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Defence Ministry Paid for Training That May Never Have Taken Place
Tuesday 24 August 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, August 24 (TASR) - The Defence Ministry signed contracts for lectures and consulting services between 2007-10 that were worth more than Sk1 million (€33,000), but there's no proof that the services were in fact delivered, Defence Ministry spokesman Richard Sumeghy said on Tuesday.
The so-called media training courses were provided by a certain Lubica Mizickova. "There are no documents at the ministry that would show to whom the training courses were provided," said Sumeghy, adding that it may have been the minister, office director and spokesman.
"The ministry has no information that training was provided to section directors and the state secretary. The only obvious thing is that former minister Jaroslav Baska (Smer-SD) attended a media training course," said Sumeghy.
"It wasn't only media training, it was also education in the minister's office, with the spokesman and other section chiefs ... I can send you all the documentation if you want," Mizickova told TASR.
According to Sumeghy, the contract was signed for 300 hours per year between 2007-09, with the hourly rate agreed at Sk1,080 (€36). "It's interesting that the ministry paid out the same amount for the same number of hours each year," said the spokesman, adding that current minister Lubomir Galko (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) has also attended several media training courses, but all were provided by ministry employees.
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