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Brig Gen Róbert Kleštinec appointed as new Director of Military Intelligence
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď has today (16 September 2020) announced that Brig Gen Róbert Kleštinec, Deputy Commander of the Slovak Air Force, has been appointed as the new Director of Military Intelligence. The head of the MOD made this decision…
St Michael’s Hospital strengthens its COVID-19 testing capacity for self-payers, finger-prick test yields results from single blood drop in 15 minutes
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the University Hospital - St Michael’s Hospital, a joint stock company owned 100% by the State and run by the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Interior, has strengthened its COVID-19 testing capacity…
Initial military training for young soldiers reaches its final phase in Martin
Serving under the terms and conditions of Preparatory State Service, the soldier trainees and Armed Forces Academy cadets who joined the SVK Army Phase 1 training at the Training and Mobilisation Manning Base Martin on 3 August 2020 have still two…
Serviceman helps oncological patient after car accident
2nd Degree Private Jakub Lendač, member of 23rd Motorised Battalion Trebišov, helped a motorist – an oncological patient immediately after being involved in a car accident at approx. 11.00am today in the area of Krásnohorské podhradie. He pulled h…
SVK Armed Forces enjoy highest public confidence rating
According to a new publication by GLOBSEC, 72% of SVK citizens have trust in the SVK Armed Forces. Of all institutions in the country, the SVK military enjoys the highest public confidence rating, whereas its credibility has been permanently very …
Minister J. Naď meets with defence industry representatives: I believe we are opening a new and successful period of cooperation
Over 50 companies and organisations of the SVK security and defence industry have accepted an invitation to attend today′s meeting organised by the MOD′s Modernisation Department at the Garrison Club in Trenčín. The aim of the meeting was to launc…
7,000 frontline military and civilian staff to receive 5 million euros as thank you for combating COVID-19
The Ministry of Defence will reward the frontline military and civilian staff with a cash bonus as a thank you for serving in the fight against COVID-19′s first wave. Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď said: “I can confirm that we′ve decided to pay …
Ministry of Defence assists Kapišová village in moving historical exhibits – two T-34 tanks
Through the Institute of Military History, two T-34 tanks have been on loan from the SVK Ministry of Defence in Kapišová, a village in eastern Slovakia. Being the symbols of the battles waged as part of the Carpatho-Dukla Operation in 1944, they …
Minister Naď commemorates Holocaust and Racial Violence Victims Memorial Day
Exactly 79 years have passed since the adoption of the so-called Jewish Code, the anti-Jewish legislation in Slovakia, on 9 September 1941. Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď paused to remember the immense human suffering and memory of the victims of t…
Ministry of Defence wants to go greener, it has placed beehives for city bees within its grounds
The Ministry of Defence has joined the City Bees project. Working in partnership with the Resin Environmental Protection Centre, the project’s author, beehives for two bee families have been placed within the grounds of the MOD in Bratislava. Alon…
Defence Minister J. Naď thanks SVK Armed Forces Guard of Honour and Band for representing our country at home and abroad
Today, Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď visited Dukla Barracks in Bratislava, where he met with the commander and members of Headquarters Bratislava Garrison (HQ BA GAR). As part of his away day, he also paid a visit to Vajnory Barracks in Bratislava…
Defence Minister J. Naď meets with Ambassadors of Cyprus and Kazakhstan
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď received the Diplomatic Service representatives of the Republic of Cyprus and the Republic of Kazakhstan at the Ministry of Defence today. Central themes of both meetings included the current situation in the field of…
State Secretary M. Majer pays his respects to SNP heroes at place where armed uprising broke out in High Tatras
On behalf of the Ministry of Defence, State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence Marian Majer took part today in the 25th International Military Ascent of Mt Kriváň in honour of the 76th anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) in WW2. Re…
Service personnel aid search for missing elderly man
Today, service personnel have been called on to aid the search for František Tkáč, a 73-year old elderly man, who has been missing since 30 August 2020. A total of 30 soldiers of the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Battalion …
“Slovak rifles certified” – intense training of 13th Mechanised Battalion Group is over
Dubbed Ex Slovak Rifles, the intense 5-week training programme of 13th Mechanised Battalion Group has been concluded at the Training Centre Lešť today. Nearly 1,000 soldiers from across units of the SVK Army and SVK Air Force, augmented by some ot…
Defence Minister J. Naď meets with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Boyse
Today′s meeting between Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď and US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew G. Boyse was held as part of Mr Boyse′s official visit to Slovakia. Also in attendance at the meeting were U…
New head of Slovak Army announced
Brig Gen Ivan Pach has been appointed the new Commander of the Slovak Army (Chief of the General Staff (UK)/ Chief of Staff of the Army (US)) today in Trenčín. The new head of the SVK Army was officially introduced in his new role by Chief of Defe…
New Director General announced at Aircraft Repair Company Trenčín (LOTN)
Aircraft Repair Company Trenčín (LOTN), an MOD-run joint stock company, will have a new Director General with effect from 1 September 2020. Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď has authorised Ľubomír Galko to lead the company until a proper and regular s…
Tactical battalion-level exercise dubbed Slovak Rifles is underway at Lešť
A tactical battalion-level exercise dubbed Slovak Rifles, involving 13th Mechanised Battalion Group, which had to be put off from June until August is now underway from 10 August to 4 September 2020 at the Training Centre Lešť. The exercise was sc…
Defence Minister J. Naď: It is an honour for me to commemorate the Slovak National Uprising side by side with the living heroes
Representatives of the Ministry of Defence, led by Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď, along with Slovakia’s highest constitutional representatives today observed the 76th anniversary of the outbreak of the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) in Banská Byst…
