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Military news from Slovakia
Interior Ministry will buy new guns
THE INTERIOR Ministry will launch the long-expected competition to buy new guns for the armed forces amounting to some €34 million.
Slovakia to open talks with Sweden on Gripen jet fighters
IN ITS effort to boost defence capabilities, Slovakia is set to begin official talks on the rental of Gripen jet fighters from Sweden, with the Slovak government assigning the task to Defence Minister Martin Glváč at its regular session on March 18.
Anti-NATO Protesters gather in front of U.S. Embassy in Bratislava
AROUND 400 people gathered front of the U.S. Embassy in Bratislava shouting slogans: ‘We don’t want NATO, we want peace’ and ‘No to military bases’ on March 12, the TASR newswire reported.
Slovakia to send ammunition to Iraq for fighting Islamic State
SLOVAKIA will provide ammunition for the Iraqi military as part of efforts to aid its struggle against the Islamic State.
Who needs guns when we have the “férovka“?
Gun ownership has reached a record figure, but Slovaks have better ways of solving disputes.
Slovak and US troops train at Lešť
A SIMULATED operation against traffickers of dangerous materials at a train station was part of training exercises of Slovak and US soldiers at the Lešť military training facility in central Slovakia.
India and the United Arab Emirates interested in exercises in Slovakia
TWO FOREIGN countries have recently expressed their interest to train in Slovakia.
Fico considers the rent of military buildings correct
THE MODEL of renting former military maintenance companies (VOP) was a good decision and the government will continue with it, Prime Minister Robert Fico said during a March 2 visit to VOP in Trenčín.
Kiska discusses conflict in Ukraine with NATO secretary general
THE CONFLICT in Ukraine was one of the topics Slovak President Andrej Kiska discussed during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels on March 3.
Slovak extremists groups can produce rebels in Ukraine
THERE are several unofficial paramilitary groups running military trainings with non-lethal guns in Slovak forests and Martin Keprta, who used to take part in such exercises, now fights for pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine.
US agrees to sale of Black Hawk helicopters to Slovakia
THE US DEPARTMENT of State agreed with the sale of nine Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk military helicopters to Slovakia, according to the announcement of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) published by the Defence News.
Hundreds of foreign soldiers coming to Slovakia for training
SEVERAL hundred foreign soldiers – mainly from the United States, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Austria – are due to come to Slovakia for training in the first half of 2015 in a series of more than 30 exercises.
Terrorists in Paris may have used weapons from Slovakia
THE EXPANSIONAL weapons used during the January terrorist attack in Paris, could have been bought in the shop specialising on firearms and ammunition in Partizánske, Trenčín Region.
Thousands decline military service over fear of Ukraine conflict
AROUND 12,000 letters from Slovak men came to authorities in January announcing that they would be unwilling to fight if a war broke out in neighbouring Ukraine.
Slovakia asks NATO to create special domestic-based unit
SLOVAK officials have officially asked NATO to create Force Integration Units (NFIU) contact team counting around 40 people, with half of them slated to be Slovaks. While analysts welcomed the move, they also pointed to ministry failures to communicate their intentions with the public.
Land Rovers top army wish list
AFTER series of controversial purchases for the army, the Defence Ministry is now seeking dozens of all-terrain Land Rover vehicles, the Defence Ministry confirmed on January 16.
Slovakia may buy Black Hawk helicopters
THE UNITED States has offered to broker the sale of Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk military helicopters to Slovakia via the U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) fund. The price for the first nine should not exceed €300 million with training and maintenance and analysts say the deal is likely to go forward.
Slovak and US Defence officials meet in Washington
Slovak Defence Minister Martin Glváč accompanied by the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces General Milan Maxim left for an official visit to the United States on January 7.
Assault rifle tender questioned
DEFENCE Ministry officials deny they signed a contract with Czech firearms manufacturer Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod (ČZUB) using a direct order without informing the public, after the Sme daily made an allegation on November 28, citing a ministry document.
Fico balks at Ukraine’s NATO membership
AS NATO foreign ministers gathered in Brussels and agreed to creating a new rapid reaction force based in Eastern Europe on December 2, in Bratislava Prime Minister Robert Fico was asserting that Ukraine should not be invited to join the military alliance.
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