World English News » Slovakia http://worldenglishnews.com International English Language News Articles and Blog Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:17:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Fifteen judges sound loud warning http://worldenglishnews.com/2009/09/23/fifteen-judges-sound-loud-warning/ http://worldenglishnews.com/2009/09/23/fifteen-judges-sound-loud-warning/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:25:52 +0000 admin http://worldenglishnews.com/?p=692 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 speaker of parliament.

The 15 signatories of the letter say that disciplinary proceedings under way against some critical judges are being used as a tool for their removal or at least intimidation. The letter’s publication has led the opposition to call for changes to the disciplinary proceeding rules governing judges.

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]]> http://worldenglishnews.com/2009/09/23/fifteen-judges-sound-loud-warning/feed/ 0 20 believed dead in coal mine blast http://worldenglishnews.com/2009/08/12/mine-disaster/ http://worldenglishnews.com/2009/08/12/mine-disaster/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:58:28 +0000 admin http://worldenglishnews.com/?p=38 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 and nine miners who were extinguishing a fire that broke out 300 metres underground at 7:00 on Monday morning in a part of the mine where coal extraction was finished on June 17, the SITA newswire reported.

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