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Traffic Accident Occurs During Transfer of US Military Convoy in Slovakia

Traffic Accident Occurs During Transfer of US Military Convoy in Slovakia

Bratislava, July 27 (TASR) – A traffic accident occurred during the transfer of a US military convoy for the Saber Guardian 2017 exercises near Giraltovce (Presov region) on Wednesday evening, Defence Ministry spokesperson Danka Capakova told TASR on Thursday. “The US vehicle veered off the road after attempting to avoid a

Experts in Lest Train International Soldiers to Dispose Homemade Bombs

Experts in Lest Train International Soldiers to Dispose Homemade Bombs

Lest, July 16 (TASR) – Experts from the Trencin-based Centre of Excellence for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (CoE EOD) have trained 32 participants from 13 countries in identifying homemade explosives and their subsequent disposal. The training took place at the military drill facility in Lest (Banska Bystrica region) during a two week

Kiska: Situation Concerning Stolen Ammunition Serious

Kiska: Situation Concerning Stolen Ammunition Serious

Bratislava, July 3 (TASR) – The situation concerning missing or, to be more precise, stolen ammunition is very serious, stated President Andrej Kiska on Monday after meeting Defence Minister Peter Gajdos (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) and Chief of General Staff of the Slovak Armed Forces Milan Maxim. The meeting

Defence Ministry: Ammunition Also Missing from Sklene Storehouse

Defence Ministry: Ammunition Also Missing from Sklene Storehouse

Bratislava, June 28 (TASR) – An ammunition storehouse in Sklene (Zilina region) was identified as another location with missing ammo, following the theft of unspecified ammunition from the Slovak Armed Forces’ stocks in Trencin-Kubra discovered in April, Defence Ministry spokesperson Danka Capakova told TASR on Wednesday. After discovering the case in

Foreign Affairs Ministry Unaware of Slovaks Fighting in Ukraine

Foreign Affairs Ministry Unaware of Slovaks Fighting in Ukraine

Bratislava, June 13 (TASR) – The Slovak Embassy in Kiev is unaware of any Slovaks fighting in eastern Ukraine, TASR learnt from the Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Ministry on Tuesday. Head of the ministry’s press department Igor Skocek said that, under the Slovak Criminal Code, such active involvement in

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