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Slovak tricolour will be represented at Beijing Winter Olympics by 15 DUKLA Military Sports Centre athletes
15 athletes of the DUKLA Military Sports Centre Banská Bystrica are joining the SVK National Team delegation to the Beijing Winter Olympics. Historically, this is the second highest number of athletes to represent DUKLA at the Winter Olympics. The…
Deputy Defence Minister Majer pays tribute to Bloody Sunday victims in Ostrý Grúň
On Sunday 21 January 1945, Ostrý Grúň was the first of the hamlets in the Kľak Valley to feel the retaliations of the German occupying forces against local residents for supporting partisans in the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) in World War II. T…
Under MOD's remit, SNP Museum enjoys great support with its budget up by half as much against last year
Having been moved to the remit of the Ministry of Defence, the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) Museum has seen its operational budget rise up by 50% against last year. The Museum can also rely on other forms of support like collection care and cons…
Ministry of Defence issues traffic warning over scheduled military movements across Slovakia
The MOD has issued a traffic warning to motorists as 8 Allied road movements and 1 Allied rail movement are scheduled to take place across Slovakia from 24 to 30 January 2022. The MOD stresses that the Allied transit movements have been approved i…
WW2 fighter pilot legend Otto Smik was born 100 years ago
Today (20 January 2022), the Institute of Military History commemorates the 100th birthday of legendary Czechoslovak pilot Otto Smik, the most successful Slovak pilot to have served in the ranks of the Royal Air Force (RAF) in WW2. This excepti…
Kuchyňa Air Base has been kitted out with new airport radars
46 Wing Kuchyňa is the first SVK Air Force station to have been kitted out with new airport radars. Being instrumental to controlling air traffic, the radars are already operational. The state of the art reliable radar systems have finally replace…
Minister Naď at Hejce: Time flies, but pain remains after the loss of close ones
19 January 2006 saw the worst air disaster ever to strike Slovakia in its history when the Slovak Air Force Antonov AN-24 transport aircraft that was carrying SLOVCON KFOR personnel returning from their tour of duty in Kosovo crashed into Hill Bor…
Ministry of Defence issues traffic warning over scheduled military movements across Slovakia
The MOD has issued a traffic warning to motorists as 12 Allied road movements are scheduled to take place across Slovakia from 17 to 23 Jan 2022. The MOD stresses that the Allied transit movements have been approved in line with the SVK Public Hea…
Ex Saber Strike is a unique occasion for practising defence capabilities side by side our allies
More than a year on from their start, the Slovak Armed Forces are finalising preparations for international Ex Saber Strike, designed to practise critical defence capabilities and to facilitate cooperation of military personnel in a multinational …
Minister Naď: The current situation in Ukraine confirms the strategic importance of the transatlantic partnership
The discussions of the Foreign Affairs Council (Defence) in France's Brest were dominated by the current developments and security situation on Europe's eastern border. Speaking during the meeting, Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď said: “Ukraine h…
The highest intake of new recruits in the past 5 years report for basic military training
The highest intake of new entrants to the Armed Forces (including trainee soldiers and professionally qualified officers) in the past 5 years have reported for basic military training. Due to the available training capacity and organisational cons…
Agreement on Defense Cooperation between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Slovak Republic
A Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) is a framework agreement to implement all facets of defence cooperation the United States offers to its partners (including U.S. Government investments in the partners' defence capabilities and infrastructure)…
Defence Minister Naď meets new Swedish Ambassador Markovic for talks on quality and enhancement of defence and security cooperation
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď met the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden to Slovakia, Her Excellency Ms Annika Markovic at the Ministry of Defence today (11 January 2022). The discussion, which was the first opportunity for Ambassador Markovic to…
Ministry of Defence issues traffic warning over scheduled military movements across Slovakia
The MOD has issued a traffic warning to motorists as 13 Allied road movements are scheduled to take place across Slovakia from 10 to 16 Jan 2022. The MOD stresses that the Allied transit movements have been approved in line with the SVK Public Hea…
Five countries present their bids for the Slovak 8x8 AFV programme, they are coming up for evaluation by a project team of experts
The Ministry of Defence received bids for the Slovak Armed Forces' 8x8 Wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) Programme. Czechia, Finland, Romania, Spain and the US submitted their bids by the official deadline of 31 December 2021, with some coun…
WW2 veteran Vladimír Strmeň fulfils his musical dream with his partisan songs to be aired on Monday evening
What was once 93-year-old WW2 veteran Vladimír Strmeň's dream of singing and recording his partisan songs with professional musicians has now become a reality thanks to the Slovak Armed Forces Band Banská Bystrica in close cooperation with Slovak …
MOD wants to recognise extraordinary acts in the Military Deed of the Year Awards
The Ministry of Defence wants to recognise last year's extraordinary acts of the men and women across Defence, who, displaying humane character and sending out a strong moral message, often perform over and above the standard expected of their rol…
MOD has invested over €20 million in infrastructure for soldiers
The Ministry of Defence continues driving improvements to Service conditions for military personnel. In 2021, the MOD has completed infrastructure and building upgrade projects worth over €20m. The funds have gone towards reconstructing Defence es…
SLOVCON in Latvia is a valuable contribution to NATO's collective defence
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď and Chief of Defence Gen Daniel Zmeko joined Slovak President and Commander-in-Chief of the Slovak Armed Forces Zuzana Čaputová and her delegation in visiting Slovak military personnel deployed on NATO's enhanced Forw…
Deputy Defence Minister Majer brings a bit of homeland to SVK military personnel deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Cyprus
As part of the pre-Christmas tradition of visiting military personnel on operations abroad, Deputy Defence Minister Marian Majer headed off to meet with our soldiers deployed with EUFOR Op Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina and with UNFICYP in Cypru…
