Domestic Policies

Defence Ministry Denies Spending €50 mn Annually Due to Figher Jet Contract

Bratislava, May 7 (TASR) – The Defence Ministry is denying media information that Slovakia spends €50 million annually due to the contract for using Russian fighter jets, Defence Ministry’s spokesperson Danka Capakova told TASR on Monday.

“It’s currently up to €20 million annually, and the ministry pays up to €10 million annually for additional service work that has not been subscribed in the aforementioned contract,” said Capakova.

Slovakia is holding talks with the Russians to possibly extend the service life of the MiG-29 fighter jets for the Slovak Air Force, Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) said on TV Markiza’s politics discussion programme ‘Dvadsatpatka’ (Twenty-five). The current contract for using Russian jets will apply until 2019.

Takac: Police Launch Criminal Investigation, Infested Wood Being Extracted Urgently

The police have already launched a criminal investigation regarding the failure to address the bark-beetle infestation in Banska Bystrica region, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Richard Takac, who filed a criminal complaint in this connection in May, told a news conference on Monday.

President Appoints Dusan Keketi as Tourism and Sport Minister

President Zuzana Caputova appointed Dusan Keketi as Tourism and Sport Minister on Friday.

Premier: Youth in Slovakia Becoming Radicalised, Mainly Online

Young people in Slovakia are becoming radicalised, chiefly online, Premier Ludovit Odor and Interior Minister Ivan Simko told the media following a Security Council meeting on Wednesday.

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