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GLOBSEC is a non-partisan, non-governmental organisation [1] based in Bratislava, Slovakia. One of its main activities is the annual GLOBSEC Bratislava Global Security Forum, in existence since 2005. [2] [3] Other projects include the Tatra Summit conference on European affairs or Chateau Béla Central European Strategic Forum.
Slovakia joined NATO on 29 March 2004. [5] From 2006 the army transformed into a fully professional organization and compulsory military service was abolished. [6] [7] [8] Slovak armed forces numbered 19,500 uniformed personnel and 4,208 civilians in 2022. [1] Slovak Armed Forces organization 2024 (click to enlarge)
Three of NATO's members are nuclear weapons states: France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. NATO has 12 original founding member states. Three more members joined between 1952 and 1955, and a fourth joined in 1982. Since the end of the Cold War, NATO has added 16 more members from 1999 to 2024. [1]
The head of NATO warned member countries on Thursday against allowing a wedge to be driven between the United States and Europe, as concern grows about Washington’s commitment to its allies ...
In July 2022 after the Russian invasion of Ukraine the Prime Minister of Slovakia Eduard Heger made it known that he had entered discussions with the Czech Republic over the protection of Slovak airspace by Czech warplanes in the event that the Slovaks were to donate to Ukraine the remnants of the Slovak MiG-29 fighter jet fleet, in advance of the fleet's replacement and renewal (at the ...
More than half of this number have been deployed in Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, and Poland, which five countries muster a considerable combined ex-NATO force of 259,000 troops. To supplement Bulgaria's Air Force, Spain sent Eurofighter Typhoons , the Netherlands sent eight F-35 attack aircraft, and additional French and US attack ...
Slovakia, a European Union and NATO member, has seen growth slow in the past year. With higher spending needs amid rising prices, it is also facing the highest budget deficit in the euro zone in ...
NATO: Assault rifle: 25 000 New rifle should be acquired at the end of the year. Rifle will be chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO caliber and should completely replace outdated Vz. 58 rifle. [58] [59] [60] New Service pistol NATO: Handgun: 17 000 New pistol should be acquired same time as rifle. New pistol will be chambered in 9×19mm Parabellum ...