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Mercedes for President of Dilapidated Slovak University

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Slovakia, Citizen Media, Development, Economics & Business, Education, Governance, Law, Politics

Blogger Tomáš Homola blogs [1] [sk] about a new Mercedes Benz E car recently acquired for 63,096 Euros for Professor Karol Mičieta [2] [sk], the Rector/President of Comenius University in Bratislava. Homola describes Mičieta's connection to politics, and also recalls that the Ministry of Education just a short time ago was forced to cancel renting of an Audi A6 [3] [sk] for about 3,000 Euros per month from a company whose owner is the former Minister of Economy allegedly deeply involved in the Gorilla scandal [4]. The saddest part of the story is the extremely poor condition that the university building is currently in (see images in Homola's post).

(Related in-depth GV posts are here [5], here [6], and here [7].)