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Slovakia Joins Expanded NATO Project on Air Munitions

Slovakia Joins Expanded NATO Project on Air Munitions

Bratislava, February 19 (TASR) – Slovakia has joined NATO’s initiative to expand multinational cooperation in the specification, procurement and warehousing of precision guided airborne munitions to cover all kinds of airborne ammunition, TASR has learnt from Defence Ministry spokesperson Martina Koval Kakascikova. Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad (OLaNO), along with

Slovakia to Buy 17 3D Radar Devices worth €148 million from Israel

Slovakia to Buy 17 3D Radar Devices worth €148 million from Israel

Bratislava, January 13 (TASR) – Slovakia will purchase 17 3D radar devices of medium, short and ultra-short range from Israel, the Government decided on Wednesday, with Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad (OLaNO) confirming this. When the purchase agreement is approved by the Finance Ministry, the Defence Ministry will conclude it by March

Gov't Allocates 1,000 Soldiers to Help Health Staff Deal with Pandemic

Gov't Allocates 1,000 Soldiers to Help Health Staff Deal with Pandemic

Bratislava, January 7 (TASR) – Up to 1,000 soldiers will be available every day to provide the necessary medical and sanitary support to health-care facilities, according to a proposal for such assistance approved by the Cabinet at its online session on Thursday. The Government approved the assistance for a long

Testing: Round 2 to Be Held in 45 Red Districts between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Testing: Round 2 to Be Held in 45 Red Districts between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Bratislava, November 5 (TASR) – The second round of mass testing for coronavirus will take place in 45 districts this weekend (November 7 and 8), Defence Ministry spokesperson Martina Koval Kakascikova told TASR on Thursday. On Saturday, 2,805 testing sites should be open with the assistance of 2,715 testing

Myjava and Gelnica Districts: Figures from Mass COVID Testing Flawed

Myjava and Gelnica Districts: Figures from Mass COVID Testing Flawed

Myjava/Gelnica, November 3 (TASR) – The official results of the countrywide testing for coronavirus this past weekend as announced by the Armed Forces differ significantly from data presented to the military by the local authorities in Myjava district (Trencin region) and Gelnica district (Kosice region), TASR was told by Myjava

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

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

Premier and Defence Minister Honour WWII Heroes at Dukla Memorial

Premier and Defence Minister Honour WWII Heroes at Dukla Memorial

Vysny Komarnik, October 6 (TASR) – Prime Minister Igor Matovic and Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad (both OLaNO) commemorated the victims of WWII on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the Battle of the Dukla Pass at the Dukla memorial and in the town of Svidnik (Presov region) on Tuesday. Official