Infoservis - MOSR
First timers at commando course in CZ REP
Since 2005 a 30-day Commando Course, the toughest type of training provided by our Western neighbour, has been held in the Czech Republic biannually on a regular basis. Organized by the Military Academy in Brno, the course takes place in the tr…
Remembrance ceremony in Zlatno on the occasion of the upcoming 70th anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising
Miloš Koterec, State Secretary of the SVK Ministry of Defence, visited the village of Zlatno to participate in a remembrance ceremony on the occasion of the upcoming 70th anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising. To mark the SNU, for the pas…
Exhibition on the Great War
On Thursday, 21 August, Miloš Koterec, State Secretary of the SVK Ministry of Defence, and Maj Gen Pavel Macko, 2nd Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the SVK Armed Forces, visited Bratislava Castle to participate in an exhibition-opening cer…
MP officers on exercise
The Březina Military Training Area near Vyškov, operated by the Army of the Czech Republic, will host a command-staff exercise involving the Multinational Military Police Battalion on 22-30 September. Military Police units from the Czech Republ…
Osprey at Sliač AFB
SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč together with Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Milan Maxim paid a visit to a United States Air Forces Europe (USAF E) exercise at Sliač AFB. As part of the exercise in Slovakia, over 70 members of the 7th…
Tóth and Hrašnová go for silver
SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč congratulated Matej Tóth, the race walker from the Military Sports Centre Dukla Banská Bystrica (MSC DBB), on his second place in the 50km walking race at the European Athletics Championships in Zürich, Swit…
SVK military doctors train UKR colleagues
How military doctors work in crisis areas and how they deliver medical services – even such know-how was passed on from two Slovak military doctors to their Ukrainian counterparts in Kiev. Nearly 300 Ukrainian doctors and medical staff were tra…
Sahara 2014 at MTTF Záhorie
Over 100 historic and modern combat vehicles and a huge crowd of military history fans from Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Belarus, Norway, Sweden, Spain and Russia, gathered for a weekend-long event at the premises of …
Featuring a new logo
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of World War One, the SVK Ministry of Defence has come up with a new logo to commemorate, for the next four years, one of the most significant milestones in a history of mankind. The Department of Defenc…
Centenary of Great War
At the military cemetery in Nitra – Mlynárce, the State Secretary of the SVK MOD Miloš Koterec commemorated the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War One and paid tribute to its victims. "We are standing at the military cemetery,…
Armed forces assist at floods in Terchová
Terrain vehicles and soldiers from the 5th Special Forces Regiment assisted with a delivery of supplies in the flood-afflicted micro-region Terchová. “The Armed Forces are ready to provide troops and assets to mitigate consequences of floods in…
Armed forces assist at floods in Terchová
Terrain vehicles and soldiers from the 5th Special Forces Regiment assisted with a delivery of supplies in the flood-afflicted micro-region Terchová. "The Armed Forces are ready to provide troops and assets to mitigate consequences of floods in…
Unification of small arms
Slovak and Czech ministries of defence are determined to unify their small arms inventory. This is implicit in Declaration on cooperation to create conditions for procurement of small arms. The act of signing the Declaration contains symbolism,…
Ministry will purchase thermal underwear
SVK MOD plans to purchase thermal underwear for soldiers in an approximate amount of EUR 3.5 million, to include VAT. As an outcome of a public procurement, with the government planning to lodge a tender, a framework agreement shall be conclude…
New bachelors - lieutenants swell ranks of regular soldiers
On Friday, 11 July, 49 graduates of the Armed Forces Academy of Gen M. R. Štefánik in Liptovský Mikuláš gained the first commissioned officer rank of lieutenant and a bachelor’s degree. They have successfully completed their university study o…
France and V4 countries
The Slovak Republic is committed to developing defence cooperation with France. This was confirmed by SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč at his meeting with the French Ambassador Didier Lopinot. "I do believe that relationship with France wil…
Cadets at civilian schools
Prospective members of the SVK Armed Forces will be given a possibility to achieve university education during a preparatory state service not only at military academies, even abroad. The change of the Act on the state service of professional s…
Telegram of condolence
SVK Minister of Defence sent a telegram of condolence to the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic Martin Stropnický. In the telegram he expressed deep sorrow and grief over a loss of soldiers who performed tasks in Afghanistan. Four Czech …
Presidential visit
After ten years, the SVK Armed Forces have a new Commander-in-Chief. The newly elected President of the Slovak Republic and Commander-in-Chief of the SVK Armed Forces Andrej Kiska for the first time made a visit to the SVK Ministry of Defence o…
