Slovak Government to Sue Striking Controllers

The Slovak government is to sue air traffic controllers who are staging a strike it says is unlawful, a news agency reported.

The Czech news agency CTK quoted Slovakia's Transport Minister Lubomir Vazny as saying that his ministry will file a lawsuit against the controllers unless they resume work on Tuesday.

Most of Slovakia's 120 air traffic controllers went on strike Thursday, demanding better working conditions. They also demand that their boss be fired from his post.

Regular flights over Slovakia had to be diverted across the neighboring countries over the weekend as a result, CTK said.

"The unlawfulness of the strike is evident," the agency quoted Vazny as saying.

Vazny said his ministry hopes a court ruling will end the strike.

The Czech airline CSA said in a statement that planes on flights to the capital Bratislava are having to approach the Bratislava airport over Austria, and flights to the eastern town of Kosice from over Hungary. Two flights to the central spa town of Sliac had to be canceled over the weekend.

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