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2018 War Veterans Amendment Act passes through first reading
The 2018 War Veterans Amendment Act today had its first reading in the SVK Parliament’s plenary. The Amendment Act will enable the MOD to refurbish a building as a residential home for elderly veterans and thus meet one of the goals set out in …
MOD update on movements of military convoys across Slovakia
The SVK MOD wishes to inform the drivers in Slovakia about the upcoming Allied military movements, scheduled from 12-18 Mar 2018. A total of 29 Allied road moves will take place across Slovakia over the period. They will mainly involve HUN and …
P. Gajdoš: NATO Allies pledge to refund 100 per cent of the costs of our demining project in Iraq
NATO Allies have pledged to refund the total costs of the ongoing Slovak demining project in Iraq via the NATO Defence Capacity Building (DCB) Trust Fund. The project was prepared by a specialist SVK MOD and GS team in close collaboration with the…
More attractive Active Reserves are a step closer to becoming a reality, the SVK Parliamentary Committee on Economic Affairs today approved the Conscription Amendment Act
The SVK Parliamentary Committee on Economic Affairs today approved the Conscription Amendment Act, whereby the soldiers in the reserves who have been transferred to the Active Reserves will undergo training to carry out tasks in the Armed Force…
The agenda of the 878th plenary meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation on regional defence cooperation
The 878th plenary meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation under the Slovak Presidency continued with a discussion on military regional engagement, with a focus on the V4 military and defence cooperation. As a representative of…
P. Gajdoš: Slovakia’s EuroArtillery project enters its implementation phase
Slovakia’s EuroArtillery Indirect Fire Support project is becoming a reality. Today in Brussels, EU Defence Ministers approved the initial list of 17 collaborative projects of the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) in the field of securit…
Official Statement from the SVK MOD on the statements of OĽANO party members
It is impossible to respond professionally to the insane conspiracies of the OĽANO party. The SVK MOD distances itself from the conspiracies of the OĽANO party. The current Minister of Defence calls on the OĽANO Parliamentary Group to stop expl…
SVK MOD to launch a campaign in support of Voluntary Military Training with the motto: “Our country needs each of us – YOU TOO!”
These days the SVK MOD is launching a marketing and communication campaign to increase public awareness of the Voluntary Military Training (VMT) scheme. The MOD seeks to reach out to as many young people as possible, to awaken their interest in…
MOD update on movements of military convoys across Slovakia
The SVK MOD wishes to inform the drivers in Slovakia about the upcoming Allied military movements, scheduled from 5-11 Mar 2018. A total of 14 Allied road moves will take place across Slovakia over the period. They will mainly involve CZE troop…
Minister Gajdoš gives the promised surprise gift to golden Anastasiya Kuzmina, she will enjoy rest with her entire family at a spa
SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš today fulfilled his promise and gave Anastasiya Kuzmina the promised surprise gift for the three Olympic medals she won at this yearʼs Winter Olympics. She and her husband and children will spend a week at a…
Minister Gajdoš remembers the anniversary of the tragic event at Military Repair Plant in Nováky
SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš today attended a ceremony to remember the victims of the tragic blast of 2 March 2007 at the Military Repair Plant (MRP) in Nováky, which claimed 8 lives and dozens were injured. In his remarks, SVK Mi…
V4 Senior Body meeting
On 27-28 February 2018, State Secretary of the SVK Ministry of Defence Róbert Ondrejcsák attended the second meeting of the V4 Senior Body during the HUN V4 Presidency in Budapest. The V4 Deputy Defence Ministers discussed the agenda of the upc…
Colonel R. Császár assumes the appointment of Commander NATO Explosive Ordnance Disposal Centre of Excellence
Colonel Róbert Császár today took up the appointment of Commander NATO Explosive Ordnance Disposal Centre of Excellence (NATO EOD COE), taking over from Colonel Ľubomír Mrváň. The Change of Command (COC) ceremony was held at the Trenčín Garrison C…
Minister Gajdoš to initiate penal action against an unknown offender for spreading a hoax about Mi-17 helicopters
SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš is to initiate penal action against an unknown offender for spreading a hoax about the SVK Air Force Mi-17 helicopters, to be exact, for the claims that the defence capability of the Slovak Republic has been…
A grounded Mi-17 helicopter earmarked for the Air Search and Rescue (SAR) Service is already performing its role
A grounded Mi-17 helicopter earmarked for the Air Search and Rescue (SAR) Service has already been test-flown and is fully capable and ready to perform SAR missions in support of domestic crisis management. The test-flight was required after th…
Minister of Defence P. Gajdoš pays tribute to the Romanian soldiers who laid down their lives in liberating Slovakia in WWII
SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš today visited Senohrad and Oremov Laz at the Training Centre Lešť to pay tribute to the memory of the fallen Romanian soldiers who along with the Red Army and the Czechoslovak units liberated Slovakia in WWI…
MOD update on movements of military convoys across Slovakia
The SVK MOD wishes to inform the drivers in Slovakia about the upcoming Allied military movements, scheduled from 26 Feb –4 Mar 2018. A total of 27 Allied road moves will take place across Slovakia over the period. They will mainly involve POL …
SVK Armed Forces have temporarily grounded their Mi-17 helicopter fleet
The SVK Armed Forces have temporarily grounded their fleet of Mi-17 helicopters. However, in the coming days one of the helicopters is expected to be operational again for the purposes of the Air Search and Rescue (SAR) Service. It will be avai…
NFIU SVK marks the Change of Command ceremony, Colonel Štefan Acsai assumes the appointment of Commander NFIU SVK
Colonel Štefan Acsai today officially took up the appointment of Commander NATO Force Integration Unit Slovakia (NFIU SVK). During the Change of Command (COC) ceremony, he has replaced the historically first NFIU Commander, Colonel Jozef Ze…
Soldiers bid their last farewell to Major Peter Pavlovský
The funeral service for Major Peter Pavlovský with full military honours was attended by his family and friends, SVK Armed Forces personnel, and MOD leaders this afternoon (20 February) in Zamarovce at Trenčín. Major Peter Pavlovský died last w…
