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Visit to the United States
Cooperation in the field of defence, defence expenditures, the fight against terrorism and the service of our soldiers in Afghanistan – such were the topical themes of the negotiations between SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč and the U.S. Depu…
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Ambition to develop cooperation with Poland in various fields of defence
State Secretary of the SVK Ministry of Defence Miloš Koterec and Under-Secretary of State for defence policy and international cooperation at the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Poland Tomasz Szatkowski, who made a visit to Slov…
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Visiting Slovak troops at exercise Balaton in Hungary
SVK Chief of Defence Gen Milan Maxim visited the members of the SVK Armed Forces taking part in the international exercise Balaton 2015 in Hungary. The troops from the Combat Service Support Brigade Trečín and from the 1st Mechanized Brigade To…
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Wide public decides on winners of the MOD’s literary competition
The eleventh annual literary competition under the auspices of SVK Minister of Defence has come to know its winners. In the competition took part 295 works that have met the criteria of the contest opened to the high school and university students…
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On Cooperation with Canada
Further development of the Slovak – Canadian relations, cooperation in the field of modernization of the armed forces and current security challenges – these were the issues raised during the discussion between the State Secretary of the SVK MO…
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Minister handing over vehicles
In an official ceremony, SVK Minister Martin Glváč handed over 47 new vehicles Volkswagen Golf and one utility vehicle Volkswagen Krafter to the members of the Armed Forces, Military Police and components of the Ministry of Defence. These vehic…
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Experts to be deployed to Mali
Slovak troops are to join the EU Training Mission in Mali (EUTM Mali). This follows from the proposal adopted by the SVK Government. Accordingly, the SVK Armed Forces will dispatch a maximum of 5 Service members to Africa for a 6-month tour of …
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SVK President appoints and promotes generals
President of the Slovak Republic and Commander-in-Chief of the SVK Armed Forces Andrej Kiska has appointed three new generals of the SVK Armed Forces and promoted one to the highest military rank. Chief of the General Staff of the SVK Arme…
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Back home from Trident Juncture
Slovak troops are back from Trident Juncture 2015, the biggest allied exercise this year. The exercise took place across the western Mediterranean, with the troops from all NATO countries and 7 PfP countries taking part in the exercise. Startin…
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We are ready to help
At the Foreign Affairs Council session at the level of defence ministers, France emphasized that the terrorist attacks in Paris were an armed attack on France as well as the whole EU. In this difficult situation, France decided to ask the EU me…
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Defence department’s budget shall see one of the biggest rises
According to the government’s proposal, the SVK MOD’s budget for fiscal year 2016 shall see one of the biggest rises from among all ministries. Additional financial resources are primarily allocated for modernization projects. By using the reso…
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M. Glváč: The events in Paris may be called Europe’s 9/11
Minister of Defence Martin Glváč sent a letter of condolence to the Minister of Defence of the French Republic. “It was with deepest sorrow that I received the shocking news of the unprecedented and cowardly terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday…
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Act on Security of State
The National Council (NC) of the Slovak Republic passed the Constitutional Draft Bill on the Security of the State in a Time of War, State of War, State of Belligerency and State of Emergency. Equally, the NC endorsed the Act on voluntary milit…
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Fully fledged NATO members
At the invitation of Chief of the General Staff of the SVK Armed Forces Lt Gen Milan Maxim, General Denis Mercier, Supreme Allied Com-mander Transformation (SACT), paid a visit to the Slovak Republic for the first time since assuming his duties…
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Remembrance Day
At the cemetery in Petržalka – Kopčany, where 331 soldiers of several nationalities are buried, a memorial ceremony was held on 11 November, which is observed in the world as the Remembrance Day, to mark the anniversary of the end of World War …
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Exercise Balaton 2015
The SVK soldiers made it through their first days of the exercise Balaton 2015 in Káposvár, Hungary. The members of the combat service support brigade Trenčín and 1st mechanized brigade Topoľčany provide logistic support. They are ready to repa…
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Tribute to fallen veterans
The State Secretary of the SVK Ministry of Defence, Miloš Koterec, accompanied by the 2nd Vice Chief of the General Staff of the SVK Armed Forces, Maj Gen Pavel Macko, attended a commemoration ceremony to mark Veterans’ Day in Čuňovo at Bratisl…
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Slovak troops participate in the largest joint V4 exercise
The largest joint V4 exercise dubbed COMMON CHALLENGE 2015, which started on 14 November and should finish on 20 November, is being held in Poland, with nearly 3,000 troops taking part in the exercise. At the same time, it is the certification …
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M. Koterec in visit to Montenegro
The State Secretary of the SVK Ministry of Defence, Miloš Koterec, met with the State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence of Montenegro, Bojan Šarkić. During the meeting, they assessed bilateral relations and discussed options for defence coop…
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Prospects of cooperation
Cooperation between the SVK MOD and the U.S. Embassy in Slovakia is at a high level. This was acknowledged by SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč and the Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Slovakia, Liam Wasley. Martin Glváč informed Lia…
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Minister in burned-down forest
SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč familiarized himself with the situation in the military forests near the town of Kežmarok struck by fire on Tuesday afternoon. The fire burned 200 hectares of forest and approx. 100 hectares of young tree co…
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In memory of J. Stank
To mark All Souls’ Day, SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč and Chief of the General Staff of the SVK Armed Forces Lt Gen Milan Maxim attended a commemoration ceremony dedicated to the memory of the deceased Slovak Minister of Defence Jozef St…
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Joint exercise Balaton
Within the exercise Balaton 2015 held in Hungary, the members of the SVK Armed Forces will provide the logistic capabilities like transportation of personnel and materiel, repairs and maintenance of the wheeled equipment or supplying potable wa…
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Soldiers to train more together with the other security forces
The joint exercise of the policemen, soldiers and firefighters was held in the 11 districts, with the checkpoints and monitoring points counting altogether to 126. One hundred and nineteen soldiers and five members of military police operated a…
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Tender cancelled by Aircraft Repair Plant
The Aircraft Repair Plant Trenčín revoked invitation to tender for a strategic partner to acquire a long-term lease of the plant. Such decision was adopted by Chair of the Board of Directors of said company, based on the recommendation by the s…
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Together with Lithuania
The main theme on the agenda of the meeting between SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč and the Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania Loreta Zakarevičienė was the strengthening of bilateral cooperation in the field of defence. The Slovak Rep…
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We are ready to assist
The SVK Armed Forces can deliver part of its ROLE 2E Field Hospital along with its medical staff to Slovenia in an effort to help resolve the migration crisis. Provided that Slovenia expresses its interest in our assistance, the SVK MOD will se…
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NATO’s largest exercise is being attended by our communications and information systems specialists
Slovak communications and information systems (CIS) specialists are providing support to communications systems for this year’s largest Allied exercise, Trident Juncture 2015, in Spain. From the beginning of September to mid-November, a total o…
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Minister of Defence announces 11th Literary Competition for students
SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč announced the 11th Literary Competition for secondary school and college students. This year they are invited to join the competition by sending their stories, compositions or essays on the theme: “Life in p…
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New dean of AFA
Slovak President Andrej Kiska appointed doc. Jozef Puttera as the new dean of the General Milan Rastislav Štefánik Armed Forces Academy (AFA). He succeeded the outgoing dean, Brig Gen Boris Ďurkech. “The Slovak Armed Forces need well-train…
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