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Slovak Military Group Taking Part in 2017 Summer Shield Exercise in Latvia

Slovak Military Group Taking Part in 2017 Summer Shield Exercise in Latvia

Bratislava, April 19 (TASR) – Slovak soldiers operating in the Stefanik military group in Latvia are currently taking part in the 2017 Summer Shield multinational military training exercise, Defence Ministry spokeswoman Danka Capakova told TASR on Wednesday. The tactical military event, which falls under the NATO exercises, is taking place at

Gajdos Attends Wreath-Laying Ceremony to Commemorate Romanian Soldiers

Gajdos Attends Wreath-Laying Ceremony to Commemorate Romanian Soldiers

Lest/Senohrad, February 24 (TASR) – Defence Minister Peter Gajdos (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) and Romanian Ambassador to Slovakia Steluta Arhire laid wreathes at the Romanian Army Monument at the Lest (Banska Bystrica region) military training facility on Friday to commemorate the fallen Romanian soldiers who helped to liberate

Slovakia Wants to Dispatch Military Police Officers to Mediterranean Sea

Slovakia Wants to Dispatch Military Police Officers to Mediterranean Sea

Bratislava, February 21 (TASR) – Slovak military police officers should serve as part of the EUNAVFOR MED Sophia naval operation in the Mediterranean Sea as of August, according to a proposal for deploying Slovak Army members that is currently undergoing an interdepartmental review. Slovakia plans to dispatch to that area up

SaS: Constitutional Law on Higher Defence Spending Necessary

SaS: Constitutional Law on Higher Defence Spending Necessary

Bratislava, February 1 (TASR) – Parliamentary parties should adopt a declaration leading to a constitutional law stipulating the duty of gradually increasing Slovakia’s defence budget to reach at least 2 percent of its GDP, opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) MP and former defence minister Lubomir Galko said on Wednesday. Speaking

Chief of General Staff Maxim Receives Legion of Honour Decoration

Chief of General Staff Maxim Receives Legion of Honour Decoration

Bratislava, January 24 (TASR) – French Ambassador to Slovakia Christophe Leonzi on Monday (January 23) bestowed the highest French state decoration – the National Order of the Legion of Honour – upon Chief of the General Staff of the Slovak Armed Forces Milan Maxim, TASR learnt from Slovak Armed Forces spokesman Stefan Zemanovic

OLaNO-NOVA Wants to Ban Military Promotion of Active Politicians

OLaNO-NOVA Wants to Ban Military Promotion of Active Politicians

Bratislava, January 23 (TASR) – Politicians who have gained their military ranks while actively serving in politics should be automatically deprived of them, OLaNO-NOVA leader Igor Matovic told a news conference on Monday, adding that his movement plans to submit an amendment to the law on conscription governing the granting of

Gajdos and Simicsko Remember Victims of Military Plane Crash in Hejce

Gajdos and Simicsko Remember Victims of Military Plane Crash in Hejce

Hejce/Bratislava, January 19 (TASR) – Slovak Defence Minister Peter Gajdos and his Hungarian counterpart Istvan Simicsko on Thursday paid homage to the 42 people who were killed in a military aircraft crash near the Hungarian village of Hejce in 2006, TASR learnt on the same day. An AN-24 military aircraft