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Future discussed in Brussels
On 4 – 5 June, Ministers of Defence from NATO member countries met in NATO Headquarters in Brussels. The Slovak delegation was headed by the State Secretary of MoD SR Miloš Koterec. The primary focus of the meeting was on NATO defence plan…
Rainy Day Firing
The VIP day of the Ground Forces' Commander Brigadier General Ondřej Novosad was celebrated in the military training area of Kamenica nad Cirochou (Valaškovce) on 4 June. He welcomed the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces Lieutenant-Gen…
ALTHEA Award
The ceremony, which took place at the Ministry of Defence of the SR on 3 June, was the culmination of the successful conduct of the operation Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina for 22 members of the Armed Forces. The State Secretary Miloš Ko…
Children's Day with the Armed Forces
Dynamic close combat demonstrations, service dogs training, honor guard show, static demonstrations of fighting equipment and much more were part of the Children’s Day with the Armed Forces, which took place in Giraltovce last Saturday. The soldie…
Ironman Competition Won by Soldier
The 9th annual Ironman competition has got a winner. Staff Sergeant Tomáš Barborík from Nitra, who has participated in this competition for the fourth time, received the title and the challenge cup. The Special Health Care and Training Institut…
Children Draw Pictures of Soldiers
A record-breaking number of 2.236 pictures from 150 schools, which is by one thousand more than in the previous year, was evaluated by the jury of the 12th Annual Drawing Competition “Children Draw Pictures of Soldiers”. The winner in the categ…
Tunneling Is a Media Hoax
After week-long internal investigations it was proved true that the document provided to the special prosecutor and the parliamentary supervisory committee is inauthentic. ‘The document is a compilation of certain facts, misinformation and…
Modernization of BMP 2
A joint project of the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic, modernization of the infantry fighting vehicle BMP 2, received the Gold IDET News 2013 Award in a category Infantry fighting vehicles in IDET Exhibition in Brno. The representatives…
Successful Certification of Chemical Corps in Lešť
Members of the CBRN Company (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear protection) and the mobile chemical laboratory of Rožňava CBRN Battalion underwent the second stage of the national certification of forces and assets earmarked for the…
A Lot to Offer
Slovakia and Italy want to enhance their mutual relations in the area of defence. The State Secretaries of the MoDs of the Slovak Republic and the Republic of Italy, Miloš Koterec and Roberta Pinotti, concurred in this idea during the negotiati…
Military Deed of the Year 2012
Acts of selflessness that save human lives or help mitigate effects of disasters, as well as dedicated effort to strengthen civil–military relations – these are the attributes annually awarded as Military Deed of the Year. The prizewinners of t…
Launching Missiles for Real
The soldiers from the Anti-aircraft Rocket Brigade in Nitra launched the KUB II missiles over the Baltic Sea in Poland. It was a real combat action the Slovak soldiers took part in after a 5 year long break. ‘Our soldiers took part in such…
M. Glváč: The Scandal inside the Military Intelligence is the Scandal of the Former Government
The classified leaked documents in the Military Intelligence which, according to the information flagged by the SME daily, allege the Military Intelligence of tunneling, is a scandal of the previous government, stated the Minister of Defence of…
Ambulance Vehicles with a Punitive Ending
The Minister of Defence of the SR brought a criminal charge against unknown offender in connection with the purchase of three ambulance vehicles for the Armed Forces. The ambulance vehicles, which were delivered last year, were manufactured as ea…
Need for Coordination
‘Administration of State Material Reserves of the SR should not store excess materiel not needed by the Armed Forces of the SR at war or state of war. The excess materiel is to be exchanged for another materiel, which will be actually needed by…
We shall never forget
The Minister of Defence of the SR Martin Glváč paid tribute to the victims of World War II. The solemn ceremony was held on the occasion of the Day of Victory over fascism at the Slavín memorial. This year, Slovakia and the whole Europe commemo…
Memorial in Britain
The Remembrance Ceremony was held at the Brookwood International Military Cemetery near London to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the victory over fascism and of the end of World War II. Major General Ivan Schwarz, who grew up in Bytča…
Exposition 20 Years of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic
In the Exposition hall of the University Library in Michalská Street in Bratislava, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the SR Lieutenant General Peter Vojtek opened an exposition 20 Years of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republ…
Honoring the Memory of General Štefánik
The Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic Martin Glváč took part in the commemorative ceremony held on the occasion of the 94th anniversary of the tragic death of Milan Rastislav Štefánik, which took place at the memorial in Bradlo. T…
Transparency in Military Forests
From 1 May 2013 on, Military Forests and Estates, state enterprise, shall publicize the invoices of fees for hunting on their website http://www.vlm.sk/, as agreed by the Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic Martin Glváč and the Director Gen…
