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MSgt Andrej Brzuľa selected as 2019 Best NCO of the Year
A selection process for the 2019 Best Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year in the Slovak Armed Forces was completed on 3 December 2019 at the 5th Special Forces Regiment Žilina. The commission, led by CSEL of the Slovak Armed Forces Sergeant Major…
Minister Gajdoš visits Slovak service personnel deployed in support of NATO’s eFP in Latvia
Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš today visited the Slovak soldiers deployed under Canadian command in support of NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) on Ādaži Training Area in Latvia. During his visit to Latvia as part of the delegation of Prime Mi…
Martin-based soldiers fire small arms and throw hand grenades on Martin Garrison’s Sučany Training Ground
Individual elements of the Mechanised Battalion Martin have fired small arms and thrown hand grenades on Martin Garrison’s Sučany Training Ground in this last week of November. Battalion Commander Lt Col Rudolf Ďurník reminds that all Battalion un…
Soldiers to help maintain public order and security in run-up to Christmas and over Christmas festivities
Service personnel will go out on mixed foot patrols with members of the SVK Police Corps to maintain public order and security in Bratislava in the run-up to Christmas and over the Christmas festivities. A total of 270 military personnel will part…
Slovak Armed Forces (Amendment) Bill 2019 clears Parliament
Members of Parliament have approved the Slovak Armed Forces (Amendment) Bill 2019. It aims to extend the purposes for which SVK service personnel may be deployed on missions and operations, as Slovakia follows through on its commitments under the …
Another 4 contemporary veterans inducted into MOD Hall of Fame by Minister Gajdoš
Another four contemporary veterans were today inducted into the Ministry of Defence Hall of Fame by Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš during a Veterans Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony held at the Radošina Theatre in Bratislava. During this traditional…
Commemorating Tokajík tragedy victims
To mark the 75th anniversary of the Tokajík tragedy wherein the village was burned down and 32 villagers were executed by Nazis for supporting partisans in WW2, an Act of Commemoration was held in Tokajík on Friday 22 November 2019. Representing t…
ISTAR Battalion members complete parachute training jumps over Prešov airfield
Parachute training for selected members of the Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition & Reconnaissance (ISTAR) Battalion Prešov is culminating at Prešov airfield in this third week of November. Deputy Commander of the ISTAR Battalion Maj M…
Minister Gajdoš congratulates WW2 veteran Elena Kotočová on her 100th birthday
Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš today visited the village of Selce near Banská Bystrica, to congratulate Mrs Elena Kotočová, participant of the WW2 national struggle for liberation and veteran, on her 100th birthday, which she celebrated last month.…
P. Gajdoš: Even 30 years on, the legacy of 17 November 1989 has a lot to teach us
SVK MOD civilian and military staff gathered in front of MOD Main Building to commemorate yesterday’s Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day as well as the legacy of 17 November 1989. On this occasion, Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš highlighted the…
Minister Gajdoš commemorates Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day and communist-era victims
Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš along with Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko and members of the Cabinet commemorated Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day and the victims of the communist regime at a ceremony held at the Memorial to the Executed …
Results of PhotoAttack and Gallery MIL 2019 announced in Trenčín
Results of the Defence-wide PhotoAttack and Gallery MIL 2019 Competitive Displays were announced at a ceremony at the Trenčín Garrison Club on 14 November 2019, in the presence of Director of the Slovak Armed Forces Personnel Office Col Ivan Sálaš…
Defence Minister orders that readiness of armed forces to assist citizens with flood relief be checked
Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš has tasked the Chief of Defence to check the readiness of standby units of the Slovak Armed Forces for potential deployment on flood relief operations. “In the event of requests for assistance by the crisis staffs …
MOD provides military psychologists for the surviving next of kin of the road crash victims
The MOD has made its military psychologists of the Psychological Intervention Team available to the surviving next of kin of the victims who died in a road traffic accident involving a bus and a lorry at the village of Nitrianske Hrnčiarovce today…
Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš is heading to the scene of the tragic bus accident
Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš is heading to the scene of the tragic road traffic accident involving a bus and a lorry. He expresses his sincere condolences to the surviving next of kin and reassures that the Armed Forces are ready to help deal wit…
EU Defence Ministers adopt third set of PESCO projects in Brussels
EU Defence Ministers met at the Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) in Brussels and adopted a decision to launch the third set of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) projects. The adoption of the new 13 projects brings the total number of PESCO…
P. Gajdoš: Ex Slovak Shield 2019 tested the capabilities and readiness of armed forces to defend the Slovak Republic
Ex Slovak Shield 2019 tested the capabilities and readiness of armed forces to defend the Slovak Republic. SVK Armed Forces personnel confirmed their readiness and ability to cooperate with Allied troops. This statement was made by Defence Ministe…
Trenčín War Cemetery – National Heritage Site
A large number of war cemeteries sprang up throughout today’s Slovakia over the course of the First World War. The cemeteries contain 23, 316 WW1 graves. One of them, the Trenčín-Kubrá War Cemetery where 771 soldiers of 9 nationalities (338 Czech…
MOD marks International Veterans Day with Act of Commemoration and Run in Tribute to Veterans
To mark International Veterans Day and the 101st anniversary of the WW1 Armistice today (11 November 2019), an Act of Commemoration dedicated to victims of both World Wars and all armed conflicts was held at the Petržalka-Kopčany War Cemetery, Bra…
Minister Gajdoš holds talks with Czech Minister of Defence L. Metnar
SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš today held talks with CZE Minister of Defence Lubomír Metnar in Valtice, Czech Republic. At their meeting, they discussed current issues of bilateral cooperation in the field of security and defence and appreci…
