Foreign Policies

Slovak Troops to Take Part in Tank Challenge Exercise in Germany

Bratislava, January 27 (TASR) – Around 40 members of the Slovak Armed Forces will take part in the Tank Challenge international military exercise in Germany in May, the Government approved a proposal for the deployment of Slovak soldiers to the exercise on Wednesday.

The Government also approved the deployment of Slovak military personnel to other international exercises, including in Hungary, where a military divers exercise will be held, and in the Czech Republic, where sniper training will take place.

Slovak military helicopter pilots will be sent to an exercise to Austria in April to practise flying in mountainous areas. Special forces soldiers will go to Poland in May to train in tactical procedures.

In addition, soldiers from abroad will be dispatched to Slovak training areas. An exercise involving toxic chemicals will take place in Zemianske Kostolany (Trencin region), with military chemists from Belgium, Austria, the USA, the Czech Republic and France all participating.

The Lest training area (Banska Bystrica region) will be the site of a special forces exercise including around 20 American soldiers and also an exercise in urban area combat, with approximately 100 Polish soldiers taking part.

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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