Slovak high school student Simon Omanik (19) refused to shake hands with the President of Slovakia, Peter Pellegrini, during the award ceremony at the presidential palace in Bratislava. Omanik won a bronze medal at the Central European Mathematical Olympiad in Hungary and refused to shake hands due to his disagreement with Pellegrini’s policies, accusing him of deceiving the people and spreading false information during the election campaign. At the reception, Omanik wore a ribbon in Ukrainian colors, expressing…
A Slovak high school student refused to shake hands with the president: ‘I’m not being rude, I have a reason!’
