Infoservis - MOSR
Deadline for applications for Voluntary Military Training set at 23 June
The SVK Armed Forces will extend the deadline for candidate to sign up for Voluntary Military Training (VMT) until 23 June 2017. Thus, more young people will have a better chance to get to know their limits and do something meaningful for thems…
Commemoration at Polomka
The State Secretary of the SVK Ministry of Defence, Róbert Ondrejcsák, together with the US and UK Ambassadors to Slovakia, HE Mr Adam Sterling and HE Mr Andrew Garth, respectively, paid their respects at the US and UK Victims' Memorial, locate…
International IDET fair
Representing the SVK MOD at the 14th International Defence and Security Exhibition (IDET) 2017 in Brno were the dynamic demonstrations of CBRN units on combat equipment decontamination, EOD units in the field of unexploded ordnance disposal, as…
Under UN flag
More than 7,300 Slovak service personnel have assisted in upholding peace and security as part of 19 United Nations peacekeeping missions since 1993. On the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, the SVK MOD and General Staff paid tr…
Remembering Jozef Gabčík ceremonially and sport-wise
To mark the anniversary of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich on 26 May, Slovak President and Commander-in-Chief of the SVK Armed Forces Andrej Kiska promoted Jozef Gabčík posthumously to the rank of Major General. “He distinguished himself…
Minister in talks at GLOBSEC
The commitments the Slovak delegation signed up to at the Thursday NATO meeting in Brussels are, according to the NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ms Rose Gottemoeller, “an excellent step ahead for Slovakia and an excellent step ahead for NATO”. …
Training of Active Reserves
A Sereď-based ceremony, presided by State Secretary Marián Saloň and CHOD Gen Milan Maxim, saw the soldiers in the Active Reserves (AR) finishing their historically first training since 1993. Aimed at responding to domestic crisis management in…
Soldiers through the eyes of kids
Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš, CHOD Gen Milan Maxim, and the Editorial Board of Defence Monthly came together to announce the results of the 16th Painting and Drawing Competition for primary school (PS) pupils, titled Soldiers through the Ey…
The future of collective defence
The Slovak delegation to the Meeting of NATO Heads of State and/or Government in Brussels, led by the Slovak President, declared the status of its commitments made at the NATO Wales and Warsaw Summits and Slovakia's participation in NATO's enha…
Gratitude March at Muráň
The Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš, joined by Radovan Baláž, Member of Parliament for the Slovak National Party, paid his respects to the memory of WWII victims in a commemorative ceremony held at the ruins of Muráň Castle in the Revúca Distr…
Slovakia has met its commitment, NFIU SVK marks Full Capability
The Slovak Republic has fulfilled yet another of its commitments pledged at the Wales Summit. After the conclusion of its certification, the NATO FORCE INTEGRATION UNIT SLOVAKIA has now reached Full Capability (FC). Complying with the Implement…
SVK Army Tatra truck crashes
A SVK Army Tatra 815 truck was moving along a field road near the village of Jalná on its way from the Military Unit Močiar back to its home base when it became involved in a road traffic accident in the afternoon of 18 May, which resulted in t…
Ministers hold talks in Brussels
Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš and his partners from the EU Member States met in Brussels to hold discussions at the Council of the EU. Building on the Malta informal meeting, the Council adopted the conclusions on security and defence in the…
