Foreign Policies

SaS Submits Constitutional Bill to Raise Defence Budget to 2% of GDP

Bratislava, May 26 (TASR) – Opposition party Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) has submitted a constitutional bill aimed at increasing Slovakia’s defence budget by at least 0.1 percentage points each year so that eventually at least 2 percent of GDP will be spent on the military annually, TASR learnt on Friday.

Slovakia at the NATO summit in Brussels on Thursday confirmed its commitment made in 2014 to allocate 1.6 percent of its GDP yearly by the end of 2020. At the moment, the figure stands at 1.19 percent of GDP.

Former SaS defence minister Lubomir Galko (2010-11) at a press conference on Friday stated that while other European NATO members and Canada have visibly increased their defence budgets in recent years, Slovakia is still lagging behind.

“We want to see our armed forces appropriately armed, trained and prepared to safeguard the security of people living in our country in cooperation with our allies,” said Galko.

SPPK: If Farmers Aren't Taken Seriously, They Will Be Seen in Streets More Often

If farmers' demands are not taken seriously, they will be seen in the streets more often, Slovak Agriculture and Food Chamber chairman Emil Macho told a news conference held in front of the Parliament's building on Thursday.

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.

PM: Slovakia to Organise Repeated Mass Testing, Two Dozen Districts Exempt

Bratislava, November 2 (TASR) – Slovakia will organise a repeated mass testing for the coronavirus, but districts with positivity rates below 0.7 percent in the testing this past weekend will be exempt from the second round, Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) announced after a meeting of the Central Crisis Management

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