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Defence Ministry Deciding Between US and Swedish Jet Fighters

Defence Ministry Deciding Between US and Swedish Jet Fighters

Bratislava, February 2 (TASR) – The Defence Ministry is deciding between two bids for its purchase of jet fighters, particularly between the American F-16 aircraft and the Swedish JAS-39 Gripen aircraft, the ministry’s spokesperson Danka Capakova told TASR on Friday. “The ministry’s current management has never considered purchasing Russian

Kiska: Army Must Spend Money Transparently

Kiska: Army Must Spend Money Transparently

Bratislava, February 1 (TASR) – If the Slovak Armed Forces want to maintain their high, 70 percent-plus confidence rating vis-a-vis the public, they need to spend funding aimed at their modernisation transparently, conceptually and effectively, stated Slovak President Andrej Kiska after the annual assembly of Slovak Armed Forces Chief of General

General Maxim: Goal of Troop Transfers Is Mobility Practise

General Maxim: Goal of Troop Transfers Is Mobility Practise

Bratislava, January 30 (TASR) – Transfers of allied troops due to take place in 2018 are aimed at mobility training and removing possible obstacles that could exist on the way, stated Chief of General Staff of the Slovak Armed Forces Milan Maxim after a regular conference of chiefs of general staff

Twelfth Anniversary of Air Disaster Commemorated in Hejce, Hungary

Twelfth Anniversary of Air Disaster Commemorated in Hejce, Hungary

Hejce, January 19 (TASR) – Slovak and Hungarian Defence Ministers Peter Gajdos (Slovak National Party/SNS) and Istvan Simicsko, respectively, paid tribute to the memory of 42 victims of a Slovak military aircraft crash on Borso hill and in the village of Hejce, Hungary on Friday. The tragedy happened twelve years

Common Sky above Slovakia and Czech Republic Becomes Reality

Common Sky above Slovakia and Czech Republic Becomes Reality

Bratislava, January 5 (TASR) – Slovak Defence Minister Peter Gajdos (Slovak National Party/SNS) and Czech Defence Minister Karla Slechtova signed an executive agreement on the mutual protection of airspace on Friday. The so-called “common Czech-Slovak sky” is thus entering into the practical implementation phase. The countries’ joint agreement is fully

Italian Firm Discounts €879,000 for Late Delivery of Military Plane to Slovakia

Italian Firm Discounts €879,000 for Late Delivery of Military Plane to Slovakia

Bratislava, January 2 (TASR) – The price of one of the two C-27J Spartan military transport aircraft purchased by Slovakia will be €879,000 lower than previously stipulated, as compensation for a late delivery in the autumn of 2017, Defence Minister Peter Gajdos (Slovak National Party/SNS) said at a press

Kiska Calls Slovak Soldiers Abroad, Wishes Them Peaceful Christmas

Kiska Calls Slovak Soldiers Abroad, Wishes Them Peaceful Christmas

Bratislava, December 20 (TASR) – President Andrej Kiska, who is also commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, got in touch on Wednesday with Slovak soldiers, who, as members of international missions, will spend the upcoming Christmas holidays abroad. Kiska wished the soldiers a Merry Christmas, even though they’ll spend it far