Infoservis - MOSR
M. Glváč: "High quality armed forces matter to MPs."
In plenum of the National Council of the Slovak Republic (NC SR), both coalition and opposition MPs supported the bills put forward by the SVK MOD. On Friday, 25 September, the MPs voted for the long-awaited Bill on State Service of Professiona…
Slovak Shield 2015
The largest military exercise in the modern history of the SVK Armed Forces, Slovak Shield 2015, culminated on Lešť Training Area. According to SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč, wide-raging international exercises contribute, to a great ext…
Indiana National Guard Commander in Slovakia
On Tuesday, SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč and Chief of SVK General Staff Lt Gen Milan Maxim welcomed Maj Gen Courtney Carr, Adjutant General of the Indiana National Guard (ING). He was visiting Slovakia for the first time since being app…
Armed Forces Day
A ceremony to mark Armed Forces Day was held in M. R. Štefánik Square in Brezová pod Bradlom with the participation of the State Secretary of the SVK MOD, Miloš Koterec, and the Chief of the General Staff of the SVK Armed Forces, Lt Gen Milan M…
Congratulations to world champion
The SVK Minister of Defence, Martin Glváč congratulated Marián Jung who defended his title of the world champion at the World Championship F-500 in power boat racing held in Cremona (Italy). The victory of the sportsman of the Military Sports C…
Preparations for Exercise Slovak Shield enter their final phase
Historically, the most extensive international exercise in the contemporary history of the SVK Armed Forces – Exercise Slovak Shield – has entered its final stage of preparations. That preparations for the exercise had been underway was clear l…
Minister received in audience by Pope Francis
On Wednesday, within the 10th national pilgrimage of the Armed Forces and Armed Corps of the Slovak Republic, SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Róbert Kaliňák and Minister of Justice Tomáš …
US soldiers attending Open Day at SVK Ministry of Defence
Up to 640 US soldiers and 150 pcs of equipment moved, within the so-called Dragoon Crossing, to the NATO exercise Brave Warrior 2015 in Hungary. The convoy set off from the US base in Vilseck, Germany. The first part of the convoy reached …
Martin-based company at Turecký vrch
In the period of 10 – 14 September 2015, at Turecký vrch Military Training Area, preparation of the detached Slovak declared contribution took place. The contribution is on stand-by since 1 April until the end of this calendar year to be deploy…
Modernization appreciated
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg paid a visit to the Slovak Republic for the first time since taking up his post as NATO chief. At their meeting, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Minister of Defence Martin Glváč discussed a range o…
Service members evaluate modernization positively
The ongoing modernization process of the SVK Armed Forces’ military equipment and arsenal of armaments is viewed positively by 73.7 % of Service personnel. This follows from an internal opinion survey conducted throughout the military units and…
Martin Glváč congratulated Matej Tóth, a race walker
SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč congratulated Matej Tóth, a race walker, on his historical success. The sportsman from the Military Sport Centre Dukla Banská Bystrica has become the winner of the men’s 50 kilometres race walking world titl…
