VIENNA - Slovakia's economics minister could be barred from driving in neighboring Austria after Austrian police fined him for speeding on a motorway, police said last week. The car driven by Pavol Rusko was clocked by police going 220 kph, well over the 130-kph limit near the central Austrian city of Linz at midnight on Friday, December 17. "He passed a police car ... at much faster than the legal speed and the unit followed him, registering a top speed of 220 kph," a police spokesman said. The minister was given an on-the-spot fine of 700 euros ($935) and could end up paying a heavier penalty as well as possibly being banned from driving in Austria by a traffic court, the spokesman said.

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