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New premises for the Military History Archive
SVK Ministry of Defence seeks to find new premises for the Military History Archive – central registry in Trnava. Based on economic analysis, the defence department experts have made a decision to move the archive to the rented premises, which …
RAF veteran’s return
After more than 98 years, a former member of the Czechoslovak Army in France and the Czechoslovak air units in Great Britain, operating under the British Royal Air Force (RAF), Sergeant First Class (Ret.) Pavel Chlapík symbolically returned hom…
High schoolers competed in Lešť
The Aliante 2014 international civil defence and sporting competition was held from 30 June to 5 July in the Training Centre Lešť. Its main purpose was to raise students’ awareness about history, geography, politics and, above all, security iss…
We want to reach agreements within V4 that would bring work to SVK arms industry companies
Among his V4 colleagues, Minister of Defence Martin Glváč want to promote projects that would help develop the Slovak arms industry. For companies located in the Považie region, a contract for the overhaul of the DANA, a self-propelled gun howi…
Presidency will be challenging
Successful completion of creating the joint V4 Battlegroup, preparation and planning of joint exercises and strengthening cooperation among V4 defence industries – these are the main priorities of the Defence Department during Slovakia’s year-l…
Children's Day with SVK Armed Forces makes kids from entire Slovakia happy
The first Saturday during the holiday period belonged to children – demonstrations of an EOD team's activity, of armaments and equipment, and of fighting in built-up areas. All this and a lot more could be seen by hundreds of kids and their par…
50 Years UNFICYP
The State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic Miloš Koterec visited Cyprus on 26 June, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the UN peacekeeping mission UNFICYP. Together with Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General …
Physical tests get tougher
The SVK Armed Forces will get tough on checking the results of physical tests of service personnel as part of their physical readiness. This follows from the task assigned by Minister of Defence of Martin Glváč, who gave orders to Chief of the …
EU Military Committee Chairman visits Slovakia
Upon invitation by Chief of the Defence Staff Lt Gen Milan Maxim, Gen Patrick de Rousiers, Chairman of the European Union Military Committee, visited Slovakia. Top on the agenda of talks with the SVK Chief of the Defence Staff were the EU´s sec…
Advisory team in Afghanistan
Having been assigned an operational task, the second advisory team co-operating with the Afghan security forces MSF SFAT (Mobile Strike Force Security Forces Advisory Team) has started to operate. Under the lead of Commander Lt Col Peter Michlí…
Art Film Fest
A film premiere The Assassination of Heydrich – The Story of Jozef Gabčík and Ján Kubiš was held at the international Art Film Fest in a cinema hall Kúpeľná dvorana in Trenčianske Teplice on Monday, 23 June. The film made by a journalist Veroni…
Minister appreciates cooperation
SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč presented Brig Gen Michael Fantini, Kandahar Airfield (KAF) Commander, with the “Commemorative medal for participation in military operations.” On the authority of the Minister, the medal was presented by Co…
Farewell to last rotation
On Thursday, 19 June, SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč bid farewell to the last rotation of troops deploying to ISAF, Afghanistan. Two US military aircraft flew 301 Slovak troops, to include the control group of nine, to Afghanistan. Col Zo…
Final rotation in ISAF
A pre-deployment ceremony took place at Nitra Barracks, home to the 12th Mechanized Battalion, with SVK Armed Forces personnel bound for the ISAF mission in Afghanistan. The ISAF-bound 253-strong contingent were greeted by Lt Gen Milan Maxim, C…
Green Wave 2014
Thanks to a unique exercise dubbed Green wave 2014, soldiers gained valuable experience. This was concluded by SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč after he had watched several demonstrations within the exercise in Kamenica nad Cirochou. "…
Firing rocket launchers and SPHs Zuzana
The 1st firing battery of the self-propelled artillery division Michalovce and a rocket launcher platoon of Rožňava - based rocket launcher division performed tasks of combat firing practice on 16 – 17 June in the Training centre Lešť. The main…
Commemorating veterans
Miloš Koterec, State Secretary of the SVK Ministry of Defence, took part in the ceremony of the unveiling of a memorial plaque in honour of Czechoslovak war veterans who fought for the liberation of Europe in the British Royal Air Force (RAF) d…
