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Minister of Defence in meeting with new US Ambassador
Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš met with the new US Ambassador, His Excellency Mr Adam H. Sterling, to discuss options for co-operation in the field of defence. Topics included defence spending, strategic documents, modernisation, troops on op…
Co-operation goes on successfully
Among the topics discussed at the meeting between Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš and Major General Courtney P. Carr, the Adjutant General of the Indiana National Guard, were the participation of Indiana National Guard members in international…
Exercise Slovak Shield 2016 puts to the test soldiers' abilities
At the Training Centre Lešť on 6 Oct, exercising troops formed up for the opening ceremony of Exercise Slovak Shield 2016, officiated by Lt Gen Pavel Macko, the officer in command of the exercise. A total of 1,400 SVK Armed Forces servicemen an…
Cadets compete at AFA
On 4-7 Oct, the General M. R. Štefánik Armed Forces Academy (AFA) in Liptovský Mikuláš hosted a knowledge-based competition for military college cadets from across the EU countries, dubbed the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) Olympics.…
Heroes deserve our respect
SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš and Prime Minister Robert Fico paid their tribute to the heroes of the Carpatho-Dukla Offensive. In attendance at the ceremony were Chief of the General Staff of the SVK Armed Forces Gen Milan Maxim, Deputy …
Minister meets with Chairman of the EU Military Committee
Under the Slovak Presidency of the Council of the European Union, SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš met with the Chairman of the European Union Military Committee (CEUMC), General Mikhail Kostarakos, shortly before the EUMC Away Day meeting …
Slovak Security Forum
The 10th edition of the conference entitled Slovak Security Forum 2016, devoted to the topic of drafting the Security Strategy of the Slovak Republic and the Defence Strategy of the Slovak Republic, was opened by the SVK MOD State Secretary, Ró…
First voluntary soldiers
The voluntary military training (VMT) programme was concluded by 22 men and 9 women during a ceremony where they swore the SVK Armed Forces Oath of Allegiance and were promoted into the rank of 2nd Degree Pte. During the 12-week training they a…
International exercises contribute to better force readiness
International exercises organised in Slovakia enable SVK troops to practise, besides the exercise's intent, carrying out road moves, escorting vehicles, as well as the logistics that goes hand in hand with that. “The exercises where we have the…
Minister opens conference
Under the Slovak Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Bratislava hosted the Conference on the Global Strategy for the EU's Foreign and Security Policy (EUGS) – Defence Policy Aspects. On Tuesday, 27 Sept, the conference was opened b…
Government approves the White Paper on Defence of the Slovak Republic
The Security Council of the Slovak Republic and the SVK Government adopted the White Paper on Defence of the Slovak Republic, providing a political-strategic and resourceful framework for a long-term development of the State's defence. It sets out…
Meeting by Defence Ministers
SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš welcomed the EU Defence Ministers to Bratislava for an informal meeting, guided under the leadership of the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European…
Governments in joint session
During the meeting of the SVK-CZE governments, SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš and CZE Minister of Defence Martin Stropnický assessed the progress of bilateral co-operation and the relations between the countries. High on the agenda of the…
Anniversary of the 1938 mobilisation
Working in collaboration with military history clubs, the Petržalka Fortification Museum Civic Association held a commemorative happening over the weekend to mark the 78th anniversary of the 1938 general mobilisation. It was held under the ausp…
Armed Forces Day
SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš, joined by Chairman of the National Council of the Slovak Republic Andrej Danko, Chief of the General Staff of the SVK Armed Forces Gen Milan Maxim, and other distinguished guests, attended the celebrations …
Visit by Ambassador
Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš met with the Romanian Ambassador to the Slovak Republic, HE Mrs Steluţou Arhire. Topics of discussion included bilateral co-operation, contemporary security issues, migration, and the Bratislava Summit. Peter Ga…
Exercise Tobruq Legacy 2016 gets underway in Slovakia
The international exercise Tobruq Legacy 2016, aimed at synchronising the interoperability of the Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) systems of the NATO Member States, kicked off in the Slovak Republic. The exercise is being attended by 8 countrie…
Minister of Defence awards Olympians from MSC Dukla
Minister of Defence received the successful Olympics representatives from the Military Sports Centre Dukla Banská Bystrica (MSC DBB) on 19 Sept. Matej Tóth, Juraj Tužinský, Jakub Grigar, Marcel Lomnický and Peter Gelle and their coaches paid a …
St Hubert in military fashion
The Minister of Defence visited Pliešovce to participate in the celebrations of St Hubert Day, the patron of hunters. Within Defence, the remit for hunting as an ecological forest management activity falls under the state-run plant Military For…
Bratislava Summit and soldiers
Soldiers, Military Police (MP) personnel and members of other MOD security elements played a role in delivering the security measures for the Bratislava EU Summit on Friday. Service personnel patrolled alongside policemen of the Police Corps of…
