Infoservis - MOSR
Adjutant General of Indiana National Guard in visit to MOD
Slovak Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš met with the Adjutant General of the Indiana National Guard, Maj. Gen. Courtney P. Carr, at the MOD Main Building. Topics of discussion included the longstanding SVK-U.S. defence ties and the opportunitie…
SNP marks its 73rd anniversary
Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš took part in Slovakia-wide 73rd anniversary commemorations of the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) in Banská Bystrica. The official programme saw the participation of the three highest state representatives alongs…
Freedom is not for free
SVK MOD civilian employees and military professionals attended a ceremony to mark the 73rd anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising (SNP). Addressing the gathered audience at the MOD Club, Slovak Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš said: “Our free…
1-hour Question Time with kids
Topics such as the purchase of airliners for the SVK GOV (Transport) Flight, health care problems, free transport, and the way ahead for Slovakia were included in the curious questions posed to the SVK GOV Ministers in Parliament by the childre…
Air Fest SIAF 2017
Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš opened the 7th annual iteration of the International Air Fest SIAF 2017 at Sliač Air Base. Visitors to the event had a chance to see the first of the two UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters in Slovak Air Force service…
Bound for Cyprus
A further 92 SVK soldiers are departing for UNFICYP in Cyprus under the ongoing rotation of troops. SVK Air Force Commander Brig Ľubomír Svoboda came to the Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade Nitra to bid farewell to them during a ceremony on Friday…
SVK military policemen are now fully engaged in the Mediterranean Sea
The Slovak military policemen who deployed at the start of August on EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia have by now been firmly embedded with a team under German Navy Command. Having mastered operational procedures in the maritime environment, they …
Remembering the victims of the Warsaw Pact Armies' invasion
On behalf of the SVK MOD, State Secretary of the SVK MOD Róbert Ondrejcsák commemorated the victims of the 1968 invasion of former Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact Armies at a ceremony in Bratislava's Šafárik Square. The act of commemoration m…
Paras on JCET Airborne and Military Free Fall
The international training activity dubbed Joint Combined Exchange Training(JCET) Airborne and Military Free Fall for Special Operations Forces (SOFs) from Slovakia, the USA, and the Czech Republic has been underway at Kuchyňa Air Base. The tra…
Mirgorodský is European champion
Marko Mirgorodský, of the Military Sports Centre Dukla Banská Bystrica (MSC DBB), proved once again to be in excellent shape by winning the U23 European Champion title in the C1 category in Hohenlimburg, Germany. It was only a month ago that he…
21 soldiers to leave for Operation EUFOR ALTHEA in Bosnia and Herzegovina
A further 21 Slovak soldiers are leaving for Operation EUFOR ALTHEA in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to contribute to the peacekeeping effort in the country. DCHOD/COS Gen Miroslav Kocian bid farewell to BiH-bound personnel during a pre-deployme…
WWII resistance fighters deserve more
Participants of the WWII National Resistance Movement (NRM) and their surviving spouses will obtain higher monthly allowance payments. The SVK Government has approved the proposition put forward by Anton Hrnko, Jaroslav Paška and Tibor Bernaťák…
Slovak and European
Building up functional and operational armed forces is an undoubted priority for the current leadership of the SVK MOD. “As Minister of Defence for the Slovak National Party, I want to emphasise that the security of our citizens is of utmost im…
Beautiful age and entire life
SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš visited the Chief Nurse of the Central Military Hospital in Ružomberok, 102-year-old Sidónia Zdenka Vicenová, to congratulate her on her birthday in person. She worked in the hospital for 36 years during her…
Voluntary training in progress
94 candidates (73 men and 21 women) joined voluntary military training (VMT). They were greeted in a ceremony by Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš and DCHOD Lt Gen Pavel Macko at the Training and Mobilisation Replenishment Base Martin. In additi…
Temporary ban on entry into some portions of military forests
A temporary ban on entry into parts of military forests due to a high fire risk has been in place from 3 August until further notification at Military District Záhorie. Also in force across the forests is a ban on starting a fire and working wi…
Assisting with fire suppression operations
Airmen of Helicopter Wing Prešov were called in to assist with fire suppression as woody debris caught fire in a forest near the village of Betliar. A Mil Mi-17 helicopter, equipped with a Bumbi bucket, took off at the request of the Fire and R…
Military policemen depart to protect EU's southern border
Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš visited the Military Police Training and Cynology Department Vlkanová to attend a predeployment ceremony for the MP personnel deploying on EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia. In his remarks, he reiterated the signifi…
Minister hands over helicopters
SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš handed over two UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to SVK Air Force personnel for use during a handover ceremony in Prešov. They will be stationed at Lt Col Ján Ambruš Helicopter Wing Prešov. Speaking at the…
