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Swab testing continues on Day 2, as at 12:00 on Sunday 14,529 people have been tested with higher positivity rates than those on Saturday
Day 2 of Round 4 of the nation-wide testing for COVID-19 has been underway at 445 test sites across Slovakia. All sites are well stocked up on material and are fully manned. As at 12:00 on Sunday, a total of 449 testing teams have tested 14,529 pe…
Defence Minister J. Naď thanks all those who have come to get tested, 31,548 people have been tested as at 12:00
As at 12:00 on Saturday, 31,548 people have come to be mass-tested in 458 cities, towns and villages across Slovakia. Of them, 602 have tested positive, equating to 1.91% of all people tested. Regional Points of Command (RPC) Zvolen and Hlohovec h…
Phase 4 of Op Shared Responsibility gets underway, residents can be mass-tested voluntarily and for free at 537 test sites
Phase 4 of the mass testing programme for the presence of COVID-19 has today got underway across 458 cities, towns and villages in Slovakia. As at 09:00 on Saturday, test sites were open and operational at 100% capacity. Residents are asked to com…
Defence Minister J. Naď joins EU Defence Ministers in discussing defence activities and way ahead for Union’s security and defence policy
Today, the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) debated current issues of EU security and defence policy, the latest security developments, and ways to deepen and strengthen the existing initiatives. Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď met his counter…
Ministry of Defence issues traffic warning over scheduled military movements across Slovakia
The MOD has issued a traffic warning to motorists as five Allied road movements involving US and Polish troops are scheduled to take place across Slovakia from 23-29 November 2020. The MOD stresses that the Allied transits have been approved in li…
Defence Minister J. Naď and UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations J. Lacroix appreciate SVK contribution to UNFICYP in Cyprus
In a video call yesterday evening, Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď spoke with UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix. Topics of discussion included the service of SVK armed forces with UNFICYP in Cyprus and with UNTSO in…
Full operational capability of NFIU SVK reconfirmed by NFIU SVK Certification 2020
Three years on since declaring its full operational capability (FOC), on 26-30 Oct 2020 the NATO Force Integration Unit Slovakia (NFIU SVK) underwent re-certification to conduct NATO taskings. The NFIU SVK, based at Vajnory Barracks, passed the co…
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…
