Infoservis - MOSR
Active reservists undergo training at Training Centre Lešť
The Training Center Lešť currently hosts the training of soldiers listed in the Active Reserve. 43 participants from the Engineer Battalion based in Sereď will finish training tomorrow. Yesterday they were joined by 16 reservists from the CBRN Bat…
Armed Forces Day: Service members celebrate their biggest feast of the year in Brezová pod Bradlom
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď, Chief of Defence Daniel Zmeko, Defence State Secretary Marian Majer and Secretary General of the SVK MOD’s Service Office Peter Kozák along with servicemen and women celebrated their biggest feast of the year – Arm…
J. Naď: I believe we will take Defence forward and the first fruits of our half-year′s work will be appreciated mainly by citizens and service members
The first six months have passed today since the new leadership took over the Ministry of Defence. Ever since taking to office, Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď has highlighted the necessity to make Defence more transparent and open so as to repair t…
MOD has five new dogs and plans to purchase more dogs later this October
The Military Working Dog (MWD) Section, Crisis Management, Training and MWD Branch, Military Police Department Vlkanová - Hronsek, has purchased five new dogs to cater for the needs of Defence. Later this October, the MOD plans to buy more dogs to…
Legacy of SNP fighters remembered by Minister Naď as he takes on Mt Ďumbier
By taking on Mt Ďumbier, the highest peak of the Low Tatra Mountains, and participating in a commemorative ceremony at the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) Memorial located at the M. R. Štefánik Chalet, Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď, Defence State S…
Ministry of Defence issues traffic warning over scheduled military movements across Slovakia
The MOD has issued a traffic warning to local motorists as 5 Allied road movements involving US, CZE, HUN, POL and BIH troops are scheduled to take place across Slovakia from 21 to 27 Sept 2020. The MOD stresses that the movements have been approv…
Granit Hotel in Nová Polianka once again serves soldiers and members of public after today′s opening by Defence Minister Naď
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď, Defence State Secretary Marian Majer and Secretary General of the MOD′s Service Office Peter Kozák opened the newly refurbished Granit Hotel in Nová Polianka, run by MOD-owned joint stock company HOREZZA, during an o…
284 soldier trainees and officer cadets of Armed Forces Academy swear professional soldier′s pledge of highest moral standards today in Martin
SVK Army Phase 1 Initial Military Training for soldier trainees of Preparatory State Service, officer cadets of the General M. R. Štefánik Armed Forces Academy Liptovský Mikuláš and professionally qualified officers was concluded as 284 young sold…
Ministry of Defence buys clothing items for service members worth over €17 million
The Ministry of Defence has already contracted €12m worth of clothing items for members of the SVK Armed Forces, whereas it plans to make clothing contracts for over another €5m worth of military clothes by the end of this year. By doing this, the…
Brig Gen Róbert Kleštinec appointed as new Director of Military Intelligence
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď has today (16 September 2020) announced that Brig Gen Róbert Kleštinec, Deputy Commander of the Slovak Air Force, has been appointed as the new Director of Military Intelligence. The head of the MOD made this decision…
St Michael’s Hospital strengthens its COVID-19 testing capacity for self-payers, finger-prick test yields results from single blood drop in 15 minutes
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the University Hospital - St Michael’s Hospital, a joint stock company owned 100% by the State and run by the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Interior, has strengthened its COVID-19 testing capacity…
Serviceman helps oncological patient after car accident
2nd Degree Private Jakub Lendač, member of 23rd Motorised Battalion Trebišov, helped a motorist – an oncological patient immediately after being involved in a car accident at approx. 11.00am today in the area of Krásnohorské podhradie. He pulled h…
Initial military training for young soldiers reaches its final phase in Martin
Serving under the terms and conditions of Preparatory State Service, the soldier trainees and Armed Forces Academy cadets who joined the SVK Army Phase 1 training at the Training and Mobilisation Manning Base Martin on 3 August 2020 have still two…
SVK Armed Forces enjoy highest public confidence rating
According to a new publication by GLOBSEC, 72% of SVK citizens have trust in the SVK Armed Forces. Of all institutions in the country, the SVK military enjoys the highest public confidence rating, whereas its credibility has been permanently very …
Minister J. Naď meets with defence industry representatives: I believe we are opening a new and successful period of cooperation
Over 50 companies and organisations of the SVK security and defence industry have accepted an invitation to attend today′s meeting organised by the MOD′s Modernisation Department at the Garrison Club in Trenčín. The aim of the meeting was to launc…
Minister Naď commemorates Holocaust and Racial Violence Victims Memorial Day
Exactly 79 years have passed since the adoption of the so-called Jewish Code, the anti-Jewish legislation in Slovakia, on 9 September 1941. Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď paused to remember the immense human suffering and memory of the victims of t…
Ministry of Defence assists Kapišová village in moving historical exhibits – two T-34 tanks
Through the Institute of Military History, two T-34 tanks have been on loan from the SVK Ministry of Defence in Kapišová, a village in eastern Slovakia. Being the symbols of the battles waged as part of the Carpatho-Dukla Operation in 1944, they …
7,000 frontline military and civilian staff to receive 5 million euros as thank you for combating COVID-19
The Ministry of Defence will reward the frontline military and civilian staff with a cash bonus as a thank you for serving in the fight against COVID-19′s first wave. Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď said: “I can confirm that we′ve decided to pay …
Ministry of Defence wants to go greener, it has placed beehives for city bees within its grounds
The Ministry of Defence has joined the City Bees project. Working in partnership with the Resin Environmental Protection Centre, the project’s author, beehives for two bee families have been placed within the grounds of the MOD in Bratislava. Alon…
Defence Minister J. Naď meets with Ambassadors of Cyprus and Kazakhstan
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď received the Diplomatic Service representatives of the Republic of Cyprus and the Republic of Kazakhstan at the Ministry of Defence today. Central themes of both meetings included the current situation in the field of…
Defence Minister J. Naď thanks SVK Armed Forces Guard of Honour and Band for representing our country at home and abroad
Today, Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď visited Dukla Barracks in Bratislava, where he met with the commander and members of Headquarters Bratislava Garrison (HQ BA GAR). As part of his away day, he also paid a visit to Vajnory Barracks in Bratislava…
State Secretary M. Majer pays his respects to SNP heroes at place where armed uprising broke out in High Tatras
On behalf of the Ministry of Defence, State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence Marian Majer took part today in the 25th International Military Ascent of Mt Kriváň in honour of the 76th anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) in WW2. Re…
Service personnel aid search for missing elderly man
Today, service personnel have been called on to aid the search for František Tkáč, a 73-year old elderly man, who has been missing since 30 August 2020. A total of 30 soldiers of the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Battalion …
