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Climate change impacts like wildfires will affect readiness for the next war — from missed training exercises to drained resources.

Major-General Robert Glavaš, the Slovenian chief of the general staff, hosted Lieutenant-General Thomas Süssli, the chief of the Swiss Armed Forces, in Ljubljana on Friday. They pledged to strengthen cooperation between the countries' armed forces, in particular in education and training, and noted their joint interest in stability in the Balkans.

Europe’s militaries are caught between defending against Russia and fighting climate change-driven wildfires. Leaders say the problem will only worsen.

Today Prime Minister Janez Janša attended training demonstrations as part of the Defender Europe 2021 military exercise. Part of the exercise is also taking place in Slovenia between 1 May and 15 June under the command of the Slovenian Armed Forces Major General Miha Škerbinc. The demonstrations took place at the main training ground of the Slovenian Armed Forces at Poček.

BERLIN | STOCKHOLM | WARSAW | MOSCOW Berlin, Stockholm, Warsaw expel Russian diplomats. Germany expelled and classified a Russian diplomat as “persona non grata” on Monday in response to Moscow’s expulsion of EU diplomats on Friday, which the German foreign office said was “in no way justified”. Poland, and Sweden also expelled Russian diplomats the same day, which Tagesschau reports was a closely coordinated move between the three governments and the European External Action Service...

18. 12. 2020 On Thursday, 17 December, in the Presidential Palace, the President of the Republic of Slovenia and Commander-in-Chief of the Slovenian Armed Forces Borut Pahor promoted Chief of the General Staff of the Slovenian Armed Forces, Robert Glavaš, to the rank of Major General. The president pointed out that this was a turning point in the career of every soldier, which was well deserved through hard work and good results. He noted that Chief of the General Staff had been a soldier and...