Foreign Policies

Slovakia Dispatches 30 Soldiers and Black Hawk to Wildfire in Czech Republic

Bratislava, July 28 (TASR) – The Government on Thursday greenlighted the dispatching of 30 members of the Slovak Armed Forces to the area of the raging wildfire in the Bohemian Switzerland National Park in the Czech Republic with the aim of providing humanitarian assistance and relief services.

The soldiers will be deployed alongside appropriate heavy technology, including a Black Hawk equipped with a helicopter bucket. “The Czechs are our neighbours, allies and friends. They are helping us to protect our territory within the international battlegroup in Slovakia, so we are glad that we can help in return,” wrote Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad on his Facebook account.

Slovakia has already dispatched one helicopter owned by the Interior Ministry and a group of firefighters to the Bohemian Switzerland National Park. On Thursday, the firefighters at the site managed to bring the fire under control and prevent it from spreading.

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

President Supports Civic Collection to Purchase Ammunition for Ukraine

Bratislava, April 19 (TASR) - I support the 'Ammunition for Ukraine' civic collection, President Zuzana Caputova posted on a social network on Friday, adding that she's also proud that many in Slovakia care about the fate of neighbouring Ukraine. "I support this initiative because it's the right thing to do.

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