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Defence department’s budget shall see one of the biggest rises
According to the government’s proposal, the SVK MOD’s budget for fiscal year 2016 shall see one of the biggest rises from among all ministries. Additional financial resources are primarily allocated for modernization projects. By using the reso…
M. Glváč: The events in Paris may be called Europe’s 9/11
Minister of Defence Martin Glváč sent a letter of condolence to the Minister of Defence of the French Republic. “It was with deepest sorrow that I received the shocking news of the unprecedented and cowardly terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday…
Act on Security of State
The National Council (NC) of the Slovak Republic passed the Constitutional Draft Bill on the Security of the State in a Time of War, State of War, State of Belligerency and State of Emergency. Equally, the NC endorsed the Act on voluntary milit…
Remembrance Day
At the cemetery in Petržalka – Kopčany, where 331 soldiers of several nationalities are buried, a memorial ceremony was held on 11 November, which is observed in the world as the Remembrance Day, to mark the anniversary of the end of World War …
Fully fledged NATO members
At the invitation of Chief of the General Staff of the SVK Armed Forces Lt Gen Milan Maxim, General Denis Mercier, Supreme Allied Com-mander Transformation (SACT), paid a visit to the Slovak Republic for the first time since assuming his duties…
Exercise Balaton 2015
The SVK soldiers made it through their first days of the exercise Balaton 2015 in Káposvár, Hungary. The members of the combat service support brigade Trenčín and 1st mechanized brigade Topoľčany provide logistic support. They are ready to repa…
Slovak troops participate in the largest joint V4 exercise
The largest joint V4 exercise dubbed COMMON CHALLENGE 2015, which started on 14 November and should finish on 20 November, is being held in Poland, with nearly 3,000 troops taking part in the exercise. At the same time, it is the certification …
Tribute to fallen veterans
The State Secretary of the SVK Ministry of Defence, Miloš Koterec, accompanied by the 2nd Vice Chief of the General Staff of the SVK Armed Forces, Maj Gen Pavel Macko, attended a commemoration ceremony to mark Veterans’ Day in Čuňovo at Bratisl…
M. Koterec in visit to Montenegro
The State Secretary of the SVK Ministry of Defence, Miloš Koterec, met with the State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence of Montenegro, Bojan Šarkić. During the meeting, they assessed bilateral relations and discussed options for defence coop…
Prospects of cooperation
Cooperation between the SVK MOD and the U.S. Embassy in Slovakia is at a high level. This was acknowledged by SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč and the Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Slovakia, Liam Wasley. Martin Glváč informed Lia…
Minister in burned-down forest
SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč familiarized himself with the situation in the military forests near the town of Kežmarok struck by fire on Tuesday afternoon. The fire burned 200 hectares of forest and approx. 100 hectares of young tree co…
In memory of J. Stank
To mark All Souls’ Day, SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč and Chief of the General Staff of the SVK Armed Forces Lt Gen Milan Maxim attended a commemoration ceremony dedicated to the memory of the deceased Slovak Minister of Defence Jozef St…
Joint exercise Balaton
Within the exercise Balaton 2015 held in Hungary, the members of the SVK Armed Forces will provide the logistic capabilities like transportation of personnel and materiel, repairs and maintenance of the wheeled equipment or supplying potable wa…
Soldiers to train more together with the other security forces
The joint exercise of the policemen, soldiers and firefighters was held in the 11 districts, with the checkpoints and monitoring points counting altogether to 126. One hundred and nineteen soldiers and five members of military police operated a…
Tender cancelled by Aircraft Repair Plant
The Aircraft Repair Plant Trenčín revoked invitation to tender for a strategic partner to acquire a long-term lease of the plant. Such decision was adopted by Chair of the Board of Directors of said company, based on the recommendation by the s…
We are ready to assist
The SVK Armed Forces can deliver part of its ROLE 2E Field Hospital along with its medical staff to Slovenia in an effort to help resolve the migration crisis. Provided that Slovenia expresses its interest in our assistance, the SVK MOD will se…
Together with Lithuania
The main theme on the agenda of the meeting between SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč and the Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania Loreta Zakarevičienė was the strengthening of bilateral cooperation in the field of defence. The Slovak Rep…
NATO’s largest exercise is being attended by our communications and information systems specialists
Slovak communications and information systems (CIS) specialists are providing support to communications systems for this year’s largest Allied exercise, Trident Juncture 2015, in Spain. From the beginning of September to mid-November, a total o…
Minister of Defence announces 11th Literary Competition for students
SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč announced the 11th Literary Competition for secondary school and college students. This year they are invited to join the competition by sending their stories, compositions or essays on the theme: “Life in p…
New dean of AFA
Slovak President Andrej Kiska appointed doc. Jozef Puttera as the new dean of the General Milan Rastislav Štefánik Armed Forces Academy (AFA). He succeeded the outgoing dean, Brig Gen Boris Ďurkech. “The Slovak Armed Forces need well-train…
