At the Army training area “Krivolak”, the Special Operations Battalion, of the Special Operations Regiment (SOR) and the Engineering Battalion, of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade (1stMIBde) carried out a joint demonstration exercise “Use of mine explosive devices for specific tasks in the ARM”. In the first section of the exercise “Demolition of elements and…
The servicemen in the Army of the Republic of Macedonia successfully demonstrated their shooting skills acquired during the 25-year existence of ARM by participating in the eleventh international shooting tournament “Grand Prix Skopje-2017” that was held today at the shooting range “Kamnik” in Skopje. On behalf of the Chief of General Staff of ARM, the…
The Chief of ARM General Staff Lieutenant General Metodija Velichkovski participated at the eleventh Conference of Chiefs of General Staffs of the Balkan countries, today (10.05.2017) in Athens, Greece. The topics discussed at the conference were related to the geopolitical stability of Southeastern Europe and ways of military cooperation in order to deal with the…
On 10.05.2017, at MoD and GS of ARM premises an expert meeting on the project “Balkan regional approach to Air Defence – BRAAD” was held. The aim of this meeting was to conduct an overview of the activities within the framework of the BRAAD initiative that have already been completed and at the same time…
ARM Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Metodija Velichkovski had a regular meeting with the newly appointed non-resident Republic of Turkey defense attaché for Macedonia, Lieutenant Colonel Rushen Abidinoglu. During the meeting they discussed issues related to cooperation in the field of defense with special emphasis on the joint participation in the peacekeeping mission ‘Resolute Support’…
ARM Military Orchestra held a significant concert of military music in the Army House in Skopje, as part of activities to mark the 25 years since the establishment of the Army of Republic of Macedonia. As many times before the Military Orchestra, part of the Ceremonial Guard Battalion, played compositions of famous domestic and foreign…
A delegation of the Macedonian Army (ARM), led by the Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Metodija Velickovski had an official visit of the KFOR command in Pristina. During the visit, CHOD of ARM had a meeting with KFOR Commander Major General Giovanni Fungo, which is their first official meeting since General Fungo was appointed…
The cooperation of ARM with the USA Armed Forces (AF) for Europe and the meetings of ARM Chief of General Staff, Lieutenant General Metodija Velichkovski and Major General Ben Hodges continue in various forms of activities towards training the officers of both armies. As a result of these meetings a group of young USA Armed…
