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P. Gajdoš: Ex COOPSEC 2019 confirms our soldiers are team players ready to cooperate in international environment
Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš visited SVK troops taking part in Ex COOPSEC 2019, a Central European Defence Cooperation (CEDC) exercise, on Ujmajor Training Area in Hungary today (17 Oct 2019). On this occasion, he praised the strong points of the…
Redesign of Nová Polianka as climatic spa gets underway
The former Military Specialized Institute for Pulmonary Diseases Nová Polianka will once again serve the needs of SVK service members and citizens. Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko and Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš symbolically tapped the found…
Soldiers to receive higher Service pay
Higher Service pay for soldiers is now a reality. The Active Duty Soldiers State Service (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to make the Service conditions in the Slovak Armed Forces more attractive, has become an Act of Parliament following its endor…
Mobilization Exercise PREŠOV 2019 to test the readiness of elements of the Defence and Interior Ministries
Mobilization Exercise Prešov 2019, scheduled for 16-18 October 2019, will test the readiness of individual elements of the SVK Defence and Interior Ministries to perform the tasks of State defence when the state of war is declared and mobilization…
Defence Ministers Gajdoš and Metnar pay homage to the heroes of Carpatho-Dukla Operation
SVK Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš along with CZE Defence Minister Lubomír Metnar paid homage to the heroes who died in one of the bloodiest operations of WW2 in Slovakia. Commemorative events marking the 75th anniversary of Carpatho-Dukla Operatio…
Minister Gajdoš commemorates 75th anniversary of 1944 Partisan Parade in Detva
Today (5 October 2019), SVK Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš visited Detva to attend the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the 1944 Partisan Parade, the only military parade to have been held in Slovakia’s insurgent territory during the Slovak …
SVK and CZE engineers exercise along with M. R. Štefánik Armed Forces Academy cadets
Bringing together small engineer units of the SVK and CZE Armed Forces, Ex CETEX 2019 was hosted across the training facilities of the Training Centre Lešť from 29 Sept to 4 Oct 2019. The exercise was also attended by fourth-year cadets, of the Ar…
Zuzana SpGHs fire at Lešt as part of preparations for NATO’s eFP in Latvia
2nd Fire Battery gunners from the Self-propelled Artillery Battalion Michalovce conducted a tactical artillery live fire exercise with Zuzana II Model 2000 Self-propelled Gun Howitzers at the Training Centre Lešť during the first three days of Oct…
Minister Gajdoš awards the citizens who helped the pilot of the crashed MiG-29 fighter jet
During an awards ceremony at the Ministry of Defence today (3 October 2019), Defence Minister awarded Ľuboš Hano and Lukáš Lendel for giving first aid to the pilot of the MiG-29 fighter jet which crashed on Saturday 28 September 2019. On this oc…
Active duty soldiers are one step closer to higher Service pay
Today (3 October 2019), members of the Parliamentary Committee on Security and Defence adopted an approving stand on the Active Duty Soldiers State Service (Amendment) Bill 2019, which aims to make the Service conditions in the Armed Forces more a…
State Secretary Róbert Ondrejcsák meets with Deputy Minister - Under-Secretary of State Paweł Woźny of Polish MOD
A bilateral meeting between State Secretary of the Slovak Ministry of Defence Róbert Ondrejcsák and his Polish counterpart, Deputy Minister - Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of National Defence of the Polish Republic Paweł Woźny was held …
MOD plans to undertake complex reconstruction and upgrade works to Sliač Air Base
The SVK MOD is planning to undertake complex reconstruction and upgrade works to Sliač Air Base in order to meet all the criteria for delivering the defence of the Slovak Republic, while enabling the Slovak Air Force to operate the new F-16s out o…
MOD will redesign Nová Polianka as climatic spa to be opened as early as next year
HOREZZA, an MOD-owned joint stock company, will reopen its Nová Polianka facility. Its reconstruction and redesign as a climatic spa will start already this year. The facility is expected to reopen in 2020 and will cater for the needs of the Armed…
Iraqi War College representatives visit Slovakia
Four Iraqi generals from the War College of the Defence University for Military Studies in Baghdad arrived in Slovakia for an official visit to the Armed Forces Academy (AOS) Liptovský Mikuláš on 26-27 September 2019. The Iraqi delegation was led …
MOD launches 15th Literary Competition with “The inspirational General Štefánik” as main theme
The Ministry of Defence has launched the 15th Literary Competition open to secondary school, college and university students. This year’s main theme is: “The Inspirational General Štefánik”. In this way, the MOD would like to encourage youth to fi…
6th Captain Edmund Makovník Memorial Competition
The Command, Control and Surveillance (C2S) Wing Zvolen organised the 6th Cpt Edmund Makovník Memorial Competition, a 24-hour basic combat skills competition, in Zvolen on 26-27 September 2019. It takes its name after a long-time member of C2S Win…
First Slovak officer to lead NATO Counter Intelligence Centre of Excellence
The NATO Counter Intelligence Centre of Excellence (NATO CI COE) hosted a ceremony of very special significance to Slovakia today (30 September 2019). On his appointment as the first SVK Director of the NATO Counter Intelligence Centre of Excellen…
SVK Cabinet agrees to Slovak Armed Forces (Amendment) Bill 2019
Members of the SVK Cabinet agreed to the Slovak Armed Forces (Amendment) Bill 2019, produced and presented by the Ministry of Defence, with the aim of extending the purposes for which SVK service personnel may be deployed, as Slovakia follows thro…
Minister Gajdoš meets Commander Allied JFC Brunssum General Erhard Bühler
Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš met Commander Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum (JFCBS) General Erhard Bühler for talks at the SVK Ministry of Defence today (23 September 2019). Their meeting was dominated by topics such as NATO’s multilateral col…
P. Gajdoš: We give our Service personnel the thank you they deserve, we continue to improve their Service conditions
Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš and Chief of Defence Gen Daniel Zmeko participated in the celebrations of Slovak Armed Forces Day today (22 September 2019). Head of the MOD thanked all Service personnel for their work in delivering the security and …
