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Director of the Slovak National Gallery Fired

.Slovakia s society department introduced on Wednesday that it has sacked Alexandra Kusu00e1, the basic supervisor of the country s National Picture (SNG), for numerous managerial failures. The ministry additionally mentioned that because Kusu00e1 is the little girl of Martin Kusu00fd, the engineer responsible for refurbishing the SNG, she possessed a problem of rate of interests.
[The fact she relates to Martin Kusu00fd] was currently known just before Alexandra Kusu00e1 was appointed director of the SNG [in 2010], the ministry stated in a claim. The current monitoring feels that, as a result of household relationships, Alexandra Kusu00e1 must not have actually been appointed to this post.

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Kusu00e1 s dismissal observes the sacking of Matej Drliu010dka, who was the scalp of Slovakia s National Theatre, on Tuesday.
Kusu00e1, having said that, told ARTnews that the culture department s causes for axing her are cooked up. There are actually some really hazy main reasons [for my sacking], most of them are actually assembled, I put on t also trouble to read them it makes me sick, she stated. Our team are actually freshly restored, newly open, [our company possess the] greatest finances, we ve certainly never possessed a lot of website visitors our experts are actually a quite vibrant organization. Possibly that s the trouble!.
Kusu00e1 incorporated, I was actually not startled in any way that I was sacked because I recognized that the society administrative agency s work as well as our work is quite different, so it was actually simply a matter of your time. This example is actually certainly not merely taking place in Slovakia. It s concerning non-compatibility in between the brand new culture ministry as well as exactly how our team operate as well as experience.
In October of in 2013, Robert Fico s populist left-wing Smer-SSD celebration gained legislative elections in Slovakia and established a union federal government along with the center-left Hlas and nationalist SNS gatherings. Fico has actually due to the fact that stopped Slovakian help to Ukraine however refutes being pro-Russia.
Martina u0160imkoviu010dovu00e1, a television speaker who has mocked refugees on social networking sites as well as candidly criticized homosexuals, was selected lifestyle priest.
Drliu010dka said he found out of his dismissal at home on Tuesday.
I resided in my bathtub early in the morning, the bell called, and also there was actually a police officer coming from the human resources division with two large guys, I assumed they were actually security guards, yet I eventually learned they were from the legal division, Drliu010dka told ARTnews. They supplied my termination but I told them I wasn t heading to take it, this is not exactly how it should occur, however they told me I was dismissed I said thank you and they wished me a pleasant day.
He stated that he hasn t been actually offered a reason for his firing, neither has he been consulted with by u0160imkoviu010dovu00e1 The culture administrative agency said in news release that the culture minister doesn t coincide what show business carried out and is actually extremely nervous concerning just how I am actually taking care of around, etc, and so on, he clarified.
When inquired if he may have carried out one thing to upset the lifestyle department, Drliu010dka stated that in 2022 at a conference in Budapest he brought in an unacceptable remark that was actually trying to be funny, but wasn t amusing. He stated it was taken out of circumstance and sounded like I desired [certain] politicians were actually dead.
A person reported him and also he ultimately handed in his longanimity as the supervisor of the National Cinema, however he was actually very soon reappointed. u0160imkoviu010dovu00e1 is actually once more using this scenario as an explanation for my dismissal however I ve presently paid my fine for it.
Drliu010dka stated that as soon as u0160imkoviu010dovu00e1 was assigned our team realized our experts were actually going into a brand new lifestyle war. He claimed her 1st statement was that anymore, the society will be Slovak and Slovak just, no combining.
It was like a fascist affirmation, Drliu010dka said to ARTnews. Our experts had extremely daring and endure programing in the dramatization division, however after every premier, we received a considerable amount of detestation. It was actually evident that I will go down. He mentioned he has actually been actually targeted through on the web giants.
Drliu010dka and also Kusu00e1 have been bold in their terminations, attending to the media all together outside the SNG on Wednesday.
Employees coming from their corresponding institutions have joined the 2 past supervisors in slamming Slovakia s patriotic union government for repressing institutional freedom.
The SNG launched a declaration on Wednesday. It said, The staff stands strongly responsible for Alexandra Kusu00e1, recognizing the great attempt, time, know-how, humanity, cutting-edge concept, and at times, supernatural commitment she has actually invested in constructing a nationwide cultural organization that absolutely knows the real definition and also market value of words national, society, as well as establishment.
Kusu00e1 told ARTnews that Branislav Panis, the director of the Slovak National Gallery, was likely following on the chopping panel. He s abroad in Croatia at the moment, however Slovak law governs that you may t be actually fired while on vacation.