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State Secretary in Germany
The State Secretary of the SVK Ministry of Defence, Mr Miloš Koterec has completed a reciprocal working visit to Germany. The purpose of the visit was to meet with the Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Defence, Dr Ralf Br…
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MOD completes remediation
The SVK Ministry of Defence has completed the remediation of environmental burdens following the withdrawal of the Soviet Army. Thus, it has brought a successful end to the remediation projects financed from EU funds. For the remediation works …
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Best modernization year for armed forces in 20 years
On the occasion of the Chief of the SVK General Staff’s assembly of commanders, SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč informed the High Command of the SVK Armed Forces on the ongoing as well as planned modernization projects. The assembly of com…
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Talks on migration in Brussels
The Slovak Republic welcomes NATO’s initiative to introduce measures for solving the migration crisis in Europe, said SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč after the negotiations held by defence ministers of NATO member states in Brussels. …
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Old UAZ vehicles replaced by 140 new off-roads
In this electoral term, the SVK MOD has launched the most extensive modernization in the history of our armed forces, which started with the publication of the White Paper on Defence of the Slovak Republic. Since 2012, the Defence Department ha…
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Investment in Snina
After the visit to ZVS Holding Joint Stock Company, Snina, made by Prime Minister Róbert Fico and Minister of Defence Martin Glváč, the company’s management announced its plans to increase an employment rate in Zemplín region, return to traditi…
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Citizens of Nové Mesto nad Váhom familiarized themselves with voluntary military training
During the weekend, citizens of Nové Mesto nad Váhom familiarized themselves with the military voluntary training project at an event called Show What is in You! organized on the grounds of the M. R. Štefánik Secondary Grammar School. The event…
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In honour of victorious fight
The representatives of the SVK MOD, the Slovak Union of Anti-Fascist Fighters and the village Staré Hory commemorated the guerilla fight know as the Sharp Assault in the Green Valley. On 2 February 1945, the Morozov guerilla group with five sub…
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Rožňava paramedics claim victory at international competition
On 28 – 30 January, the 4th edition of an international competition for rescue teams dubbed Terrorism and Migration – Lešť 2016 took place at Lešť Training Centre. Among 40 competing teams was also Gemer-Malohont CBRN Battalion Rožňava. Be…
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Career and welfare
The international workshop was held at the Ministry of Defence, dealing with the personnel issues of the officer career management and veterans welfare. The experts from Great Britain, from SVK MoD and defence specialists from Romania, Croatia …
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To serve both the sportsmen and soldiers
For a whole week, the high-performance sportsmen and couches from the Military Sport Centre Dukla Banská Bystrica shared their experience of physical preparation and training with the elite troops of the 5th Special Forces Regiment Žilina. The …
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Slovak Shield 2016
Slovak soldiers are preparing themselves for a series of exercises dubbed Slovak Shield 2016, which will thoroughly test responses to various kinds of perils from non-military to the need of employment of a multinational task force to protect t…
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Remembrances at Hill Borsó
During remembrance ceremonies in the Hungarian village of Hejce and on top of Hill Borsó, SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč paid tribute to the memory of the 42 victims who died in the greatest aviation tragedy in the history of the SVK Armed F…
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Veronika Velez-Zuzulová and Petra Vlhová rewrote history
On 13 January, Slovak skier Veronika Velez-Zuzulová celebrated her third World Cup victory at the attractive Women Night Slalom in Flachau, Austria. Her colleague Petra Vlhová finished at a great sixth place. SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glvá…
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New biathlon shootin range
The training centre Králiky at the Military Sports Centre Dukla Banská Bystrica has a new modern biathlon shooting range. It was officially opened by the SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč and the Olympic winner Anastasia Kuzmina. “The n…
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Soldiers await changes in 2016 arising out of the new Professional Soldiers’ State Service Act
The new Professional Soldiers’ State Service Act took effect as of 1 January 2016, primarily designed to make the military job more attractive and, simultaneously, life-long. “The drafting of the Professional Soldiers’ State Service Bill w…
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Transparent purchases
Over the past four years, the SVK MOD has made purchases of equipment and materiel in historically largest quantities through the U.S. Government’s Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and Foreign Military Financing (FMF) programs, and the NATO Support…
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Martin Glváč: Service members meet their 2015 commitments vis-à-vis Slovakia’s security
The S-300 Air Defence System in live action for the first time, unexpected exercises, the V4 Battle Group’s certification, or the largest international military exercise in the contemporary history of the SVK Armed Forces. Even these were the f…
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Soldiers welcome New Year 2016 with ceremonial gun salutes
On the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of the establishment of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak Armed Forces, the New Year’s Day saw 20 gun salutes fired by soldiers from Tyršovo Embankment, Bratislava. The traditional New Year’s gun salutes…
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Negotiations on fighter aircraft
Talks on leasing Gripen fighter aircraft between Slovak and Swedish authorities continue to be conducted in a productive atmosphere. The latest offer is to be finalized in terms of legislative and financial aspects in the coming months. Sp…
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Vlhová belongs with elite
Petra Vlhová of the Military Sports Centre Dukla Banská Bystrica (MSC DBB) demonstrated to be in perfect shape by earning third place at the Women FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup Slalom in Lienz, Austria. A great success for Slovak skiers and the M…
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Sportsmen of the Year 2015
The representative of Slovakia and the Military Sports Centre Dukla Banská Bystrica (MSC DBB), MSgt Matej Tóth earned second place in the most prestigious sports survey Sportsperson of the Year. After taking seventh and fourth places, the world…
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Greetings beyond borders
SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč and Chief of the General Staff of the SVK Armed Forces Gen Milan Maxim connected via a computer network with the servicemen and women who were deployed on operations abroad during this festive season. They w…
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New names in the Hall of Fame
As a token of respect and gratitude for their remarkable deeds, Minister of Defence Martin Glváč inducted into the Hall of Fame six modern-era veterans. “Usually, troops leave for the operations for half a year, but many of the awarded have ser…
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Presidential visit
President of the Slovak Republic Andrej Kiska, Commander-in-Chief of the SVK Armed Forces, made on 17 December a traditional Christmas visit to the Defence Department. President met with Minister Martin Glváč, Chief of the General Staff of…
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Counter-terrorism measures designed to increase potential deployment of armed forces
Within the framework of fight against terrorism, the SVK Armed Forces’ potential deployment will increase. This emerged from the document approved by the SVK Government. “We immediately responded to the terrorist attacks in Paris and we adopted…
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Defence Minister awards winners of literary contest
SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč met with the winners of the 11th annual literary contest on the premises of the Defence Department. Ivana Csalová from the Comenius University in Bratislava, Peter Kromka from the Comenius Gymnasium in Lipan…
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Inauguration of AFS Chancellor
The inauguration of the new Chancellor of the Milan Rastislav Štefánik Armed Forces Academy in Liptovský Mikuláš, Doc. Ing. Jozef Puttera, CSc., took place on 15 December in the assembly hall of the Academy, in the presence of the Director Gene…
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Minister awards sportsmen
The race walker Matej Tóth and the alpine ski racer Veronika Velez- Zuzulová are the best athletes of the SVK Ministry of Defence in 2015. Besides them, Minister Glváč also awarded the most successful couches, teams and young sportsmen fro…
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Petra Vlhová claims military sports centre Dukla unites sports elite
On Sunday, Petra Vlhová of the Military Sports Centre (MSC) Dukla claimed a maiden victory in Women's Slalom at the Alpine Skiing World Cup in Åre, Sweden. Another success for Slovakia and the MSC Dukla was also a great sixth place of Veronika …
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