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J. Naď: “Never ever will we forget those who lost the most precious they had for the security of others”
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď along with State Secretary Marian Majer and MOD employees attended a commemorative ceremony at the MOD Reconciliation Memorial to pay tribute to the members of the Armed Forces and Rescue Corps who have made the ultim…
Defence Minister J. Naď: “The COVID-19 pandemic attests to the strength and unity within and beyond the Alliance”
The Czech Republic's 7th National Conference titled “Our Security Cannot Be Taken for Granted“ took place at Prague Castle today (25 June 2020). In light of yesterday's V4 Defence Ministers Meeting in Prague, one of the discussion panels was dedic…
Defence Minister J. Naď: “Regional cooperation in the V4 format brings concrete results and has added value, we want to preserve this dynamics”
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď participated in the Visegrad Group (V4) Defence Ministers Meeting in Prague today (24 June 2020). This was the final meeting of the defence ministers under the Czech V4 Presidency, to be taken over by the Republic of …
Minister Naď meets Dutch Ambassador H. Cor van der Kwast
Today, Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď welcomed the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, His Excellency Mr Henk Cor van der Kwast, who came to introduce himself in the capacity of Ambassador, to the Ministr…
Minister Naď awards medals to former political prisoners: “If we want to move forward, we must first learn from the wrongs of the past”
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď today welcomed members of the SVK Political Prisoners Confederation to the Ministry of Defence. He is the first Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic to have awarded them the SVK Minister of Defence Commemorative…
Remedial action on military infrastructure in poor state of repair is among SVK MOD's main priorities
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď today visited the military units based in Michalovce and Trebišov. He was interested in the real status of their infrastructure which had, in the long term, been markedly neglected by former senior leaders of the Mini…
J. Naď: By strengthening V4 regional cooperation, we can contribute together towards more effective solutions to challenges at pan-European level
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď today held talks with the Hungarian Ambassador to Slovakia, HE Mr Tibor Pető, and subsequently with the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Slovakia, HE Mr Krzysztof Strzałka, who both came to introduce themselves…
Minister Naď participates in video conference of NATO Defence Ministers
Current issues in the field of defence and security, the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic and of other challenges such as NATO resilience, the continuation of NATO missions, the Alliance's response to the Russian missile systems development, …
M. Majer: We must face security challenges together, Slovakia is ready to do its part in addressing them
EU Defence Ministers discussed pressing issues pertaining to the EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) in a video conference call today (16 June 2020). Above all, they paid close attention to strengthening cooperation in the politico-milita…
SVK Armed Forces have new generals
On the basis of a SVK Government-approved proposal, President of the Slovak Republic and Commander-in-Chief of the Slovak Armed Forces Zuzana Čaputová promoted Col Štefan Kovács, Col Ferdinand Muríň and Col Tibor Králik to Brigadier General, the m…
Six military pilots and aviation specialists graduate from Aviation Faculty of Technical University in Košice
A graduation ceremony marked the completion of studies for six SVK Armed Forces cadets from the Aviation Faculty of the Technical University in Košice, with five of them passing with distinction. The ranks of the Officer Corps have thus been exten…
Commemorative ceremony in tribute to US and UK victims of Slovak National Uprising
State Secretary of the SVK Ministry of Defence Marian Majer along with US Ambassador Bridget Brink, UK Deputy Head of Mission Andrew Wells, and representatives of the SVK Armed Forces and the Diplomatic Corps attended a commemorative ceremony at t…
Slovak serviceman serving within NATO structures dies in the Netherlands
Lt Col M. V., a Slovak serviceman serving within NATO structures, has been found dead in the Dutch city of Brunssum in the afternoon of Saturday (13 June 2020). The soldier's family has been informed of the incident. On behalf of the SVK Minist…
MOD to support 14 NGO projects worth nearly 100,000 euros in grants
This year, too, the SVK MOD has supported 14 interesting projects of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), giving out nearly 100,000 euros in grants. More information on the projects is available on the SVK MOD website: Grants – Applications for …
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď holds talks with CZE Defence Minister Lubomír Metnar on supporting projects through domestic defence industry
"The shared values-based foreign policy orientation of the Slovak and Czech Republics is visible also in their stances on tackling current issues and challenges in the field of defence and security, which predestines both countries to even closer …
Defence Minister J. Naď makes his first official foreign visit to Prague
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď kept to tradition by making his first official foreign visit to the Czech Republic today. On Day 1 of his visit, he held talks with Czech Foreign Affairs Minister Tomáš Petříček and later today is expected to appear i…
Minister Naď visits WW2 national liberation struggle veteran Bernard Papánek
Today in the village of Šajdíkove Humence, Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď paid a visit to Bernard Papánek, veteran of the WW2 national struggle for liberation, on the occasion of his 100th birthday which he celebrated earlier in January. The Minist…
Minister Naď: By improving infrastructures of military units, we want to make real contribution to bettering Service conditions for soldiers
One of the main priorities of the MOD leadership is to improve the infrastructures of military units with a view to bettering the Service conditions for SVK Armed Forces members, including enabling more effective delivery of domestic crisis manage…
SVK troops to remain in Baltics longer, their mandate is extended by Parliament
The SVK armed forces deployed on NATO's enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) in the Baltics were given a mandate extension by the SVK Parliament today (4 June 2020). 110 Members of Parliament (MPs) voted for the proposal. This means more votes were cou…
State Secretary M. Majer: Disinformation and other forms of hybrid threats present complex challenge to State and society
State Secretaries of eight SVK ministries and senior representatives of the national security bodies gathered today at the SVK Ministry of Defence for a meeting to launch the process in preparation for the Action Plan For the Fight Against Hybrid …
