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First steps taken by Peter Gajdoš
Peter Gajdoš started his first day in his capacity as new Minister of Defence by attending the morning briefing at the General Staff of the SVK Armed Forces, introducing the new State Secretary of the SVK MOD Marián Sadloň on this occasion. …
New Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic
On 23 March 2016, Chief of the General Staff of the SVK Armed Forces Gen Milan Maxim received in audience 1st Deputy CHOD Lt Gen Peter Gajdoš, on the occasion of the end of his term as 1st Deputy CHOD. He officially announced the personnel orde…
Distribution system for soldiers’ clothing items is inefficient
After the historically most extensive modernization projects, the MOD leadership fulfilled yet another commitment they had made to service personnel. They purchased materiel for military clothing warehouses worth several millions of euros. Desp…
New training range at Lešť
Over the past 4 years, Training Centre Lešť has turned into a state-of-the-art training facility not only for domestic armed forces, security and rescue components, but it has also been in high demand by our foreign partners. Under its moderniz…
Multimedia section of Military History Institute opened
The ceremonial opening of the multimedia section in the premises of the Central Exhibition of the Military History Institute in Piešťany was graced with the presence of SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč. The information and technical support…
Humenné residents show what is in them
The residents of Humenné compared their skills with professional soldiers during the Show What is in You! event, organized to support the SVK MOD’s concept of voluntary military training. The 1st Mechanized Brigade Topoľčany Commander, Brig Vla…
First applicants sign up
Slovak citizens have started to register for voluntary military training (VMT), informed SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč during a press briefing organized on Thursday at Bratislava-based Recruitment Group. “The selection procedure was comm…
State Secretary in Germany
The State Secretary of the SVK Ministry of Defence, Mr Miloš Koterec has completed a reciprocal working visit to Germany. The purpose of the visit was to meet with the Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Defence, Dr Ralf Br…
MOD completes remediation
The SVK Ministry of Defence has completed the remediation of environmental burdens following the withdrawal of the Soviet Army. Thus, it has brought a successful end to the remediation projects financed from EU funds. For the remediation works …
Best modernization year for armed forces in 20 years
On the occasion of the Chief of the SVK General Staff’s assembly of commanders, SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč informed the High Command of the SVK Armed Forces on the ongoing as well as planned modernization projects. The assembly of com…
Talks on migration in Brussels
The Slovak Republic welcomes NATO’s initiative to introduce measures for solving the migration crisis in Europe, said SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč after the negotiations held by defence ministers of NATO member states in Brussels. …
Old UAZ vehicles replaced by 140 new off-roads
In this electoral term, the SVK MOD has launched the most extensive modernization in the history of our armed forces, which started with the publication of the White Paper on Defence of the Slovak Republic. Since 2012, the Defence Department ha…
Investment in Snina
After the visit to ZVS Holding Joint Stock Company, Snina, made by Prime Minister Róbert Fico and Minister of Defence Martin Glváč, the company’s management announced its plans to increase an employment rate in Zemplín region, return to traditi…
Citizens of Nové Mesto nad Váhom familiarized themselves with voluntary military training
During the weekend, citizens of Nové Mesto nad Váhom familiarized themselves with the military voluntary training project at an event called Show What is in You! organized on the grounds of the M. R. Štefánik Secondary Grammar School. The event…
In honour of victorious fight
The representatives of the SVK MOD, the Slovak Union of Anti-Fascist Fighters and the village Staré Hory commemorated the guerilla fight know as the Sharp Assault in the Green Valley. On 2 February 1945, the Morozov guerilla group with five sub…
Rožňava paramedics claim victory at international competition
On 28 – 30 January, the 4th edition of an international competition for rescue teams dubbed Terrorism and Migration – Lešť 2016 took place at Lešť Training Centre. Among 40 competing teams was also Gemer-Malohont CBRN Battalion Rožňava. Be…
Career and welfare
The international workshop was held at the Ministry of Defence, dealing with the personnel issues of the officer career management and veterans welfare. The experts from Great Britain, from SVK MoD and defence specialists from Romania, Croatia …
To serve both the sportsmen and soldiers
For a whole week, the high-performance sportsmen and couches from the Military Sport Centre Dukla Banská Bystrica shared their experience of physical preparation and training with the elite troops of the 5th Special Forces Regiment Žilina. The …
