The government is preparing a huge deal. It will buy ships and ports for 170 million from a private company with a blurry background.

The government wants to fundamentally rebuild Bratislava’s ports, and is preparing to pay off their private operator. His compensation is expected to cost almost as much as the entire extensive modernization of the ports. The state will acquire the port infrastructure and over a hundred ships. The opposition points out a conflict of interest, because the former manager of the private group now works for the Ministry of Transport. The government …