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In many countries, the armed forces are the largest institutional polluter of the environment. However, military emissions are not covered by the internationally binding treaties and are mostly not even measured. As an organisation, NATO wants to be carbon-neutral by 2050, although it cannot impose emission targets on its members. But it can lead by example, claims KATARÍNA KERTÝSOVÁ.
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The Russian attack on Ukraine has brought new themes and narratives of different stakeholders into our security space, too. However, the North Atlantic Alliance is aware of effective tools to cope with the information noise, to counter infodemic and to communicate defence issues, writes PETER DUBÓCZI.
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Discussions are underway within the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, which has been established within NATO, on the possibility of resuming the production of artillery ammunition in Slovakia. The ammunition is mainly used by the Soviet-era army systems, which still have a huge advantage in the war in Ukraine. In Slovakia, factories in Snina and Dubnica nad Váhom have the necessary capacities.
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The United States and Germany contribute the most to the common budget, equally, covering more than 32 percent of the alliance's costs. However, NATO's common funds represent only 0.3 percent of the total defence spending by the allies.
