Archive of articles - June 1999, page 6

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Schuster as a penalty

The great presidential victory of Rudolf Schuster could give the impression that after a long time a charismatic personality has shown up in Slovakia who is capable of defeating the invincible (remember that even in the last parliamentary elections, the HZDS party of Vladimír Mečiar was the formal victor).Schuster is many things, but he isn't a charismatic politician. His public behaviour ís boring, his speeches don't arouse any emotions, his expressions are almost infantile. If in spite of all that he managed to win on May 29, it only goes to show that the development of Slovak society has far outstripped that of its politicians. Civil society gave its vote en masse to an average politician who is not capable of critically evaluating his own communist past, who actively engages in media manipulation and who, as a politician for the new millenium, is simply too old.

7. jun 1999

Charges brought in Ján Ducký murder

Ukrainian national Oleg T. was formally charged on May 28 with the shooting murder of Ján Ducký, former economy minister, Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) MP, and Slovak Gas (SPP) director-general.Chief Investigator at the Interior Ministry Jaroslav Ivor said that the 29-year-old killer, who lived in Slovakia but kept his legal residence in Kiev, had waited in the hallway of Ducký's apartment building at Bajzova Street January 11 for Ducký to appear. As the parliamentarian approached the hallway mailboxes just before 1 p.m., Oleg T. shot him four times, riddling him with bullets from a 7.65 calibre gun.

Sharon Otterman 7. jun 1999

Investigator seeks Interpol aid to arrest spa privatiser Karol Martinka.

TASRand 1 more 7. jun 1999

Publishers applaud state move to grab PNS

Publishers of Slovak print media have applauded the government's decision to wrest back control of the nation's largest print media distribution company, Prvá Novinová Spoločnosť (PNS). The publishers, embittered by the PNS's failure to pay them over 200 million Slovak crowns in revenues, say they hope the new PNS management installed by the state will move quickly to settle the debts accumulated under the former management.The FNM state privatisation agency acquired 23.42% of PNS shares from a bankrupt former owner on May 21 to assume 100% ownership of the distributor. On the same day, the FNM recalled the PNS's former board of directors and appointed a new board - something they had been unable to do previously, since the management installed under the previous government of Vladimír Mečiar had changed the statutes of the company to require an 80% majority of shareholders to make changes to the firm's leadership.

Peter Barecz 7. jun 1999

IRB loss under NBS caretaker administration hits 4.5 billion Sk in 1998

TASRand 1 more 7. jun 1999

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