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Imrich Gablech passes away
WWII pilot Imrich Gablech, a native of Hrachovište, who, along with another seven Slovak pilots, deserted on 7 June 1939 to Poland's Deblin to link up with the Czechoslovak resistance movement abroad, has passed away at the age of 101. In Polan…
Race walker Matej Tóth becomes 5-time Athlete of the Year
1st Lt Matej Tóth, a member of the Military Sports Club Dukla Banská Bystrica, has won the Athlete of the Year Award for the fourth year in a row. Overall, this is the fifth time he has been named the Best Slovak Athlete in his sporting career.…
Minister awards winners
The winners of the 12th Annual Ministry of Defence Literary Competition for secondary school and college students, with the theme of National Pride and Patriotism in the Period of “Likes” announced by Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš, came to t…
Talks in Nicosia
In Nicosia, Peter Gajdoš held talks with the head of the Cypriot Ministry of Defence, Mr Christoforos Fokaides, on the deepening of bilateral cooperation and the Slovak troops' engagement in the UNFICYP mission. In doing so, he built on his Jun…
A visit to Cyprus
As part of its official visit to the Republic of Cyprus, the Slovak delegation, headed by Chairman of the National Council of the Slovak Republic Andrej Danko, visited the SVK Armed Forces servicemen and women currently deployed with UNFICYP. D…
Minister welcomes troops returning from RSM and UNTSO
Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš and 1st Deputy Chief of the General Staff Lt Gen Pavel Macko welcomed the soldiers returning from their tours of duty with the Resolute Support Mission (RSM) in Afghanistan and with the United Nations Truce Supe…
Government approves cooperation on protecting airspace
In a government session, the Government of the Slovak Republic approved the Agreement between the Slovak and Czech Republics on Cooperation on Mutual Protection of Airspace. The draft agreement, submitted a week earlier by Minister of Defence P…
Serbian Minister in Bratislava
Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic Peter Gajdoš has signed an intergovernmental agreement with Serbian Minister of Defence Zoran Djordjevic during his official visit to Slovakia. The main purpose of the agreement is to deepen bilateral …
MOD wants to improve the quality of the Voluntary Military Training project
Based on the Voluntary Military Training (VMT) pilot project review, Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš has put forward a proposal for legislative changes which are now under consideration. Under the new proposal, the financial reward will increa…
Literary Comp knows its winners
The winners of the 12th Literary Competition for Secondary School and College Students, announced on the theme of National Pride and Patriotism in the Period of “Likes” by Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš, are already known to the public. They …
General Maxim recognised with Germany's highest military decoration
The Minister of Defence of the Federal Republic of Germany, Ursula von der Leyen, awarded the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic, Gen Milan Maxim, with the Bundeswehr Cross of Honour in Gold. He was presented …
Missions and Ops Hall of Fame
Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic Peter Gajdoš inducted another five contemporary veterans into the Missions and Operations Hall of Fame within the Ministry of Defence. The tradition of the MOD leaders holding a pre-Christmas function …
Aircraft Repair Company at fair
Aircraft Repair Company, JSC, joined the JOB FORUM in the exhibition grounds of the EXPO CENTRE Trenčín on 24-25 Nov 2016. For potential candidates, its exhibition stand offered job vacancies in different specialities. These mainly included job…
Congratulators at Major General's
SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš, joined by the 1st Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the SVK Armed Forces, Lt Gen Pavel Macko, congratulated Maj Gen (Rtd) Ondrej Šedivý on his jubilee in Bratislava's Dúbravka. In recognition of his 95th…
Meeting of State Secretaries of Defence Ministries from V4 countries
A meeting of the State Secretaries of the Ministries of Defence from the V4 countries in the format of the Senior Body was organised under the Polish Chairmanship of the Visegrad Group (July 2016 – June 2017) on 24-25 November in Szczecin. The …
Minister in discussion with grammar school students
In his discussion with students at Milan Hodža Bilingual Grammar School in Sučany, SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš addressed issues relating to security, defence and the main tasks of the SVK Armed Forces. Also, he answered questions on ho…
Cadet crowned SVK champion
Pte Lucia Vlčáková, a 3rd-year cadet of the Armed Forces Academy in Liptovský Mikuláš, rose to become the Champion of Slovakia with the time of 15:57 at the Slovak National Cross Country Running Championships held in Šamorín on 19 Nov. Coming i…
Exercise Renegade 2016
As part of Exercise Renegade 2016, soldiers put on a demonstration for members of the government of incident response arrangements against a potential encroachment into airspace by an airspace violator. They were simulated by the Slovak Air For…
Freedom is not for free
Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day was commemorated by Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš at the Executed and Tortured Communist Era Political Prisoners' Memorial in Bratislava's Vrakuňa Cemetery. He emphasised that the message of the No…
