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Vlhová belongs with elite
Petra Vlhová of the Military Sports Centre Dukla Banská Bystrica (MSC DBB) demonstrated to be in perfect shape by earning third place at the Women FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup Slalom in Lienz, Austria. A great success for Slovak skiers and the M…
Sportsmen of the Year 2015
The representative of Slovakia and the Military Sports Centre Dukla Banská Bystrica (MSC DBB), MSgt Matej Tóth earned second place in the most prestigious sports survey Sportsperson of the Year. After taking seventh and fourth places, the world…
Greetings beyond borders
SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč and Chief of the General Staff of the SVK Armed Forces Gen Milan Maxim connected via a computer network with the servicemen and women who were deployed on operations abroad during this festive season. They w…
New names in the Hall of Fame
As a token of respect and gratitude for their remarkable deeds, Minister of Defence Martin Glváč inducted into the Hall of Fame six modern-era veterans. “Usually, troops leave for the operations for half a year, but many of the awarded have ser…
Presidential visit
President of the Slovak Republic Andrej Kiska, Commander-in-Chief of the SVK Armed Forces, made on 17 December a traditional Christmas visit to the Defence Department. President met with Minister Martin Glváč, Chief of the General Staff of…
Defence Minister awards winners of literary contest
SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč met with the winners of the 11th annual literary contest on the premises of the Defence Department. Ivana Csalová from the Comenius University in Bratislava, Peter Kromka from the Comenius Gymnasium in Lipan…
Counter-terrorism measures designed to increase potential deployment of armed forces
Within the framework of fight against terrorism, the SVK Armed Forces’ potential deployment will increase. This emerged from the document approved by the SVK Government. “We immediately responded to the terrorist attacks in Paris and we adopted…
Inauguration of AFS Chancellor
The inauguration of the new Chancellor of the Milan Rastislav Štefánik Armed Forces Academy in Liptovský Mikuláš, Doc. Ing. Jozef Puttera, CSc., took place on 15 December in the assembly hall of the Academy, in the presence of the Director Gene…
Minister awards sportsmen
The race walker Matej Tóth and the alpine ski racer Veronika Velez- Zuzulová are the best athletes of the SVK Ministry of Defence in 2015. Besides them, Minister Glváč also awarded the most successful couches, teams and young sportsmen fro…
Petra Vlhová claims military sports centre Dukla unites sports elite
On Sunday, Petra Vlhová of the Military Sports Centre (MSC) Dukla claimed a maiden victory in Women's Slalom at the Alpine Skiing World Cup in Åre, Sweden. Another success for Slovakia and the MSC Dukla was also a great sixth place of Veronika …
Visit to the United States
Cooperation in the field of defence, defence expenditures, the fight against terrorism and the service of our soldiers in Afghanistan – such were the topical themes of the negotiations between SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč and the U.S. Depu…
Ambition to develop cooperation with Poland in various fields of defence
State Secretary of the SVK Ministry of Defence Miloš Koterec and Under-Secretary of State for defence policy and international cooperation at the Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Poland Tomasz Szatkowski, who made a visit to Slov…
Visiting Slovak troops at exercise Balaton in Hungary
SVK Chief of Defence Gen Milan Maxim visited the members of the SVK Armed Forces taking part in the international exercise Balaton 2015 in Hungary. The troops from the Combat Service Support Brigade Trečín and from the 1st Mechanized Brigade To…
Wide public decides on winners of the MOD’s literary competition
The eleventh annual literary competition under the auspices of SVK Minister of Defence has come to know its winners. In the competition took part 295 works that have met the criteria of the contest opened to the high school and university students…
On Cooperation with Canada
Further development of the Slovak – Canadian relations, cooperation in the field of modernization of the armed forces and current security challenges – these were the issues raised during the discussion between the State Secretary of the SVK MO…
Minister handing over vehicles
In an official ceremony, SVK Minister Martin Glváč handed over 47 new vehicles Volkswagen Golf and one utility vehicle Volkswagen Krafter to the members of the Armed Forces, Military Police and components of the Ministry of Defence. These vehic…
Experts to be deployed to Mali
Slovak troops are to join the EU Training Mission in Mali (EUTM Mali). This follows from the proposal adopted by the SVK Government. Accordingly, the SVK Armed Forces will dispatch a maximum of 5 Service members to Africa for a 6-month tour of …
SVK President appoints and promotes generals
President of the Slovak Republic and Commander-in-Chief of the SVK Armed Forces Andrej Kiska has appointed three new generals of the SVK Armed Forces and promoted one to the highest military rank. Chief of the General Staff of the SVK Arme…
Back home from Trident Juncture
Slovak troops are back from Trident Juncture 2015, the biggest allied exercise this year. The exercise took place across the western Mediterranean, with the troops from all NATO countries and 7 PfP countries taking part in the exercise. Startin…
We are ready to help
At the Foreign Affairs Council session at the level of defence ministers, France emphasized that the terrorist attacks in Paris were an armed attack on France as well as the whole EU. In this difficult situation, France decided to ask the EU me…
