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Valasek: Slovakia's Dispatching of Soldiers to Baltic Isn't Favour to Allies

Valasek: Slovakia's Dispatching of Soldiers to Baltic Isn't Favour to Allies

Bratislava, May 27 (TASR) – Slovakia’s participation in NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence in the Baltic is important as a boosting element for NATO’s unity vis-a-vis the North Atlantic Treaty’s Article 5, former Slovakia’s permanent representative to NATO and current Carnegie Europe director Tomas Valasek has told

SaS Submits Constitutional Bill to Raise Defence Budget to 2% of GDP

SaS Submits Constitutional Bill to Raise Defence Budget to 2% of GDP

Bratislava, May 26 (TASR) – Opposition party Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) has submitted a constitutional bill aimed at increasing Slovakia’s defence budget by at least 0.1 percentage points each year so that eventually at least 2 percent of GDP will be spent on the military annually, TASR learnt on

Sixteen Members of Military Injured in Vehicle Accident

Sixteen Members of Military Injured in Vehicle Accident

Bratislava, May 18 (TASR) – Sixteen professional servicemen suffered injuries when a Tatra 815 military vehicle crashed at Mociar military facility close to Ziar nad Hronom (Banska Bystrica region) on Thursday afternoon, TASR learnt from Defence Ministry spokesperson Danka Capakova on the same day. The soldiers were air force members of

Two Companies in Dubnica Marking 80 Years of Engineering

Two Companies in Dubnica Marking 80 Years of Engineering

Dubnica nad Vahom, May 18 (TASR) – Dubnica-based engineering companies ZVS Holding and ZTS Special are returning pride and honour to the defence industry, which used to form an irreplaceable part of the country’s industry in the past, stated Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) in Dubnica nad Vahom (Trencin region)

Military Not Missing any Ammunition, Gajdos Says while Checks Underway

Military Not Missing any Ammunition, Gajdos Says while Checks Underway

Bratislava, May 2 (TASR) – An inspection into the stocks of the Slovak Armed Forces hasn’t revealed any ammunition being missing apart from several boxes containing grenades that have probably been stolen in Trencin-Kubra, Defence Minister Peter Gajdos (a Slovak National Party/SNS) nominee stated at the parliamentary defence committee

Gajdos Welcomes Home 22 Servicemen from Foreign Missions

Gajdos Welcomes Home 22 Servicemen from Foreign Missions

Martin, April 21 (TASR) – Almost two dozen Slovak servicemen from three foreign missions – in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Afghanistan, and the Golan Heights – were welcomed back home by Defence Minister Peter Gajdos (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) at a military training base in Martin (Zilina region) on Friday. “The members

USA Military Convoy to Drive through Slovakia in Summer

USA Military Convoy to Drive through Slovakia in Summer

Bratislava, April 21 (TASR) – American military equipment will be passing through Slovakia in June and August, as USA military personnel will be heading to one of this year’s largest NATO exercises, Saber Guardian 2017, which is due to take place in Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria between July 8-22, TASR