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F-16 Producer: LOTN in Trencin to Serve as Our Strategic Partner

F-16 Producer: LOTN in Trencin to Serve as Our Strategic Partner

Bratislava, August 15 (TASR) – The Aircraft Repair Company (LOTN) from Trencin has been selected as a “strategic partner” by US company Lockheed Martin in the project to deliver 14 F-16C Block 70 fighter jets to the Slovak Air Force, Lockheed Martin’s F-16 Campaign Lead for Slovakia Mike Kelley told

Bugar: If Kidnapping Confirmed, Slovakia Should Expel Vietnamese Ambassador

Bugar: If Kidnapping Confirmed, Slovakia Should Expel Vietnamese Ambassador

Bratislava, August 14 (TASR) – If it is confirmed that Vietnamese former state manager Trinh Xuan Thanh was kidnapped and that Slovakia was misused in the abduction, Slovakia should expel the Vietnamese ambassador, stated Most-Hid chair and Parliamentary vice-chair Bela Bugar on Tuesday. Bugar reiterated that if it is also confirmed

NATO Lambastes Slovak Armed Forces in Its Evaluation Report

NATO Lambastes Slovak Armed Forces in Its Evaluation Report

Bratislava, August 10 (TASR) – The North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) in its summarising evaluation report reproaches the Slovak Armed Forces, saying that the building of a heavy infantry brigade, which was supposed to be Slovakia’s main priority, has been too slow and that the number of soldiers and military doctors

Grendel: No Participation of SIS in Vietnamese Abduction

Grendel: No Participation of SIS in Vietnamese Abduction

Bratislava, August 10 (TASR) – There was no participation of the Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS) in the kidnapping of Vietnamese former state manager Trinh Xuan Thanh, said chairman of the parliamentary committee for supervising SIS Gabor Grendel (OLaNO) after a session of the committee on Friday also attended by SIS director

Kalinak Takes Lie-detector Test over Case of Kidnapped Vietnamese

Kalinak Takes Lie-detector Test over Case of Kidnapped Vietnamese

Bratislava, August 7 (TASR) – Vice-chairman of the senior coalition Smer-SD party and former interior minister Robert Kalinak has undergone a lie-detector test over the case of the kidnapping of a Vietnamese citizen from Germany to his country of origin via Slovakia, TASR learnt on Tuesday. Speaking at a briefing, Kalinak

Prosecutor-General: President Politicking on Vietnamese's Kidnapping

Prosecutor-General: President Politicking on Vietnamese's Kidnapping

Bratislava, August 6 (TASR) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska’s comments on Monday concerning the abduction of a former Vietnamese manager and politician from Germany via Slovakia pursued political goals, said Prosecutor General Jaromir Ciznar, adding that after hearing these statements he wanted to cancel a scheduled meeting with Kiska, Prime

President: Interior Minister Loses My Trust over Vietnamese's Abduction

President: Interior Minister Loses My Trust over Vietnamese's Abduction

Bratislava, August 6 (TASR) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska stated on Monday that Interior Minister Denisa Sakova (Smer-SD) has lost his confidence, as she’s been behaving as the right-hand woman of former interior minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD), and she thus appears to be an obstacle in investigating Slovakia’s possible