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Military Hospital Ružomberok has a new director
A new director of the Slovak National Uprising Central Military Hospital – Faculty Hospital Ružomberok has been appointed today. MUDr Peter Vaněk has been entrusted with running the hospital until a regular competitive selection process is conc…
Candidates interested in joining the Active Reserves still have a month to submit their applications
Candidates interested in joining the Active Reserves still have a month (until 31 August) to apply. Training exercises will run between April and June 2019, whereas the SVK Armed Forces plan to train over 300 active reservists. Those who meet t…
Minister Gajdoš and CHOD Zmeko meet with NSHQ Commander Vice Admiral C. J. Kilrain
Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš and Chief of Defence Lt Gen Daniel Zmeko today (27 July 2018) welcomed Commander of the NATO Special Operations Headquarters (NSHQ) Vice Admiral Colin J. Kilrain to the MOD. The July NATO Brussels Summit, Slovak…
Kuchyňa Air Base will be temporarily closed due to scheduled repair works on runway pavements
Kuchyňa Air Base, home to the General M. R. Štefánik Transport Wing, will be temporarily closed due to scheduled repair works on the runway pavements from 27 July 2018 to the end of August 2018. The operational air assets in service with the Wi…
Minister Gajdoš files a motion to initiate an inquiry into the legality of the Slovak Recruits paramilitary organization
SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš has filed a motion with the Office of the Prosecutor General to initiate an inquiry into the legality of the paramilitary group Slovak Recruits. The reason for this is that the group provides military traini…
Minister Gajdoš commemorates 138th anniversary of General M. R. Štefánik's birthday
SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš today (21 July 2018) visited the village of Košariská to commemorate the 138th anniversary of General M. R. Štefánik's birthday. During the commemoration ceremony, the Minister along with DCHOD/COS Maj Gen M…
Minister Gajdoš hands over another two UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to airmen, to be used on civil contingency and other operations
Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš today handed over two new UH-60M Black Hawk utility helicopters to Slovak airmen during a handover ceremony at the Helicopter Wing Prešov. This brings the total number of the helicopters in service with the SVK …
Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš meets Commander of the NATO Multinational Corps North-East Lt Gen Manfred Hofmann
Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš today (18 July 2018) received Lt Gen Manfred Hofmann, Commander of the NATO Multinational Corps North-East (MNC NE) Szczecin, as Lt Gen Hofmannʼs tenure as COM MNC NE is coming to an end. During their meeting, t…
Students of Childrenʼs Comenius University spend a day with soldiers in Levice
This year, too, service personnel prepared a rich programme for students of Childrenʼs Comenius University. This is the 8th time that soldiers have demonstrated their day-to-day work and equipment to the summer students and involved them in tra…
Minister Gajdoš meets with Swedish Ambassador Eduards
Slovak Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš today (16 July) received the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to Slovakia, Her Excellency Ms Helen Eduards, at MOD Main Building. On this occasion, Minister Gajdoš thanked the Swedish Government for th…
Minister Gajdoš meets with US Ambassador Sterling
SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš today (13 July) met with the US Ambassador to Slovakia, His Excellency Mr Adam H. Sterling, at MOD Main Building. The Minister thanked the US Congress for approving the Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) r…
Another 2 UH-60M Black Hawks come into service with the SVK Armed Forces
A short while ago another two UH-60M Black Hawk military utility helicopters touched down at the Helicopter Wing Prešov. This brings to the total number of the helicopters in service with the Slovak Air Force to 4. The additional 5 UH-60M Black…
V4 Ministers of Defence adopt the Joint Statement on the Brussels NATO Summit
V4 Ministers of Defence have adopted the Joint Statement of the Visegrad Group Ministers of Defence on the Brussels NATO Summit, in which they recognize that close regional cooperation in the field of defence has important added value in defini…
Slovakia to join the NATO project on joint procurement and storage of Land Battle Decisive Munitions
At the NATO Summit in Brussels on 12 July 2018, SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš along with Defence Ministers of 15 NATO Allies and Partners (Austria, Finland and Republic of Northern Macedonia) signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) …
SVK delegation to the NATO Summit in Brussels reaffirms Slovakia’s commitments and support to NATO’s open door policy and closer NATO-EU cooperation
At the July 2018 NATO Summit in Brussels, the Slovak delegation, led by President and Commander-in-Chief of the SVK Armed Forces Andrej Kiska, today reaffirmed Slovakia’s commitments to increased defence spending and participation in operations…
Cabinet adopts a historic decision, Slovak skies will be protected by US F-16 fighter jets
Protection and sovereignty of Slovak airspace and close air support to land forces will be delivered by US F-16 Block 70/72 fighter jets. This follows from todayʼs decision by the Slovak Security Council and the Cabinet. From a modernization pe…
MOD to procure 3D radars through G2G sale
The new 3D RL medium, short and very short range radars will be procured by the SVK MOD through a Government-to-Government (G2G) sale. This proposed solution has today been approved by the Slovak Security Council and the Cabinet. The G2G sale i…
Exercise Mace XIX: 19 countries are participating in this yearʼs largest air exercise in Slovakia
Members of the SVK Air Force along with 19 NATO and Partner Air Forces are participating in Exercise Mace XIX. This 19th edition of the largest air exercise in Slovakia will test the capabilities of almost 300 Slovak airmen and air defenders an…
VMT soldiers transition into their first days of military training
Voluntary Military Training (VMT) soldiers have transitioned into their first days of military training. 87 civilian volunteers, of whom are 23 women, have been undertaking military training since Monday (2 July) at the Training and Mobilisatio…
Minister Gajdoš pays homage to the legacy of missionaries St Cyril and St Methodius
SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš along with Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko and Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini today took part in the nation-wide commemorations of St Cyril and St Methodius in Nitra. During the Holy Mass, members of th…
