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Director of the Slovak National Picture Fired

.Slovakia s society administrative agency revealed on Wednesday that it has actually sacked Alexandra Kusu00e1, the general director of the nation s National Gallery (SNG), for many managing failings. The ministry also mentioned that due to the fact that Kusu00e1 is the daughter of Martin Kusu00fd, the engineer in charge of restoring the SNG, she possessed a disagreement of interests.
[The truth she is related to Martin Kusu00fd] was actually presently recognized before Alexandra Kusu00e1 was actually appointed supervisor of the SNG [in 2010], the ministry claimed in a claim. The present management feels that, as a result of family connections, Alexandra Kusu00e1 should certainly not have actually been appointed to this article.

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Kusu00e1 s termination follows the sacking of Matej Drliu010dka, who was actually the scalp of Slovakia s National Theatre, on Tuesday.
Kusu00e1, nevertheless, told ARTnews that the society ministry s factors for axing her are invented. There are actually some very unclear explanations [for my sacking], many of them are actually assembled, I wear t also trouble to review them it creates me sick, she pointed out. We are actually recently reconstructed, newly available, [we possess the] largest budget, our team ve never had a lot of site visitors our team are a really vivid organization. Maybe that s the issue!.
Kusu00e1 incorporated, I was certainly not shocked in all that I was actually sacked because I understood that the culture ministry s work and also our work is extremely different, so it was simply a concern of time. This example is certainly not only happening in Slovakia. It s about non-compatibility between the brand new culture administrative agency and exactly how our team function as well as feel.
In October of in 2015, Robert Fico s democratic leftist Smer-SSD celebration won legislative elections in Slovakia and also established a union government along with the center-left Hlas and nationalist SNS parties. Fico has because stopped Slovakian help to Ukraine but denies being pro-Russia.
Martina u0160imkoviu010dovu00e1, a TV presenter who has actually buffooned evacuees on social media sites as well as openly criticized homosexuals, was assigned society preacher.
Drliu010dka claimed he found out of his termination at home on Tuesday.
I remained in my bathtub early in the early morning, the doorbell rang, and also there was actually a police officer from the human resources team with pair of major fellas, I assumed they were actually security guards, but I later knew they were actually from the legal division, Drliu010dka told ARTnews. They provided my termination but I told them I wasn t visiting take it, this is actually not exactly how it must happen, however they told me I was dismissed I thanked and also they wished me a wonderful day.
He claimed that he hasn t been given a main reason for his firing, neither has he been called by u0160imkoviu010dovu00e1 The culture department stated in news release that the society priest doesn t coincide what the theater did as well as is actually very nervous about exactly how I am dealing with in this field, etc, and so on, he clarified.
When asked if he could possess done one thing to distress the lifestyle department, Drliu010dka claimed that in 2022 at a conference in Budapest he created an improper comment that was actually making an effort to become comical, however wasn t hilarious. He said it was actually secured of context and sounded like I preferred [certain] political leaders were actually lifeless.
An individual reported him and also he consequently handed in his meekness as the supervisor of the National Movie theater, but he was quickly reappointed. u0160imkoviu010dovu00e1 is actually again using this case as a main reason for my dismissal yet I ve currently paid my fine for it.
Drliu010dka pointed out that as quickly as u0160imkoviu010dovu00e1 was actually designated our experts recognized our team were entering into a brand new culture war. He mentioned her initial claim was that from now on, the society will definitely be actually Slovak and Slovak only, no combining.
It was like a fascist declaration, Drliu010dka told ARTnews. Our company possessed incredibly daring and also take on programing in the dramatization division, however after every premier, we acquired a ton of disgust. It was obvious that I will go down. He stated he has actually been targeted by on the internet monsters.
Drliu010dka and Kusu00e1 have actually been actually bold in their dismissals, attending to the media with each other outside the SNG on Wednesday.
Workers from their corresponding organizations have signed up with the two previous supervisors in criticizing Slovakia s nationalistic union government for contraining institutional independence.
The SNG released a statement on Wednesday. It stated, The personnel stands up strongly behind Alexandra Kusu00e1, recognizing the huge attempt, time, experience, humankind, impressive perspective, and also sometimes, supernatural commitment she has purchased constructing a nationwide social establishment that absolutely recognizes the genuine meaning as well as market value of the words nationwide, society, as well as organization.
Kusu00e1 said to ARTnews that Branislav Panis, the supervisor of the Slovak National Museum, was very likely upcoming on the dicing board. He s on holiday in Croatia currently, but Slovak legislation directs that you can easily t be actually fired while on vacation.