St Hubert in military fashion

The Minister of Defence visited Pliešovce to participate in the celebrations of St Hubert Day, the patron of hunters. Within Defence, the remit for hunting as an ecological forest management activity falls under the state-run plant Military Forests and Estates of the Slovak Republic. “Our Military Forests manages hunting across the nature reserves in the east, west and right here in the heart of our beautiful Slovakia, and our foresters lead by example in living up to the message of St Hubert: “Wild game is not to be only hunted but, above all, protected and understood in the wild,” emphasised the Minister. While in visit to Pliešovce, he reassured the residents that the MOD is committed to supporting the tradition of annual reunions, bringing together the natives and countrymen of the abolished village of Lešť, some of whom live directly in Pliešovce. “In the SVK Government Manifesto Commitments, we committed ourselves to supporting traditions, of course, especially the military and national ones,” he remarked. He went on to inform the residents of a planned commemorative event to be held at the Fallen Romanian Soldiers' Memorial at the TC Lešť. “We wish to organise a commemorative gathering to mark the liberation of the village of Senohrad by Romanian soldiers in February every year,” explained Minister Gajdoš.