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Belgium receives diplomatic note from Slovakia
A shot from the cell in which Belgian police officers try to restrain Jozef Chovanec in February 2018. (source: Belgian police footage)
Slovakia has sent a diplomatic note to Belgium expressing its serious doubts regarding the investigation into the death of Slovak citizen Jozef Chovanec following a police action in Belgium in 2018, the TASR news agency writes.
According to MFA Juraj Blanár (Smer), the note was handed to the Belgian ambassador last week.
Justice Minister Boris Susko (Smer) reiterated that if the Belgian authorities fail to deal with discrepancies in the investigation, Slovakia is ready to file an inter-state complaint against Belgium at the European Court of Human Rights.
Chovanec died in February 2018 after being arrested by the Belgian federal police at Charleroi airport and the subsequent controversial actions of police officers. One of them sat on Chovanec for minutes and a female colleague gave a Hitler salute.
Slovakia entered into criminal proceedings as the aggrieved party on March 26, 2021. According to Susko, the Belgian judicial authorities are expected to issue a verdict on the issue in the second half of March.
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INTERVIEW FOR TUESDAY
No complaints: 'Unique' centres offer solutions to the state
Peter Rusiňák. (source: Courtesy of P. R.)
Business service centres have created one of the most important and stable sectors of the Slovak economy. According to Peter Rusiňák, from the AmCham Business Service Center Forum, this is a 'sector of the future', the potential of which Slovakia has not yet exhausted.
But part of society does not know much about the sector even today.
"This sector 'suffers' from the fact that, unlike the automotive industry, it does not produce nor own any material goods. But you have many nice examples of why this sector is unique," Rusiňák says in an interview.
EXHIBITION FOR THIS WEEK
Toys for children in communist Czechoslovakia
The exhibition, prepared by the Slovak National Museum and the Museum of Applied Arts in Prague, presents work in the field of furniture design, toys and utility graphics for children in communist Czechoslovakia until February 29.
Venue: SNM - Natural History Museum, Vajanského Nábrežie 2, Bratislava
Opening hours: 9:00 - 17:00
In other news
Parliament on Tuesday rejected a resolution on Russian attacks using North-Korean ballistic missiles in Ukraine on December 30, 2023 and on January 2, 2024. The resolution was submitted by SaS MPs.
A joint session of the Slovak and Ukrainian governments will take place in eastern Slovakia on April 11, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer) announced in Prague.
The Constitutional Court has merged the submission from the president and
the motions from two groups of MPs contesting the criticised amendment to the Penal Code into a single case.Coalition MPs have approved the parliament's statement to the resolution of the European Parliament on the planned abolition of key anti-corruption structures in Slovakia, and its consequences for the rule of law adopted on January 17 of this year. They condemned the resolution of the European Parliament considering it an absolutely inappropriate interference into Slovakia's home affairs.
MPs did not approve on Tuesday new public spending limits submitted by the Council for Budget Responsibility (RRZ).
Slovak player Patrícia Fischerová and Latvian player Karlina Miksone during the playoff match of the League of Nations to stay in the B-division on February 27, 2024 in Trnava. (source: TASR)
WEATHER FOR WEDNESDAY: Wednesday's weather forecast calls for heavy cloud cover throughout the day, with warm temperatures prevailing (13°C - 18°C). Expect occasional rain showers.(SHMÚ)
FEBRUARY 28 NAME'S DAY IN SLOVAKIA: Zlatica.
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