Slovakia could obtain the 15 million euros that the emission dealer Interblue Groups owes the state, Milan Růžička, the alleged owner of its legal successor Interblue Group Europe told the Sme daily that the “company has enough financial resources to pay this amount”.
It requires, however, that the ministry provides documents to prove that Slovakia used the money from the purchase of excessive dioxide emission quotas for the so-called “green” (i.e. environmental) projects, as agreed in the contract. First, however, the Environmental Ministry must acknowledge that the Intreblue Group Europe is the legal successor of the Interblue Group – and so far, Minister Joze Medveď has denied this allegation. Růžička claims he had provided the minister with the joint statement of the companies Interblue Group LLc and Interblue Group Europe.
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Compiled by Zuzana Vilikovská from press reports
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