Slovakia’s Economy Minister Richard Sulic said on Wednesday that he has submitted his resignation to the country’s President Milos Zeman and is ready for further talks within the governing coalition to overcome the impasse facing the government. Mr. Sulik’s liberal, center-right SaS (Freedom and Solidarity) party, a junior government partner, has called for the resignation […]
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Slovakia: Slovakia heads for minority cabinet as ruling coalition falls apart
Slovakia’s ruling coalition moved closer to collapse after a junior member threatened to pull its ministers from the cabinet, depriving it of majority support in parliament, Bloomberg reports. The ruling alliance has repeatedly flirted with a break since it won the 2020 parliamentary elections on a promise to stamp out rampant corruption. Last year, the […]
Slovakia heads for minority cabinet as ruling coalition falls apart
Slovakia’s ruling coalition moved closer to collapse after a junior member threatened to pull its ministers from the cabinet, depriving it of majority support in parliament, Bloomberg reports. The ruling alliance has repeatedly flirted with a break since it won the 2020 parliamentary elections on a promise to stamp out rampant corruption. Last year, the […]
Slovakia – Hungary paid Ukraine transit fees – Russian oil tap reopens
LAST UPDATE: 13.12 Slovakian oil refiner Slovnaft said on Wednesday it expected Russian crude flows through Ukraine to resume in the coming days after it made payment for transit fees to Ukraine, which had been a “thorn in the side” and led to the disruption of flows to the south branch of the Druzhba pipeline […]
Slovakia: The SaS party threatens to leave the governing coalition
The smallest of Slovakia’s ruling coalition parties, the liberal SaS, threatened today to quit the government if Finance Minister Igor Matovic does not resign by the end of August. SaS has 19 MPs in Slovakia’s 150-seat parliament and its departure would deprive the government of Edward Heger of a parliamentary majority. Matovic is the chairman […]
Czech Prime Minister: Our fighter jets will monitor Slovakian airspace from September
Czech fighter jets will monitor Slovakian airspace from September, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said today. Slovakia has asked its NATO allies to patrol its airspace as it decided to ground its Russian-made MiG-29 fighter jets, which it has and are likely to deliver to neighboring Ukraine, to help Kyiv in its fight against country […]
Slovakia will buy 152 Swedish tanks
Slovakia, a NATO member bordering Ukraine, will buy 152 Swedish armored vehicles worth a total of 1.6 billion euros, Defense Minister Jaroslav Nant announced today. “The government has approved a historic plan for the armed forces,” the minister said on his official Facebook page. “We will increase Slovakia’s defense capabilities and fulfill our commitments to […]
German multiple rocket launchers to be delivered to Ukraine by August
The three multiple rocket launchers that Germany has pledged to supply to Ukraine could be delivered in July or August, after the Ukrainian army has been trained in their use, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said today. “Training on these multiple rocket launchers could begin in late June, which means they can be delivered in […]
Slovakia: Dozens injured in train crash in Zilina province
Dozens of people were injured in a train collision between a train and a passenger train on Friday in Slovakia, local police said. The accident took place on the Brukti-Varin line in the Zilina area, about 220 kilometers north of Bratislava, Zilina regional police spokeswoman Gabriela Kremenova told AFP today. “Rescuers treated 74 people. 34 […]
Defense cooperation and Ukraine at the center of the meeting of the Hellenic Armed Forces and Slovakia
The strengthening of the defense cooperation between Greece and Slovakia, the developments in the war in Ukraine and the EU-NATO cooperation were in the center of today’s meeting of the Minister of National Defense Nikolaos Panayotopoulos with the Slovak counterpart of Jaroslav Nad (Jaroslav Nad) . Messrs. Panagiotopoulos and Nant stressed that the two countries […]