Ex-Health Minister Zvolenská applies to be labour and social affairs expert in Brussels

Former Health Minister Zuzana Zvolenská could have a new job. She is running for the position of an official representative of the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Ministry at Slovakia's Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels. At a regular session of the Government on Wednesday Labour Minister Jan Richter explained that Zvolenská will serve as an expert for social affairs. At the same time, he rejected the claims that the job was created just for Zvolenská. The ministry has three permanent jobs in Brussels, while two more posts are set to emerge this and next year, as part of Slovakia's presidency of the EU in the latter half of 2016. One hitch to the appointment may be Zvolenská's possible prosecution for her role in the purchase of an overpriced CT scanner by a Piešťany Hospital. This scandal led to her resignation as Health Minister in November. No decision on sending former health minister Zvolenská to Brussels has been made yet confirmed Foreign and European Affairs Minister Lajčák on Wednesday. "There's no job description, no decision, nothing. There's only the interest," he said.