2024-06-20 17:51:11
The Slovak authorities particular was in Frankfurt am Predominant, Germany on the time when the Slovak nationwide staff was taking part in a European Championship match with Belgium. The match was watched from the stands by a number of politicians of the federal government coalition, together with the chairman of the SNS occasion Andrej Danek and the minister of the inside, Matúš Šutaj Eštok. On Tuesday, the newspaper Sme drew consideration to this, in keeping with which none of those officers knowledgeable concerning the work journey to Germany.
The Ministry of the Inside, which decides on the usage of authorities specials, subsequently confirmed the journey, stating that it was an official go to. In a press release despatched to the media, it acknowledged that “it was under no circumstances a leisure exercise of constitutional officers”.
“The go to to the opening match of our soccer staff on the EC (…) passed off based mostly on the official invitation of the Slovak Soccer Affiliation and in addition the Union of European Soccer Associations (UEFA) for representatives of the Authorities of the Slovak Republic and the Nationwide Council of the Slovak Republic, which is frequent all over the place on the earth to assist the nationwide staff at such an necessary sporting occasion,” mentioned the resort.
Based on the every day newspaper Sme, the Slovak Airbus A-319 took off from Bratislava airport early Monday morning to land at Frankfurt-Hahn airport an hour later. That very same night, Danko printed a selfie from the stadium with the textual content: “Greetings from Frankfurt and fingers crossed for Slovakia”. Shortly after the match, the particular aircraft flew again to the Slovak capital, Sme reported, citing publicly accessible knowledge from the Flight Radar and Globe ADSB-Trade portals.
The {photograph} from the stadium, the place the Slovak nationwide staff beat Belgium by the narrowest margin of 1:0, was taken and printed on social networks by Minister of Labor Erik Tomáš, and in keeping with data, we’re additionally approved by Speaker of the Parliament Peter Žiga, Minister of Training Tomáš Drucker and Minister of the Inside Matúš Šutaj Eštok. All of them are members of the federal government occasion Hlas-Social Democracy.
“Not one of the authorities representatives introduced that they might have a piece program in Germany on Monday,” wrote the newspaper Sme.
He additionally acknowledged that authorities politicians watched the match from a sector the place they’d free meals and drinks. Tickets to this zone for Friday’s match between Slovakia and Ukraine price as much as 2,500 euros (about 62,000 crowns). The newspaper estimated the price of the return flight at round 30,000 euros (743,000 crowns). The federal government particular automotive additionally took the Slovak soccer staff to Frankfurt final week.
Based on the Ministry of the Inside, two deputy audio system of the parliament, three ministers, two state secretaries, about 20 representatives of assorted ministries and representatives of the police traveled to Frankfurt. Based on the division, the journey additionally included conferences with representatives of the Belgian authorities and the mayor of Frankfurt am Predominant.