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New soldiers complete training
The final training exercise for trainee soldiers, members of the Basic Military Training Company, culminated at the Sučany Garrison Training Area. The 24-hour exercise was geared towards enhancing the expertise and survival skills of train…
Operation Resolute Support
The Slovak Republic will engage in the new non-combat NATO operation in Afghanistan dubbed Resolute Support. From 1 January 2015, 66 Slovak troops will start operating in the operation. The proposed mandate for the members of the SVK Armed Forc…
Slovak female commanders in Bosnia
Currently, there are approximately 600 troops from 21 countries serving in the EUFOR - ALTHEA operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The position of troops from the SVK Armed Forces is particularly important, mainly with respect to the fact that …
SVK Defence Minister reacts on publicized information on purchase of weapons
Since purchasing small arms has changed into a political game, from which some of the opposition members of parliament try to make a political capital, we consider it necessary to state our view. As the Eastern-European security environmen…
Veterans in Hall of Fame
At the Slovak National Theatre, the SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč ceremonially introduced six contemporary veterans into the Hall of Fame. For their extraordinary deeds, that had been recorded in the chronicles of the SVK MoD’s modern hi…
Literary competition in its 2nd round
The literary competition of the SVK MOD entered its Phase 2. A total of 210 literary secondary school- and college-level contributions entered the contest. The SVK MOD Literary Committee selected the best five papers. They are available at Literár…
Seminar on Presidency
On the premises of the SVK MOD Club, the intradepartmental seminar was held on the upcoming SVK Presidency in the EU Council in the second half of 2016. The seminar officially opened by an address made by Miloš Koterec, State Secretary of SVK M…
Freedom not to be taken for granted
SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč commemorated the 25th anniversary of Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day at the Executed and Tortured Prisoners’ Memorial, located at the cemetery in Vrakuňa, Bratislava. “November 1989 marks a decis…
Veterans Day being established as a tradition also in Slovakia
To mark Veterans Day, the State Secretary of the SVK Ministry of Defence, Miloš Koterec paid his respects at the Western Resistance Movement Participants Memorial on Šafárik Square, Bratislava. Organized by the SVK Ministry of Defence together …
Cooperation with Turkey
Minister of Defence Martin Glváč met with the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkedy Gülhan Ulutekin. They evaluated bilateral relations of the both countries, namely in the field of defence industry and in the field of education and training. “…
Paying respects to veterans
SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč honoured the memory of war veterans at the military cemetery in Petržalka – Kopčany, Bratislava. The commemorative event coincided with the end of the First World War, as the whole world marked Veterans Day.…
Remediation of environmental burdens via EU funds
The SVK Ministry of Defence has brought the competitive bidding for remediation of environmental burdens to a successful end and is now entitled to draw on EU funds. To sign a contract on remediation of environmental burdens has taken over a ye…
Disposal of cluster munitions
On the 1 week of November, members of the NC EOD Nováky disposed of the artillery ammunition in the premises of the Military Technical and Testing Institute (MTTI) Záhorie. “They were AGAT/JRKK 122 mm rockets made in Slovakia and used in system…
State Secretary in Brussels
On 6 – 7 November, the State Secretary of the SVK MoD Miloš Koterec had negotiations in Brussels with NATO representatives on implementation of measures to strengthen the eastern border of the Alliance. With Alexander Vershbow, Deputy Secretary…
Seminar on co-operation
On 4 – 5 November, at the SVK MOD’s Club, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Defence Attaché Office in Bratislava together with the Institute for Defence and Security Studies organized a specialized event focused on bilate…
Run in honour of veterans
On Tuesday, Minister of Defence Martin Glváč fired a starting pistol to start a run in tribute to war veterans. The first annual run was organized by the Department of Defence on the occasion of the World Run Day and the Veterans Day. The start…
Largest modernization project
The SVK Ministry of Defence and representatives of the Italian company Alenia Aermacchi signed an agreement on the delivery of two Alenia C-27J Spartan tactical transport aircraft. “After 20 years this is the first real and at the same time mos…
Paying tribute to SNU pilots
SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč granted, posthumously, the 70th Anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising (SNU) and the End of WWII Commemorative Medals to Arsenije Boljević (1904 – 1953) and Sava Poljanec (1907 – 1966), former Yugoslavi…
Troops practise transporting military hardware by rail
Parts of the military hardware used by SVK troops during Exercise Ground Pepper at the Lešť Training Area made its way to respective military units by rail. The greatest advantage of this type of transport consists in the speed and cohesiveness…
Government’s endorsement for purchase of tactical transport aircraft
The Security Council of the Slovak Republic and the SVK Government endorsed a purchase of two tactical transport aircraft Alenia C-27J Spartan. “It was the final stage of the process that started yet back in 2008, which we have informed about f…
