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Minister Gajdoš briefs President Čaputová on current MOD tasks
Today (9 July 2019) at Grasalkovich Palace, Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš met with President and Commander-in-Chief of the Slovak Armed Forces Zuzana Čaputová for talks on the current tasks being taken on by the Ministry of Defence. On this …
Armed Forces deploy Black Hawk helicopter to battle fire across difficult terrain
Service personnel are once again assisting firefighting efforts. This time the fire is burning across difficult mountainous terrain within the cadastral municipality of Bystrá (below Mount Chopok, Low Tatras). After undertaking prescribed firef…
Students of Children’s Comenius University learn more about challenging military jobs in Sereď
Active duty soldiers of the Engineer Battalion Sereď and 12th Mechanised Battalion Nitra have prepared a programme for students of Children’s Comenius University for the next two days. They have an opportunity to familiarise themselves with mil…
Voluntary Military Training continues in Martin
With an opening ceremony on Monday, 1 July 2019, the Voluntary Military Training (VMT) scheme has been underway at the Training and Mobilization Manning Base Martin. Of 122 applicants, 44 met the entry conditions and reported to the Base. The f…
Service personnel are gearing up for military parade in tribute of Slovak National Uprising heroes
In preparation for the 75th anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising (SNP), these days members of the Slovak Armed Forces are gearing up for a military parade to be held on 29 August 2019 in Banská Bystrica. In this way, too, the Slovak mili…
Minister Gajdoš holds talks with Chairman of the NATO Military Committee Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach
Slovak Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš held talks with Chairman of the NATO Military Committee Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach at MOD Main Building today (2 July 2019). Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach is visiting Slovakia to take part in th…
V4 EU Battlegroup to be on standby again from 1 July 2019
The V4 EU Battlegroup will be on standby again from Monday, 1 July 2019. The Slovak Republic has made available 229 members of the SVK Armed Forces to cater for the needs of the V4 EU BG. Its standby period will last until 31 December 2019. …
SVK Army corporal becomes winner of 14th Iron Man Competition
Winner of the 14th Iron Man Competition, which was held at the Training Centre Lešť on 27 June 2019, is Corporal T. from the Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) Battalion Prešov, with members of the Police…
Minister Gajdoš confirms Slovakia’s readiness to fulfil its Allied commitments and continue contributing actively to NATO’s collective defence
Slovakia is ready to continue delivering on its obligations stemming from NATO membership not only by stepping up defence expenditure, but also by participating in international crisis management missions and operations. This announcement was m…
NATO Defence Ministers discuss the potential and risks of new technologies
NATO Defence Ministers met in Brussels today (26 June 2019) for talks on current security challenges, with the development of new technologies, their use for joint defence purposes and the risk of their misuse topping the agenda. Defence …
75th anniversary commemorations of Allied landings in Normandy
Representing the SVK MOD at the 75th D-Day anniversary commemorations in the French coastal town of Arromanches was SVK Defence Attaché to France Col Peter Knánik. On this occasion, a Memorial Plaque dedicated to the Czechs and Slovaks who part…
Minister Gajdoš meets U.S. Ambassador A. Sterling
SVK Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš met U.S. Ambassador His Excellency Mr Adam H. Sterling for a farewell meeting at the MOD today (24 June 2019), since his Diplomatic Service appointment as U.S. Ambassador to the Slovak Republic nears its end. T…
MOD announces that U.S. helicopters will overfly Slovakia
The Ministry of Defence announces that U.S. AH-64D Apache helicopters will overfly the territory of Slovakia on their way from Romania to Germany on 24-26 June 2019. A total of 7 helicopters will transit Slovak airspace, with a stopover at Piešťan…
Italian civilian airliner loses all communication over Slovakia, it is escorted to Ukrainian border by MiG-29 interceptors
As part of the North Atlantic Alliance’s NATINAMDS, two MiG-29 Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) interceptors were scrambled from Sliač Air Base this evening (23 June 2019) to establish contact with an Italian civilian airliner that had lost all commu…
Minister Gajdoš meets with winners of Students’ Defence Duels series at Lešť
Today (22 June 2019), Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš met with the secondary school students undertaking a 48-hour military training, dubbed “CAMP 2019”, led by professional Army instructors at Slovakia’s unique Training Centre Lešť. This is mean…
Successful debut course for Military Police Active Reserves
The Training and Canine Branch, Military Police Department Vlkanová-Hronsek, organised a debut course for the Military Police Active Reserves in the second and third week of June 2019. The course was attended by 9 active reservists, of whom 4 w…
Slovak troops to continue their eFP tasks in Baltics
Slovak troops will continue to perform their tasks as part of NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) in the Baltics. The proposal for Slovakia’s continued deployment of up to 152 SVK Armed Forces personnel was approved by the Parliament today (…
NATO Air Force Armaments Group Steering Committee meets at Lešť
Under the auspices of Director General of the Modernization Department (SVK MOD)/ National Armaments Director Col Vladimír Kavický, the NATO Air Force Armaments Group (NAFAG) Steering Committee held working sessions at the Training Centre Lešť …
Soldiers support SVK Floorball League, boosting cooperation with schools
The nation-wide finals of the SVK Floorball League culminated in Košice today (18 June 2019). For the first time, the competition was joined by 240 members of the Slovak Armed Forces in order to encourage the nation’s youth to do sports, live a…
Slovak missiles over Baltic Sea
The LIVEX phase of Ex Tobruq Legacy 2019 culminated with live firing on 17 June 2019 at the Ustka Training Range, located on the coast of the Baltic Sea, Poland. Visiting the exercise along with Deputy Commander of the Slovak Air Force Brig Gen…
