 'sloppily handled' within the Austrian Foreign Ministry, as the court attempts to determine if former general Peterlik passed on a sensitive document.
Johannes Peterlik, the former Secretary-General of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, pleaded not guilty to charges of abuse of office and violating secrecy obligations at the start of his criminal trial, denying he ever disclosed classified documents.
Police Chief Takacs and former Kneissl-Generalsekretär Johannes Peterlik have been summoned in the Ott trial. Peterlik himself faces charges in a related case in two weeks.
The trial against Peter Peterlik, former Secretary-General of the Austrian Foreign Ministry under Karin Kneissl, is continuing. He faces charges related to his tenure, with a verdict potentially imminent.
A former top official, Johannes Peterlik, has been acquitted in a court case related to the aftermath of the scandal surrounding Austria's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism (BVT).
Diplomat Peterlik is facing trial for allegedly leaking a secret report from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to Egisto Ott.
The former Secretary General of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, Peterlik, is facing trial accused of leaking secret documents related to a Russian nerve agent to alleged spies.