Hungarian LIGA Union Head Spent EU Funds On Luxury Hotels
- 17 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
President István Gaskó of the LIGA union alliance has stayed in the Kempinski and Hilton hotels in Budapest at EU expense, even though he is a resident of the city, Napi Gazdaság reports. On September 27, 2012 he hired room 601 at the Kempinski Hotel Corvinus and spent Ft 140,000 for the night. On February 2, 2014 he spent more than Ft 150,000 for a room at the Budapest Hilton.
Gaskó was the project manager and his wife the project co-ordinator of an EU-funded project to expand the union’s activities, first receiving monthly salaries of Ft 600,000 and Ft 400,000, later increased by Ft 300,000 each.
Gaskó was not re-elected president of the rail workers union Vdszsz at the annual general meting in May, as allegations of financial wrongdoing surfaced.
Interim president Balázs Bárány turned to authorities regarding anomalies found in the EU projects.
Source: Hungary Around the Clock
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