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Zmeko: Armed Forces Ready to Deal With Emergency Situation

Zmeko: Armed Forces Ready to Deal With Emergency Situation

Bratislava, March 18 (TASR) – The Slovak Armed Forces are in full readiness to deal with an emergency situation, Chief-of-General-Staff Daniel Zmeko stated on Wednesday following a meeting of the central crisis management team. “Every member of the armed forces who is not currently ill is available either immediately or within

NATO to Use Slovak Communications Technologies

NATO to Use Slovak Communications Technologies

Bratislava, February 14 (TASR) – NATO will use Slovak communication technologies in its operations, as a Slovak company called Aliter Technologies has won a tender to supply information and communications technologies for the Communications Gateway Shelters system at the NATO Communication and Information Agency, TASR learnt from Aliter Technologies general director

President: Slovak Army Valued Abroad, Project Transparency Is Challenge

President: Slovak Army Valued Abroad, Project Transparency Is Challenge

Bratislava, January 30 (TASR) – Meeting Slovakia’s commitment to invest 2 percent of its GDP in defence by 2024 and the questionable level of transparency of some modernisation projects are the biggest challenges faced by the Slovak Armed Forces, said President Zuzana Caputova following a commanders meeting held by Chief-of-General-Staff

Gajdos at Site of Plane Crash: Nothing Supports Conspiracy Theories

Gajdos at Site of Plane Crash: Nothing Supports Conspiracy Theories

Hejce, January 19 (TASR) – The Hungarian and Slovak defence ministers, Tibor Benko and Peter Gajdos (SNS), respectively, paid tribute on Sunday to those killed when a Slovak military transport aircraft crashed near Hejce, Hungary 14 years ago. The An-24 plane carrying Slovak soldiers from the KFOR peace-keeping mission in Kosovo

Last Three Black Hawk Military Helicopters Land in Presov

Last Three Black Hawk Military Helicopters Land in Presov

Presov, January 11 (TASR) – The last three from the total of nine UH-60 Black Hawk American military helicopters landed in premises of the Helicopter Wing of the Slovak Air Force in Presov on Saturday afternoon. “The contract with the United States has thus been fulfilled and nine new multi-purpose helicopters

Pellegrini: Slovak Soldiers in Iraq Temporarily Relocated to Another Country

Pellegrini: Slovak Soldiers in Iraq Temporarily Relocated to Another Country

Bratislava, January 7 (TASR) – The Slovak soldiers deployed within the NATO military mission in Iraq have been temporarily relocated to another country, TASR learnt from the Government Office’s press department on Monday. “With regards to the current situation in Iraq, which has led to the suspension of NATO training

Minister Gajdos Honours Soldiers Who Helped Following Gas Blast in Presov

Minister Gajdos Honours Soldiers Who Helped Following Gas Blast in Presov

Presov, January 3 (TASR) – Defence Minister Peter Gajdos (Slovak National Party/SNS) on Friday in Presov presented awards to 13 professional soldiers who helped to clear up debris caused by the gas explosion in an apartment block on Mukacevska Street in Presov. The minister thanked soldiers and military police officers