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Slovak-Hungarian Mixed Commission on Military Cooperation holds long-distance meeting
Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Slovak-Hungarian Mixed Commission on Military Cooperation, comprised of SVK and HUN MOD representatives, held a long-distance meeting over a video link today. On behalf of the SVK MOD, Defence Sta…
Central Crisis Management Staff approves fourth round of testing to be rolled out to 458 municipalities on voluntary basis
The Central Crisis Management Staff has today approved the fourth round of mass population testing for the presence of COVID-19 as part of Op Shared Responsibility. Testing is set to take place this coming weekend in 458 municipalities where the n…
Ministry of Defence issues traffic warning over scheduled military movements across Slovakia
The MOD has issued a traffic warning to motorists as three Allied road movements by US, Czech and Polish troops are scheduled to take place across Slovakia from 16 to 22 Nov 2020. The MOD stresses that the military transits have been approved in l…
Defence Minister J. Naď: A strong partnership and common purposeful visions on security and defence – these are the key factors of successful cooperation between Slovakia and Germany
The changing security environment, new and ever-relevant challenges in the politico-security field, effective multilateralism and sharing of common goals and values in the Euro-Atlantic region. These too were among the themes of the meeting betwee…
Defence Minister J. Naď meets Slovenian Ambassador G. Kozovinc for talks on current politico-military issues
Topics of discussion for the first official meeting between Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď and the Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to Slovakia, HE Mr Gregor Kozovinc, mainly included current security and defence issues. Ambassador Kozovinc w…
Ľubomír Galko holds talks with Russian partners on cooperation and concludes contract on provision of services
Director General and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Aircraft Repair Company Trenčín (LOTN) Ľubomír Galko brought the conclusion of a contract on provision of constructional and technological support services for general overhauls of Mi-8/Mi…
Council of European Union agrees rules for third-state participation in PESCO
After two years of negotiations on third-state participation in PESCO, the Council of the European Union adopted Council Decision (CFSP) 2020/1639 of 5 November 2020. Thanks to the Council Decision, third states and their entities (e.g. industrial…
Defence Minister J. Naď: By projecting red poppies as symbol of remembrance onto Bratislava Castle, we honour all war and contemporary veterans
To pay tribute to veterans, the red poppy emblem as a symbol of 11 November was projected onto Bratislava Castle. Veterans Day and the 102nd anniversary of the end of WW1 were observed today by Prime Minister Igor Matovič, Defence Minister Jarosla…
Defence Minister J. Naď: Slovak Armed Forces back Slovakia again, country-wide testing is excellent start line for continued shared responsibility of us all
As part of Op Shared Responsibility aimed at mass population screening for COVID-19, the Slovak Armed Forces have so far tested SVK citizens in three phases to break chains of transmission. In Slovakia’s first mass Covid testing pilot in Orava and…
Ministry of Defence issues traffic warning over scheduled military movements across Slovakia
The MOD has issued a traffic warning to motorists as three Allied road movements by US and Polish troops are scheduled to take place across Slovakia from 9 to 15 Nov 2020. The MOD stresses that the military transits have been approved in line with…
Results from country-wide COVID-19 testing updated as at 12:00 on Sunday
As at 12:00 on Sunday, a total of 1,556,100 people have been tested as part of Op Shared Responsibility, with 9,783 positive cases and an infection rate of 0.628%. A total of 2,670 test sites are currently operational until 20:00 for people who…
Latest data from Saturday’s testing shows marked decline in positive cases, one test site remains closed on Sunday due to theft of tests
On Saturday 7 November 2020, out of 1,297,571 residents who came forward for testing with the use of antigen tests, 8,172 tested positive for coronavirus. The latest test results of Day 1 of Slovakia’s second round of country-wide testing in 45 “r…
Incoming test results confirm that Slovakia’s country-wide testing is effective instrument for combating COVID-19
As at 12:00 on Saturday, the incoming test results for Slovakia’s country-wide testing show that a total of 553,377 people got a swab test at 2,714 test sites in 45 “red” high risk and 22 “green” districts. Of them, 3,677 tested positive for the v…
Test sites to reopen in 13 “green” districts
Apart from 45 “red” high risk districts, the second round of mass testing on 7-8 November 2020 will go ahead also in 13 “green” districts, where testing was originally not scheduled to take place. These will be set up by local authorities who have…
People who missed 1st round of nation-wide testing last weekend are allowed to get tested in red high risk districts this coming weekend without punishment
The Ministry of Defence announces that people who missed the 1st round of the nation-wide testing last weekend are allowed to get tested in the “red” high risk districts without punishment this coming weekend on 7-8 November 2020. For their journe…
Residents of 45 districts to be tested from 08:00 to 20:00 this weekend, place of residence is not decisive
The second round of the country-wide testing is set to take place in 45 districts across Slovakia on the weekend of 7-8 November 2020. It is aimed at people aged 10 and over who live in the districts where positivity rates of 0.7% and above were r…
Relaxing out in woods of military districts at times when it is banned is dangerous and puts lives and health of people at risk
Military districts are visited increasingly by members of the public who enjoy wandering through the woods. Military Police warns that at times when it is banned people entering militay lands put their lives and health at risk. For example, the…
MOD to continue negotiations on delivery of 3D radars with 5 shortlisted countries
The Ministry of Defence will continue negotiations on the delivery of 3D radars with only five countries which have been shortlisted on the basis of their written submissions and highest scoring bids by the tender evaluation panel (TEP), composed …
45 districts to be tested in second round of country-wide testing for COVID-19
The second round of the country-wide testing for COVID-19 will be done differently. Based on the decision of the Central Crisis Management Staff, Slovakia’s districts with positivity rates below 0.7% will be exempt from the testing, including Brat…
Country-wide testing for COVID-19 is worthwhile – over 3.6 million people tested with 1% of all those tested diagnosed positive
Op Shared Responsibility met the objective of its Phase II following the pilot testing in Orava and Bardejov. A total of 3,625,332 people were tested in the first round of the country-wide testing for coronavirus from Friday to Sunday, with 38,359…
