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Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš visits Sarajevo for talks with Minister of Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina Marina Pendeš
On his official visit to Sarajevo today (6 December), Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš met with Minister of Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina Marina Pendeš for talks on the SVK deployment on Op EUFOR ALTHEA and the potential areas of cooperatio…
MPs will move on to debate second reading of Military Police Amendment Act in Parliament
Military policemen are closer to having their powers extended, which will allow them to perform tasks to a higher standard and more efficiently. MPs will now move on to debate the second reading of the MOD-sponsored Military Police Amendment Ac…
NATO Mission Iraq: Slovak soldiers will deploy on NATOʼs non-combat mission to Iraq
SVK Army soldiers and Military Police personnel will deploy to Iraq to perform tasks as part of the NATO Mission Iraq (NMI). The proposal for their deployment was approved today by Parliament. 42 Armed Forces personnel will serve in Iraq,…
MOD fully respects Prime Ministerʼs position on purchase of F-16 fighter jets
The final decision on the signing of the agreement on the replacement of the SVK Air Forceʼs fighter jet fleet falls fully within the competence of the SVK Government. The MOD has never cast any doubt whatsoever on this proposition. On Friday 3…
SlovakAid: Slovak Republic delivers official humanitarian aid to Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Head Office of Ecumenical Pastoral Service in the SVK Armed Forces, working in cooperation with the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, prepared and delivered the 6th humanitarian aid consignment, donated by the S…
MOD signs Technical Arrangements for procurement of U.S. F-16 fighter jets
Based on the SVK Governmentʼs decision, the Slovak Ministry of Defence, represented by National Armaments Director Col Vladimír Kavický, has today (30 November) signed respective Technical Arrangements for launching the SVK Air Forceʼs fighter …
NATO Partnership Training and Education Centres meet in Brussels, Slovak Armed Forces Academy presents its activities as well
In recent days, the General Milan Rastislav Štefánik Armed Forces Academy (AOS) has presented its activities at the 2018 NATO Partnership Training and Education Centres (PTEC) Marketplace in Brussels. The aim of the meeting, bringing together…
Exercise Anakonda-18: SVK troops embark on Ex An-18, Polandʼs largest training event
120 troops from HQ 2nd Mechanized Brigade and other elements of the SVK Army will participate in Ex Anakonda-18 (AN-18), Polandʼs largest exercise, organised by the Polish Armed Forces on Bemovo Piskie Training Area in Orzysz, Poland. …
P. Gajdoš: Biathletes Paulína and Ivona Fialková have our full support, it is absolutely unjustifiable that they are banned from representing Slovakia
Members of the Military Sports Centre DUKLA Banská Bystrica Paulína and Ivona Fialkové have the full support of Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš and Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sports Martina Lubyová. This information was confi…
NRF/VJTF: Elite 5th Special Forces Regiment undergoes certification for NATO Spearhead Force
62 personnel of the elite 5th Special Forces Regiment (5th SOF Regt) Žilina are undergoing a Special Operations Forces Evaluation (SOFEVAL) process in order to confirm their capabilities in support of the NATO Response Force’s Very High Readine…
Service pay will increase significantly next year
Service pay will increase significantly next year. This follows on from the Personnel Management Concept which is now being finalised. The MOD will submit it to the Cabinet for consideration this December. Under the new pay arrangements, th…
Soldiers will participate in floorball league, they want to inspire young people to join Army
Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš wants to stir up pupilsʼ and studentsʼ interest in doing sports and following a healthy lifestyle as a prerequisite to join the Army. Towards this end, the MOD has teamed up with the TV JOJ Foundation to cooperate …
Cooperation with Private Secondary Technical School Exnárova 20, Bratislava – Ružinov has the potential to contribute to MOD efforts to modernise SVK Air Force
Open Doors Day at Private Secondary Technical School Exnárova 20, Bratislava - Ružinov (SSOŠ Ružinov), which is aimed at promoting the technical study programmes to be opened in the 2019/2020 school term, has attracted the Slovak Armed Forces. …
A new Memorial, commissioned in memory of servicemen and women who have died in the line of duty on missions and operations abroad, unveiled on Háj-Nicovô Hill
A new Memorial, commissioned in memory of the servicemen and women who have died in the line of duty on crisis management missions and operations abroad, has been unveiled today (22 November) in the grounds of the Memorial and War Cemetery on H…
V4 EU Battlegroup will be reinforced by Croatia in 2019
The V4 EU Battlegroup will be reinforced by Croatia in 2019. This was confirmed by the V4 defence ministers and their Croatian counterpart as they signed the Note of Accession of Croatia in a signing ceremony held on the margins of the EU Defen…
EU defence and foreign affairs ministers confirm a new wave of PESCO projects in Brussels
The second wave of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) projects – the joint initiative of EU countries is becoming a reality. This was confirmed by EU defence and foreign affairs ministers at the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (Def…
State Secretary Róbert Ondrejcsák in visit to Canada
State Secretary of the SVK MOD (Deputy Minister of Defence) Róbert Ondrejcsák paid a visit to Canada on 14-18 November 2018, to hold a series of bilateral talks with his partners from the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) and repres…
Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day: Let us not allow the legacy of 17 November 1989 to fade away, says P. Gajdoš
Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš along with Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko attended a ceremony held in observance of Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day at the Monument dedicated to the Victims of Communism at the cemetery in Bratislava…
Minister Gajdoš welcomes troops returning from Iraq and bids farewell to Afghanistan-bound personnel
Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš welcomed 25 soldiers returning from the NATO Training and Capacity Building Initiative in Iraq (NTCB-I) during a homecoming ceremony at the Repair Battalion in Martin today (16 November). That same day, he also …
Best performers of Military Sports Centre Dukla Banská Bystrica receive awards for 2018
Today (15 November), best performers of the Military Sports Centre Dukla Banská Bystrica received awards in 8 categories for their 2018 sporting successes during an awards ceremony in Banská Bystrica. Also in attendance at the gala evening were…
