Govt proceeding with military aircraft purchase

Ljubljana, 23 September - The government continues the procedure to buy a C-27 Spartan tactical transport aircraft from Italy as agreed under the previous government last November, Defence Minister Marjan Šarec has said in his reply to an MP question from the coalition Left, a staunch opponent of military equipment purchases.

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Romania's Spartan aircraft getting ready to help tackle a large wildfire in Slovenia's Kras.
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