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Slovak military doctors can study in Hradec Králové again
After more than 20 years Slovak military doctors have the opportunity to pursue their military medicine studies at the Medical Faculty of Charles University in Hradec Králové again. The deal is based on the Agreement on SVK Armed Forces Profess…
Minister discusses cooperation with new Italian Ambassador
The main topics on the agenda of today's meeting between Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš and the new Ambassador of the Italian Republic to the Slovak Republic, His Excellency Mr Gabriel Meucci, were current NATO and EU issues and bilateral coo…
Another success by LOTN
The Aircraft Repair Company Trenčín (LOTN) has succeeded in winning yet another contract through international competitive bidding. This time it has won a contract for a general overhaul of an L-410 UVP aircraft owned by the Lithuanian Armed Fo…
Paying respects to Romanian soldiers
Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš paid his tribute to the memory of the Romanian soldiers who were involved in liberating our homeland 72 years ago during commemoration ceremonies held at the WWII Victims Memorial Plaque in the village of Senohr…
Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš visits MP canine specialists
The Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic familiarised himself with the work of Military Police (MP) Military Working Dog (MWD) handlers in Hronsek. He was briefed on the past and contemporary history of military cynology within Defence. A…
SVK President in visit to Armed Forces Academy in Liptovský Mikuláš
The President of the Slovak Republic and Commander-in-Chief of the SVK Armed Forces Andrej Kiska, accompanied by Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš, paid a visit to the “General Milan Rastislav Štefánik” Armed Forces Academy in Liptovský Mikuláš …
Military training to be more attractive
The SVK Government approved the Voluntary Military Training Amendment Act, thereby making the VMT project more attractive. According to the new arrangements, the financial reward for voluntary soldiers will be increased by approx. €200, the tra…
Talks in Abu Dhabi
During the International Defence Exhibition and Conference IDEX 2017, Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš held talks with His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, who concurren…
Slovak Defence Industry at IDEX 2017 in Abu Dhabi
Support to the domestic Defence industry and its products to break into foreign markets was the main aim of the visit by SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš to the International Defence Exhibition and Conference IDEX 2017 in Abu Dhabi, which i…
P. Vlhová places 4th
Petra Vlhová, of the MSC Dukla Banská Bystrica, placed 4th in the slalom race at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in St Moritz, Switzerland. In her last appearance at the world championships, Veronika Velez-Zuzulová was down on her luck a…
Peter Gajdoš at Munich Security Conference
The SVK Minister of Defence attended the Munich Security Conference (MSC) 2017, which is among the world's most prestigious high visibility events in the field of defence and security. At the conference, NATO and EU officials and national repre…
Minister of Defence in Brussels
At the NATO Defence Ministerial in Brussels, NATO Defence Ministers adopted a series of decisions in a bid to respond to current security challenges. Topics of relevance included the commitment of NATO member countries to follow through on thei…
Silver from Championships
Veronika Velez-Zuzulová and Petra Vlhová, skiers of the Military Sports Centre Dukla Banská Bystrica, together with Andreas Žampa and Matej Falat, clinched the silver medals in the team event's parallel slalom race at the FIS Alpine World Ski C…
Order of Merit for Maj Gen Balciar
The President of the Republic of Poland, HE Mr Andrzej Duda, awarded the Director of Military Intelligence, Maj Gen Ján Balciar, with the state honours – Order of Merit (OM) of the Republic of Poland. He praised him for his input to the coopera…
Minister Gajdoš meets with British Ambassador
In the Defence engagement between the SVK and UK Ministries of Defence and Armed Forces, the Slovak Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland have traditionally enjoyed very good longstanding relations, which are amo…
On prospective cooperation
Potential areas of bilateral cooperation to be deepened in the field of Defence, multilateral themes related to the North Atlantic Alliance and the European Union, and the security developments in Europe were high on the agenda of the talks bet…
Farewell to Ambassador
Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš received the Brazilian Ambassador to Slovakia, HE Mrs Susan Kleebank, who will be concluding her Diplomatic Service appointment in Slovakia. He thanked Ambassador Kleebank for her contribution to developing the …
Meeting of V4 Ministers
The engagement of troops from the Visegrad Group countries in the Baltics and the areas of V4 cooperation on NATO's Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) were the main issues on the agenda of the V4 Defence Ministers' meeting in Poland's …
Parliament endorses deployment
The members of the National Council of the Slovak Republic have endorsed the deployment of 152 service personnel on a training mission to Latvia. Slovakia will thus deliver on its commitment made at the NATO Summit in Warsaw last year. Slovak t…
MOD issues public notice
This is an advance notification by the MOD of the upcoming military convoys due to cross the territory of Slovakia in February 2017. Movements of Slovak and Allied forces will take place for the purposes of international exercises, conferences,…
