Jaroslav Nad

Slovakia signed an intergovernmental agreement on the provision of military equipment, effectively jets, with Ukraine on March 17, despite threats from Russia.

"Giving up is not a solution. It's what the mafia wants," Heger wrote on social media soon after, employing a term that Matovič's OĽaNO often uses to refer to previous governments led by Robert Fico's Smer party.

The defense ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia signed an agreement that provides for the protection of Slovak airspace by Polish and Czech fighter jets.

Slovakia has ordered 14 US F-16 fighter jets to replace its aging Soviet MiG-29 jets, but it is unlikely that they will be delivered before 2024, DPA reports.

Slovakia is in talks for the procurement of unmanned armed aerial vehicle TB2 developed by Turkish company Baykar, the country's defense minister, Jaroslav Nad, has announced.

Turbulent scenes took place yesterday at a special session of the Slovak parliament, dedicated to a controversial military agreement with the United States, DPA reported.

At the beginning of the debate, far-right MPs blocked the speaker's rostrum with a Slovak flag to prevent Conservative Defense Minister Jaroslav Nad from speaking.

Korčok, a nominee of the coalition party SaS, who has backed the DCA from the outset alongside Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď of OĽaNO, said the pact showed the current government is serious about the country's security and defence policy.

Slovakia's defense ministry said on Friday it was in talks to buy either American F-16s or Swedish Gripen fighter jets to replace its aging Russian-made MiG-29s, according to Reuters. 

The ministry said it would submit an analysis of the two options by June 29 for government approval.