Deputy Prime Minister Maria Kadlečíková has expressed optimism that the European Parliament will not, as recommended by its budget committee, cut 15 million euro from funding for Slovakia in 2002 because of worries over corruption.
Compiled by Tom Nicholson from press reports.
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5. Oct 2001 at 8:05