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Voluntary soldiers sign up
A total of 244 candidates (46 women) have enrolled for the Voluntary Military Training (VMT) project this year. Those interested in VMT were requested to complete and return their application forms no later than 23 June. Statistically, most app…
M. Saloň discusses solutions to illegal migration
State Secretary Marián Saloň visited Prague to meet with the main representatives of the partner Defence Ministries of the Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia. Meeting in the Central European Defence Cooperation (CEDC) format…
State Secretary in the Baltics
State Secretary Róbert Ondrejcsák paid a visit to the Baltics on 12-16 June. He met with the SVK soldiers at the Ādažitraining base and praised their commitment to executing tasks in the international environment. In his meeting with State Secreta…
Back from Afghanistan
Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš and CommanderSVK Land Forces Maj Gen Jinřich Jochwelcomed 34 SVK military personnel upon their return from the Resolute Support Mission (RSM) in Afghanistan at a homecoming ceremony on 15 June. “This rotation, t…
MiG-29 scramble takeoff
On the night of 15 June, two MiG-29 fighter aircraft on Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) were scrambled in response to an air incident as part of the NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defence System (NATINAMDS), after air traffic controllers (ATCs) had…
SVK Parliament gives "yes" to agreement with CZE REP on airspace defence cooperation
SVK Members of Parliament approved the Draft Treaty between the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic for Cooperation on Mutual Protection of Airspace. They also expressed their agreement with deployments of SVK Armed Forces personnel to the C…
Military Deed of the Year
The MOD announced the laureates of the 2016 Military Deed of the Year Award in the following categories: A Rescue of Life, Assistance to the Public, and A Friend of the Armed Forces. Just as in the past so also in this 20th jubilee series, those w…
P. Gajdoš: Slovak unit in Latvia is performing its tasks in a responsible manner
Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš met with the Slovak soldiers currently deployed with Task Group Štefánik in Latvia. The SVK Armed Forces service personnel have been engaged in the Baltics for the third month already and are now participating i…
MOD completes a series of defence games in Malacky
A series of defence competitions, through which the MOD wanted to raise young people's awareness of Homeland Defence as well as to increase their interest in Voluntary Military Training and Homeland Defence issues across Slovakia's 8 self-gover…
Peter Gajdoš attends conference on strengthening European security and defence
Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš participated in the Defence & Security Conference in Prague, organised by the Czech Government Office in collaboration with the European Commission. The main theme was European defence and security against the b…
Minister in visit to Montenegro
Slovak Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš paid a visit on 5 and 6 June to Montenegro, which officially became a NATO Member Country. On this occasion, Head of the Slovak MOD conveyed his congratulations to President Filip Vujanović of Montenegro …
Slafkovský defends title
Alexander Slafkovský, of the Military Sports Club Dukla Banská Bystrica, defended his last year's European Champion title in the C1 category at the 2017 European Canoe Slalom Championships in Tacen, Slovenia. The bronze medal in the same catego…
Children's Day with soldiers
Children's Day with SVK Armed Forces in Lučenec was launched with a fly-past of a military helicopter and a Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter aircraft. As part of the programme, children could see parachute jumps by military parachutists, actions by milit…
Commemoration at Polomka
The State Secretary of the SVK Ministry of Defence, Róbert Ondrejcsák, together with the US and UK Ambassadors to Slovakia, HE Mr Adam Sterling and HE Mr Andrew Garth, respectively, paid their respects at the US and UK Victims' Memorial, locate…
Deadline for applications for Voluntary Military Training set at 23 June
The SVK Armed Forces will extend the deadline for candidate to sign up for Voluntary Military Training (VMT) until 23 June 2017. Thus, more young people will have a better chance to get to know their limits and do something meaningful for thems…
International IDET fair
Representing the SVK MOD at the 14th International Defence and Security Exhibition (IDET) 2017 in Brno were the dynamic demonstrations of CBRN units on combat equipment decontamination, EOD units in the field of unexploded ordnance disposal, as…
Remembering Jozef Gabčík ceremonially and sport-wise
To mark the anniversary of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich on 26 May, Slovak President and Commander-in-Chief of the SVK Armed Forces Andrej Kiska promoted Jozef Gabčík posthumously to the rank of Major General. “He distinguished himself…
Under UN flag
More than 7,300 Slovak service personnel have assisted in upholding peace and security as part of 19 United Nations peacekeeping missions since 1993. On the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, the SVK MOD and General Staff paid tr…
Minister in talks at GLOBSEC
The commitments the Slovak delegation signed up to at the Thursday NATO meeting in Brussels are, according to the NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ms Rose Gottemoeller, “an excellent step ahead for Slovakia and an excellent step ahead for NATO”. …
Training of Active Reserves
A Sereď-based ceremony, presided by State Secretary Marián Saloň and CHOD Gen Milan Maxim, saw the soldiers in the Active Reserves (AR) finishing their historically first training since 1993. Aimed at responding to domestic crisis management in…
