BRATISLAVA, Slovakia—A train engine hit a stopped passenger train in Slovakia on Friday, injuring dozens of people, four of them seriously, police said. There were around 100 people on the train at the time of the crash, which occurred near the town of Vrutky in the northwestern part of the country. One passenger with serious…
Slovakia Economy Minister Says Country Willing to Pay for Russian Gas in Rubles
Slovakia cannot stop buying natural gas from Russia and is willing to pay in rubles as demanded by Moscow, said the central European country’s top economy official. The statement comes days after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered ruble payments for natural gas purchases by companies registered in “unfriendly” countries. Slovakia, which imports approximately 87 percent…
Ukraine’s Neighbor Slovakia Begins Receiving NATO’s Patriot Air Defense System: Officials
The first parts of NATO’s Patriot air defense system began arriving in Slovakia on Sunday, the country’s defense minister Jaroslav Nad said. The US-made system started arriving in the Central European country—which shares a 100km-long (62-mile-long) border with Ukraine—from NATO partner countries and the deployment will continue in the coming days, according to the defense minister. “I…
Slovakia Starts Deploying Patriot Air Defense System: Minister
March 20, 2022
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PRAGUE—The Patriot air defense system has started arriving in Slovakia from NATO partner countries and the deployment will continue in the coming days, Slovakia’s defense minister said on Sunday. The system will be operated by German and Dutch troops and will initially be deployed at the Sliac airport in central Slovakia to help reinforce the…
No Such Thing as ‘No-Fly Zone Lite’: DOD Rejects Zelensky’s Request
March 17, 2022
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The U.S. Department of Defense said Thursday that a NATO-enforced no-fly zone would do little to prevent some of Russia’s strikes inside Ukraine, coming after some members of Congress suggested the measure. “The systems that are being used by the Russians to engage Ukrainian forces currently–they’re using a lot of rockets and missiles and artillery,”…
Slovakia Lawmakers Approve Defense Military Treaty With US
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia—Slovakia’s parliament on Wednesday approved a defense military treaty with the United States. The Defense Cooperation Agreement passed 79–60 in the 150-seat legislature in a vote split between lawmakers from the four-party ruling coalition and the opposition. The treaty allows the U.S. military to use two Slovak air force bases—Malacky-Kuchyna and Sliac—for 10 years…
Taiwan, Slovakia Hold Talks as Island Firms Ties With Europe
December 6, 2021
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TAIPEI, Taiwan—Senior officials from the Slovak Republic are in Taiwan for talks on deepening ties with the island in the highest-level visit by the EU-member country since it opened a representative office in Taiwan in 2003. The visit by the delegation, which began Sunday, follows a mission last month by members of the European Parliament…
Slovakia Approves 2-Week Nationwide Lockdown as Virus Surges
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia—Slovakia’s government on Wednesday approved a two-week national lockdown amid a record surge of coronavirus infections. Prime Minister Eduard Heger said the measures that take effect Thursday will target all—both unvaccinated and vaccinated. Under the lockdown, people can leave their homes only for some specific reasons. These include buying essential goods in the nearest…
Director of Slovak Confucius Institute Allegedly Threatens Independent Scholar
Ľuboslav Štora, the former director of the Confucius Institute (CI) in Slovakia’s Bratislava, drew attention for sending intimidating messages in emails to Matej Šimalčík, one of the key independent experts on China in Central and East European countries. Štora had served as the head of the Slovak branch of communist China’s tech giant ZTE before…
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