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J. Naď: MOD leadership to approach modernisation of Sliač Air Base with responsibility and transparency
With each modernisation project, senior Ministry of Defence leaders are committed to acting with responsibility and maximum transparency to provide service personnel with the best Service condition they can. This announcement comes after the visit…
State Secretary of SVK MOD discusses coordinating fight against hybrid threats
State Secretary of the SVK Ministry of Defence Marian Majer today met State Secretary of the SVK Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs Martin Klus to discuss coordinating the fight against hybrid threats. The bilateral meeting took place in the…
Call for voluntary financial donations to support the families of the departed servicemen Col Tisoň and Cpl Husenica
"Our fellow colleague and friend Col Anton Tisoň passed away suddenly, without saying goodbye, at the age of almost 53 on 20 April 2020. He leaves behind his wife with a daughter, aged 5, as well as 3 children from his previous marriage," said col…
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď discusses options for supporting employment in SVK defence industry with representatives of National Union of Employers
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď and Secretary General of the Service Office of the SVK Ministry of Defence Peter Kozák today discussed options for supporting employment in the SVK defence industry with representatives of the National Union of Employ…
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď meets French Ambassador Christophe Léonzi
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď today received the Ambassador of the French Republic to Slovakia, His Excellency Mr Christophe Léonzi, at the Ministry of Defence today (21 April 2020). In their first official meeting, they spoke about areas of furth…
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď speaks by phone with Czech Defence Minister Lubomír Metnar
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď today spoke by phone with Czech Defence Minister Lubomír Metnar to introduce himself as the incumbent Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic. On this occasion, they discussed ways of fostering the Defence engageme…
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď: Support for the SVK defence industry is a strategic interest of the State
The new MOD leadership considers support for the SVK defence industry as a strategic interest of the State. In working towards this, Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď and State Secretary of the SVK Ministry of Defence Marian Majer discussed ways of su…
Armed Forces Academy receives 2.9 million in EU funding on refurbishment and modernisation of buildings
The M. R. Štefánik Armed Forces Academy in Liptovský Mikuláš has received €2.9 million in non-repayable funding from the European Structural and Investment Funds. The financial resources will go towards refurbishing and modernising residential bui…
New Defence and Foreign and European Affairs Ministers commit to cooperating more closely than ever before
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď and Foreign and European Affairs Minister Ivan Korčok today confirmed that under their leadership both ministries will commit to cooperating more closely than ever before. They want to do so to overcome the previous p…
Sonic boom likely as MiG-29 fighter jets undertake training sortie
The SVK Ministry of Defence has issued a warning to the public as a training flight of SVK AF MiG-29 fighter jets is scheduled to take place today (16 April 2020) at approx. 17:00 local time on the following flight path: Sliač – Liptovský Mikuláš …
SVK military's intense engagement in fight against COVID-19 takes its toll on health of service members
In addition to massive assistance tasks in support of SVK Police, the Armed Forces have been engaged in high risk COVID-19 operations under the guidance of the SVK Central Crisis Staff. The SVK military's intense role in protecting SVK citizens in…
Extraordinary meeting of Allied Defence Ministers dominated by COVID-19 pandemic
Allied Defence Ministers today convened an extraordinary meeting via video conference to discuss the Alliance's response efforts to the COVID-19 crisis. In discussions, they reviewed NATO's activity in support of Allies in battling coronavirus and…
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď: I am surprised at the boldness of former Minister Mr Gajdoš to question my statement on the state of the MOD as I have inherited it
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď is opposed to the assertions made by former Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš over the state of the projects prepared by the MOD under his leadership. Speaking for SITA Slovak News Agency, Peter Gajdoš stated that the pro…
Serviceman tests positive for COVID-19
A SVK Armed Forces serviceman from Nitra Garrison tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday (14 April 2020). He and his family have been in self-isolation at home. How he became infected is unknown. Given his state of health, there is no need for hos…
Servicemen come back from RSM in Afghanistan, MOD secures the return of a SVK civilian national to Slovakia
In the evening hours of Tuesday 14 April 2020, a SVK Government Air Service plane touched down at Sliač Air Base with 29 servicemen onboard, returning from Resolute Support Mission (RSM) in Afghanistan. On the same flight, the MOD also took action…
MiG-29 fighter jets on training flights may cause sonic boom
The SVK Ministry of Defence has issued a warning to the public as training flights of SVK AF MiG-29 fighter jets are scheduled to take place today at approx. 11:00 and 13:00 local time on the following round-trip flight path: Sliač – Liptovský Mik…
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď speaks by phone with NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană
The current situation on the COVID-19 pandemic in the world, the measures in place to mitigate the spread of the virus and its impact on NATO's activities were the topics of discussion by Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď and NATO Deputy Secretary Gen…
Service personnel assist State Material Reserves with offload and transport of medical supplies as part of Operation Courier
Today (13 April 2020), over 40 service members offloaded more than 20 tonnes of personal protective equipment (PPE) from a cargo aircraft from China at M. R. Štefánik Airport in Bratislava. As part of Operation Courier, they transported the medica…
SVK Armed Forces continue to gather swab samples in eastern Slovakia and launch their first civil-military operation – Op UMBRELLA 1
The SVK Armed Forces have today launched their historically first civil-military operation – Op UMBRELLA 1. It is aimed at ensuring civic life and security in the sealed-off Roma communities. Meanwhile, specialist Armed Forces teams have been cont…
Central Military Hospital in Ružomberok launches COVID-19 testing on its own
On Monday (6 April), the Slovak National Uprising Central Military Hospital Ružomberok – Faculty Hospital (ÚVN SNP Ružomberok-FN) has launched its own pilot testing for COVID-19 with the real time RT-PCR method. The hospital's current capacity is …
