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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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SVK MOD military and civilian personnel commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the end of WWII
SVK MOD military and civilian personnel gathered today on the occasion of yesterday’s Victory over Nazism Day at the MOD Club, to pay tribute to the victims of WWII and to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the end of the bloodiest conflict in…
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SVK MOD condemns the assumptions of Milan Krajniak MP and calls for evidence to be presented, otherwise it is to file a criminal complaint
Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš calls on Milan Krajniak MP to provide evidence for his allegations of kickbacks over the procurement of the 8x8 platforms no later than Friday morning (11 May 2018). Otherwise, the MOD is to file a criminal defa…
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SVK MOD calls on Krajniak MP to show evidence for his allegations of a kickback, otherwise he is to face a criminal defamation complaint
The SVK MOD calls on Milan Krajniak MP to show evidence for the alleged kickback he claims has been received in connection with the procurement of the 8x8 platforms no later than Friday morning (11 May 2018), otherwise he is to face a criminal …
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Minister Gajdoš commemorates the end of WWII in one of the last three villages to be liberated in Slovakia
SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš and President/CinC of the SVK Armed Forces Andrej Kiska today commemorated the 73rd anniversary of the end of WWII in the village of Makov. SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš said: “The village of Ma…
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SVK MOD condemns the misinformation about paying €50 million per year for its On-Demand Maintenance Agreement
The SVK MOD condemns the misinformation being circulated by media about the MOD paying €50 million per year for its On-Demand Maintenance Agreement regarding the MiG aircraft fleet. Today, the payment amounts to €20 million per year, while the …
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A military helicopter used over 40,000 litres of water in a firefighting response in the High Tatras
A total of 23 Bambi buckets and over 40,000 litres of water were used by airmen of Helicopter Wing (HW) Prešov to contain a forest fire in the location called Kežmarské Žlaby in the High Tatra Mountains. Following a request from the Firefightin…
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P. Gajdoš: Slovakia gives its support to Action Plan on Military Mobility
Slovakia gives its support to the Action Plan on Military Mobility, which aims to simplify military movements throughout the European Union. This announcement was made by SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš after todayʼs informal meeting of EU…
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Minister Gajdoš pays tribute to the memory of General Štefánik at Bradlo
SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš today commemorated the 99th anniversary of the tragic death of General Milan Rastislav Štefánik at a national commemoration held on top of Bradlo Hill. Among those who came to pay their respects at the Tomb …
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Maj Gen Daniel Zmeko assumes the appointment of SVK Chief of Defence at a formal Chief of Defence Change of Command ceremony
Maj Gen Daniel Zmeko (to be promoted Lieutenant General with effect from 7 May) has today taken over the appointment of Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic (Chief of Defence) from Gen Milan Maxim at a formal Ch…
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25 years have passed since the first deployment of SVK troops on a peacekeeping mission
Service personnel of the Engineer Battalion Sereď attended a ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the first deployment of SVK soldiers outside Slovakia. UNPROFOR in the former Yugoslavia was the historically first mission SVK troops joined …
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Armed Forces are looking into potential discrepancies in the components of an older variant of smoke munitions
The SVK General Staff is looking into a case of potentially missing components of an older variant of the Russian-made smoke munitions that were supplied to a munitions depot during the era of the Czechoslovak People’s Army. Soldiers have establis…
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SVK Military Police warns that shining any light to dazzle or distract the pilot is a criminal offence
Sliač Air Base has repeatedly reported cases of the pilots being distracted by light from an unknown device, manufactured in the civil sector and operated in the surroundings of the airfield. The SVK MOD warns people to abstain from carry…
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SVK MOD pays tribute to the memory of M. R. Štefánik, he died in a tragic accident 99 years ago
State Secretary of the SVK MOD Róbert Ondrejcsák and leaders of the SVK Armed Forces participated in a ceremony at the Tomb of M. R. Štefánik in Ivanka pri Dunaji, to commemorate the 99th anniversary of the death of General Štefánik. In h…
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A SVK Air Force helicopter crew assists in a firefighting response in the High Tatra Mountains
An Mi-17 helicopter crew, of Helicopter Wing Prešov, is helping to bring a fire under control at Kežmarské Žlaby in the High Tatras. Based on the request of the Firefighting and Rescue Corps for an aerial firefighting response, HW Prešov has se…
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War Veterans Forum
On Thursday (3 May), the Historic SVK Parliament Building in Bratislava hosted the 5th International War Veterans Forum Conference under the aegis of Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko and Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš. The conference was h…
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Minister Gajdoš meets Indiana National Guard Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Courtney P. Carr
SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš today met the Adjutant General of the Indiana National Guard, Maj. Gen. Courtney P. Carr, at MOD Main Building. Topics of discussion included bilateral defence engagement, especially the cooperation between …
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The field testing phase of the 8x8 IFV prototype military trials is completed
This week a team of military specialists has completed the field testing phase of the 8x8 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) prototype military trials. The 8x8 IFV prototype is the outcome of a joint Slovak-Finish development project. This phase w…
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P. Gajdoš: Our soldiers deployed on tours of duty abroad represent the Armed Forces and Slovakia as a whole
The service personnel who, in recent months, performed tasks as part of Operation EUFOR ALTHEA in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO) in the Middle East have finished their tours of duty an…
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President Kiska appoints Major General Zmeko as Chief of Defence
Major General Daniel Zmeko is to be promoted Lieutenant General and appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic (Chief of Defence) with effect from 7 May 2018. President of the Slovak Republic Andrej Kiska, t…
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Candidates for VMT can submit their application forms until the deadline of 4 May 2018
Candidates interested in Voluntary Military Training (VMT) can submit their application forms until the deadline of 4 May 2018. This year’s training is scheduled to run from 2 July to 14 September 2018. On completion of the 11-week trai…
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Major General Daniel Zmeko to become the next Chief of Defence, SVK Cabinet has today approved his nomination
Acting on the nomination of SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš, the SVK Cabinet has today approved the appointment of Major General Daniel Zmeko as Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic (Chief of Defence/CHOD).…
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SVK Security Council and Cabinet approve the proposed deployment of SVK service personnel to the Baltics
The Security Council and the Cabinet have today approved the deployment of SVK service personnel to support NATOʼs enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) mission in the Baltics. If approved by Parliament, Slovakia will deploy 152 soldiers to Latvia in…
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