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IDEB Bratislava hosts a conference on Slovakia's 20th anniversary as a NATO Ally titled “Stronger Together”
A conference on Slovakia's 20th anniversary as a NATO Ally titled “Stronger Together” was held today as part of the 11th edition of IDEB Defence & Security 2024, which is taking place on 14-16 May 2024 at Bratislava's Incheba Exhibition and Conven…
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Robert Kaliňák opens International Defence Exhibition Bratislava (IDEB) 2024
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Robert Kaliňák and Chief of Defence Gen Daniel Zmeko were delighted to open the 11th iteration of the International Defence Exhibition Bratislava (IDEB) 2024. The trade show, of which the Slovak Minist…
Defence Minister Robert Kaliňák calls his working trip to Malaysia “a successful mission”
Following his official visit to Azerbaijan with Prime Minister Robert Fico, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic Robert Kaliňák completed a working trip to Malaysia. The Slovak MOD delegation was officially received…
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Robert Kaliňák signs two important agreements in Azerbaijan
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Robert Kaliňák along with Prime Minister Robert Fico and other members of the Slovak delegation made an official visit to Azerbaijan for talks with the highest representatives of the State, led by Pres…
Slovak and Spanish Defence Ministers Robert Kaliňák and Margarita Robles Fernández visit NATO Battlegroup troops at MTC Lešť
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic Robert Kaliňák and Minister of Defence of Spain Margarita Robles Fernández visited the Military Training Centre (MTC) Lešť on Thursday 2 May 2024. It is there that the Spanish Co…
Ex Locked Shields 2024: "Collaboration is our protection"
Slovak cyber security specialists once again proved that are among the world's best on the digital battlefield. The Slovakia-Hungary team, comprising representatives of the state, private and academic sectors, gave exceptionally high performance a…
CEDC Defence Ministers confirm the importance of a united voice for the Central Europe region
On a recent working trip to Hungary, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic, Mr Robert Kaliňák spoke at the Budapest Security Dialogue. He was joined on his visit to the Hungarian capital by Deputy Defence Ministe…
Deputy Defence Minister Igor Melicher welcomes U.S. delegation for U.S.-Slovakia High Level Defense Group (HLDG) meeting in Bratislava
Deputy Defence Minister Igor Melicher welcomed a United States Department of Defense (DOD) delegation led by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for European and NATO Policy Lisa Sawyer to the Slovak Ministry of Defence in Bratislava toda…
Defence Minister Robert Kaliňák meets his EU partners in Luxembourg to address today's security challenges
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic Robert Kaliňák participated in this week's joint session of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) as both EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs and EU Ministers of Defence gathered in Luxe…
MOD calls on people not to fly drones over defence facilities and infrastructure
With warm weather coming in and weather conditions getting better, every year the SVK Military Police records a year-on-year surge in civilian drone flights over military facilities and within the airspace of Slovak Air Force bases. Therefore, …
Minister of Defence Robert Kaliňák meets Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III for talks at the Pentagon
During his working trip to the United States, Minister of Defence Robert Kaliňák met his American counterpart, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, for talks at the Department of Defense and visited the Department of State on Friday 1 March 2…
Slovakia takes official delivery of first two F-16 Block 70 fighter jets in USA
A delegation of the Slovak Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces officials, led by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Mr Robert Kaliňák, attended the Slovakia F-16 Block 70 Delivery Ceremony for the first two SVK F-16 fighter jets a…
Defence Minister honours Hejce air disaster victims at Armed Forces Memorial in Háj-Nicovô Memorial Park in Liptovský Mikuláš
Top MOD and Armed Forces officials honoured the memory of the 41 SVK military personnel and one civil servant who died 18 years ago in the SVK AF Antonov AN-24 transport aircraft crash, while returning home from the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR). D…
Defence Minister Robert Kaliňák holds talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his ministerial counterparts in Baku
Defence Minister Robert Kaliňák travelled to Baku for a series of official meetings with the highest representatives of the Republic of Azerbaijan led by President Ilham Aliyev, Defence Minister Col Gen Zakir Hasanov, and Minister for Defence Indu…
Defence Minister declares 27th Military Deed of the Year Awards open for nominations
Defence Minister Robert Kaliňák has declared the 27th Military Deed of the Year Awards open for nominations. The Awards recognise and reward the extraordinary deeds and acts of service by those inside and outside the ranks of the Slovak Armed Forc…
Defence Minister Robert Kaliňák gives his personal thanks to SVK soldiers stationed in Cyprus and meets Cypriot Defence Minister Michalis Giorgallas
Robert Kaliňák, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic, headed off for Cyprus on Saturday (16 December 2023), to meet with our men and women of the Armed Forces serving with the United Nations Peacekeeping Force i…
Defence Minister Robert Kaliňák presents Christmas gifts to SVK soldiers and meets Defence Minister Zukan Helez in his visit to BiH
As part of his visits to Slovak troops serving on operations abroad shortly ahead of Christmas, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Robert Kaliňák met with and talked to the SVK military personnel deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina in su…
Ministry of Defence announces winners of 2023 MOD Creative Writing Competition
This is the 19th time the Ministry of Defence has given secondary school and college students the chance to unleash and give expression to their literary talent through the 2023 MOD Creative Writing Competition. This is one of the MOD's important …
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Robert Kaliňák meets his Czech counterpart Jana Černochová in Prague
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Robert Kaliňák held his first bilateral meeting with his Czech counterpart Jana Černochová at the Czech Defence Ministry in Prague on Thursday 30 November 2023. In that meeting, a presentation of the n…
Junior Soldiers (JS) are welcomed as new members of Slovak Armed Forces
As part of their official entry into a career with the SVK military, new Junior Soldiers (JS) joined the ranks of the Slovak Armed Forces in an Oath of Allegiance ceremony at the Háj - Nicovô War Memorial in Liptovský Mikuláš on 24 November 2023. …
