Fifteen senior Slovak judges have spoken out, voicing concern about the state of the Slovak judiciary. Prompted by what they call the intimidation and harassment of judges who become ‘inconvenient’ for those at the top of the judiciary, the 15 wrote an open letter to the country’s president, prime minister and [...]
September 23, 2009 | Posted in
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AN EXPLOSION, probably caused by flammable gases, occurred in the Handlová mine of the Hornonitrianske Bane Prievidza (HNB) mining company at about 8:30 in the morning on August 10. The explosion happened after mine rescuers had been deployed to extinguish a fire in an abandoned mining tunnel.
The victims of the tragedy are 11 mine rescuers [...]
August 12, 2009 | Posted in
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