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Military news from Slovakia
NATO liaison team will be created in Slovakia
NATO Force Integration Units will be created in Slovakia next year and housed in barracks in the Bratislava borough of Vajnory.
Slovak Shield exercise checked cooperation between Slovak and US armed forces
THE BIGGEST military training exercise involving Slovak soldiers which has taken place in the country’s history is in its final stage. It has focused on solving crisis situations.
Indiana National Guard commander visits Slovakia
INDIANA National Guard Commander Courtney P. Carr visits Slovakia for the first time since being appointed as the new commander of the armed force in June 2015.
US convoy arrives in Slovakia
DEFENCE Minister Martin Glváč and Chargé d’Affaires of the US Embassy in Slovakia Rudolf V. Perina welcomed the US military convoy which arrived in Slovakia on September 14.
US Convoy to enter Slovakia on September 14
ON THEIR way from Germany to an exercise in Hungary, a military convoy of about 640 US soldiers with around 150 pieces of equipment will travel through Slovakia.
Troop movements to start in Slovakia as part of “Slovak Shield” exercise
LARGE-SCALE troop movements will occur on Slovak soil in the coming days as part of a military exercise called Slovak Shield.
Defence Ministry silently acquires arms factory
WHILE Defence Minister Martin Glváč has offered three military companies for rent to private entities, he has recently acquired a new one.
Nigeria will receive 10 Božena demining machines
NIGERIA has ordered 10 Slovak Božena demining machines produced by Way Industries in Krupina (Banská Bystrica Region), thereby doubling its original order of five.
Double dealing
Beware Slovakia, the Americans are coming.
Defence Ministry confirmed US convoy will cross through Slovakia, on an unconfirmed date
US UNITS crossing Slovakia on their way to a military drill in Hungary will arrive some time between September 12 and 19.
Huge mysterious aircraft turned out to be American military
WITNESSES in Spiš region saw a huge unknown military aircraft flying at low altitude with an open cargo door, private broadcaster TA3 reported on August 10.
US convoy will pass through Slovakia to NATO drill in Hungary
A US MILITARY convoy will traverse Slovakia en route to a military exercise in Hungary, the Hospodárske Noviny wrote in July 29.
New facts about fatal helicopter crash emerge
THE THREE members of a military helicopter MI-17 crew were training winching up people into helicopter with the help of a rope not practicing landings, when they crashed on July 28 afternoon near Prešov.
Helicopter crash claims one life
A PILOT died and another two soldiers were injured in the military helicopter crash on July 28.
Education Minister: Keep paramilitary groups out of schools
EDUCATION Minister Juraj Draxler has asked school principals to be more careful about the activities that they allow on school premises in response to military-related activities run by paramilitary organisation, Slovenskí branci [Slovak Levies] at some schools.
Paramilitary group Defiance creating elite units to do police work
THE FAR-right paramilitary group Akčná Skupina Vzdor (Action Group Defiance) announced a reorganisation claiming that it plans to choose best of its members and train them to substitute for the police and army work on July 9.
President ratifies Convention on Cluster Munitions
PRESIDENT Andrej Kiska on July 15 signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), which had earlier been passed by the parliament earlier. The convention bans the use of cluster munitions that cause grave injuries, and does do not differentiate between civilians and armed forces.
Slovakia falls in Global Peace Index, Ukraine not to be blamed
IN THE LATEST Global Peace Index compiled annually by the Institute for Economics and Peace, Slovakia placed 23rd, down four spots from 2013 when it ranked 19th. However, among 162 countries Slovakia still belongs among the best.
Extremist group Slovak Levies trained kids in schools
PUPILS at elementary schools in the villages of Ludanice and Preseľany, near Topoľčany, trained with machine guns using blank cartridges under supervision of a paramilitary organisation, Slovenskí branci [Slovak Levies], that was monitored by the Slovak Information Service (SIS) intelligence agency.
PM Fico strikes deal with Poland for upgrade of the Slovak army
SLOVAKIA and Poland agreed on the main outlines of the biggest modernisation of their ground forces and the second largest modernisation of Slovakia's armed forces, the Slovak Defence Ministry said in response to a memorandum that Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz and Slovak Premier Robert Fico signed in Siemanowice, Poland, on July 3.
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