Foreign Policies

Nad: Slovakia Considering Giving T-72 Tanks to Ukraine

Sliac, May 6 (TASR) – Slovakia is considering giving its infantry fighting vehicles and T-72 tanks to Ukraine, but not before it finds adequate replacements for them, Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad (OLaNO) stated at a press conference on Friday, following talks with his German counterpart Christine Lambrecht and Dutch counterpart Kajsa Ollongren at Sliac airbase on the same day.

According to Nad, Slovakia could provide the heavy weapons to Ukraine immediately, and the upside is that the Ukrainians already know how to operate them, so there would be no need to train to use them.

“But we must take into account that we have commitments when it comes to the defence of [Slovak] territory and also NATO. We can only provide our equipment if we have an adequate replacement for it,” the minister noted.

Meanwhile, Lambrecht announced that Germany is set to immediately provide Ukraine with 12 howitzers.

Nad thanked his counterparts for the fact that their respective countries have provided Slovakia with batteries of the Patriot defense system, including personnel who operate these devices

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.

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

Fico: Slovakia to Receive €1 bn of €10-bn Package of EU Funds for Floods

Slovakia will receive €1 billion of the €10-billion package from EU cohesion funds to deal with the consequences of the recent floods, Premier Robert Fico, who attended on Thursday a meeting of premiers and the European Commission on floods in Wroclaw, Poland, told a press conference on Friday.

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