The Foreign Ministry expressed Slovenia’s full support for the decision of Sweden and Finland to join NATO, labelling the two countries as the closest partners of the alliance. “NATO’s door must remain open to European countries that want to join and meet the criteria for membership,” it said. The two countries’ move was also hailed …
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Defence minister Matej Tonin, MSc, signed the Memorandum of Understanding to the Boxer Programme in the framework of the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) this afternoon in Munich with the director of OCCAR, Matteo Bisceglio. Minister Tonin has stressed that by signing the memorandum, we have finally come to the point where we should …
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The West should persuade Bosnia and Herzegovina to amend its election law, or else Croatia would block the NATO accession of Finland and Sweden, Croatian President Zoran Milanovic said, emphasizing that he was merely protecting vital Croatian interests. Croatia’s prime minister, who maintains good relations with the Soros family, has accused President Milanovic of being …
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Prime Minister Janez Janša yesterday attended the extraordinary summit of NATO Heads of State and Government in Brussels to discuss the Russian aggression in Ukraine and current developments in NATO related to the situation in that country. As part of the short-term response, efforts are continuing within NATO to establish four new battlegroups in southeastern …
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The Slovakian government approved the establishment of a new NATO battlegroup in Slovakia that is expected to feature 2,100 soldiers, including up to 100 Slovenian soldiers. The proposal has to be approved by the Slovak parliament, the Slovak news agency TASR reported. No decision on this has yet been made by the Slovenian government. The …
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Slovenia is still among the NATO countries with the lowest defence spending. It ranks 25th in terms of efforts to have 2% of GDP allocated for defence and 26th when it comes to defence investments, Defence Minister Matej Tonin said after a NATO ministerial. This year, Slovenia will allocate 1.3% of GDP for defence and …
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At the last debate before the presentation of the draft Strategic Compass, which will set the political guidelines for the development of European defence and security in the following decade, EU defence ministers discussed the building of a rapid response force, countering hybrid threats, critical capability development and deepening of strategic partnership with NATO by …
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The Defender-Europe 2021 military exercise took place on Thursday at the central training ground of the Slovenian Army in Poček. In addition to Prime Minister Janez Janša and Defence Minister Matej Tonin, it was also visited by the Commander of the US Forces in Europe, General Tod D. Wolters, and the leader of the exercise …
Slovenia has one of the highest shares of women in the military in NATO, at 16.7%, the Defence Ministry said. The share of women in the Armed Forces has been one of the highest among NATO members in the past decade. In terms of missions abroad, the representation of women has varied between 7% and …
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