Infoservis - MOSR
MP personnel are back from their successful tour of duty in the Mediterranean, SVK engagement in Op SOPHIA draws to an end
Members of the SVK Military Police who successfully performed their tasks in the Mediterranean Sea as part of the 2nd rotation in support of EUNAVFOR MED Op Sophia II have returned home. A total of 10 MP personnel were today (25 May) welcomed b…
Czechoslovak Legion in Italy marks its centenary, SVK delegation commemorates the milestone
It was exactly 100 years ago when General Milan Rastislav Štefánik took over the first Czechoslovak Legion Battle Flag from the hands of the then Italian Prime Minister, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, in Piazza Venezia on 24 May 1918. The act of th…
USA appreciates Slovakiaʼs investment in defence
State Secretary of the SVK MOD Róbert Ondrejcsák met with Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Aaron Wess Mitchell at MOD Main Building on 24 May. During the meeting, R. Ondrejcsák gave his assessment of the hist…
Security Council and Cabinet approve the procurement of ZUZANA 2 Self-propelled Gun Howitzers
The Security Council and the Cabinet have today (23 May) approved the 155mm ZUZANA 2 Self-propelled Gun Howitzer (SpGH) procurement project for the SVK Armed Forces. It follows from the document that a total of 25 pcs of the state-of-the-ar…
General M. R. Štefánik Armed Forces Academy has another professor – Marcel Harakaľ
Acting on the recommendation of SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš, SVK President Andrej Kiska has today announced the promotion of doc. [Rdr] Ing. [MScEng] Marcel Harakaľ Ph.D., Vice-Rector for Sciences at the General M. R. Štefánik Armed Fo…
P. Gajdoš: Active duty service in favour of our country is not a job but a mission
MOD leaders announced the recipients of the 2017 Military Deed of the Year Award at the 21st Military Deed of the Year Annual Award Gala Evening held at the MOD Club. Service personnel and citizens are eligible for the Award in four categories …
SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš meets with Governor of Indiana Eric Holcomb
Slovak Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš met with Governor of Indiana Eric Holcomb at MOD Main Building on Monday (21 May). The main theme was Slovakia’s bilateral defence cooperation with the United States of America, especially with the Indian…
Minister Gajdoš pays tribute to WWII victims at Muráň Castle
SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš today (19 May) took part in an act of commemoration marking the 73rd anniversary of the end of WWII. He paid tribute to the victims of the most devastating global conflict so far also by participating in a m…
MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES AT NIGHT will open the gates of Military History Museums in Slovakia
The SVK MOD will join the 14th edition of the pan-European MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES AT NIGHTfestival on Saturday 19 May. The Military History Museums in Piešťany, Svidník and Dukla will be open to the public for free well until midnight. The aim o…
Minister Gajdoš meeting with Chairman of the NATO Military Committee General Petr Pavel
SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš and SVK Chief of Defence Lt Gen Daniel Zmeko today, Friday 18 May, met with Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (CMC) General Petr Pavel at MOD Main Building, to discuss key defence issues such as Slovak…
Minister Gajdoš meets with his counterpart P. Bošković, they look back on Montenegro’s NATO membership over the past almost one year
SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš today (18 May) met his Montenegrin counterpart Predrag Bošković at MOD Main Building. Topics of discussion included current security challenges, NATO cooperation, Slovakia’s support for Montenegro in its EU …
Minister Gajdoš holds talks with Estonian Minister of Defence Jüri Luik
Slovak Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš today (18 May) met with Estonian Minister of Defence Jüri Luik at MOD Main Building. Bilateral defence engagement, NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) and defence modernization were at the top of their…
SVK CHOD attends NATO Military Committee in Chiefs of Defence Session in Brussels
Lt Gen Daniel Zmeko attended the regular spring NATO Military Committee in Chiefs of Defence Session (MCCS) in Brussels on 16 May 2018. The main theme of the meeting was the strategic military aspects relating to the agenda of the forthco…
SVK Armed Forces to send up to 152 personnel to the Baltics
SVK personnel will undertake tasks in line with the role of NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) in Latvia from the second half of this year. The proposal to deploy two 6-month rotations, each of up to 152 active duty soldiers, was today appr…
Minister Gajdoš opens 7th International Defence Exhibition Bratislava, IDEB 2018 showcases state-of-the-art defence products
SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš has today opened the 7th International Defence Exhibition Bratislava (IDEB) 2018. With this yearʼs theme: Modernisation of Armed Forces, 170 exhibitors from 18 countries will showcase their latest line of pr…
Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš meets with Minister of State for External Affairs of India Shri M. J. Akbar
The deepening of the SVK-IND bilateral ties, the promotion of the Slovak defence industry, and military equipment modernisation programmes were high on the agenda of today’s meeting between SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš and Minister of S…
P. Gajdoš: If the 8x8 vehicle development programme proves successful, Slovakia will have an IFV of its own production for the first time in the era of its independence
If the 8x8 vehicle development programme is successfully complete along with successful military trials, Slovakia will have an infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) of its own production. “It will be manufactured by Slovak companies, we will be compe…
Minister Gajdoš has filed a criminal complaint against Milan Krajniak MP for spreading lies in connection with the procurement of 8x8 vehicles
SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš has today (11 May) filed a criminal complaint with Police against Milan Krajniak for his statement for a Finnish TV channel, where he spoke of kickbacks over the procurement of 8x8 vehicles without providing…
SVK MOD pays tribute to the victims of WWII at Slavín Memorial
Representing the MOD at the 73rd anniversary commemoration of the end of WWII at the Slavín Memorial was State Secretary of the MOD Marián Saloň. Among those who came to pay tribute to the victims of the most devastating conflict in the history…
