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On Tuesday, 12 May, Defence Minister Dr. Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi was sworn in in the National Assembly.Read more

Figuratively speaking, the ferries and combat vehicles of the Hungarian Defence Forces occupied River Danube on 11 May. They crossed Hungary’s largest river first at Meszes-Gerjen, and then at Fajsz, under cover of night. The wet gap crossing operation of the Lynx infantry fighting vehicles of the HDF 30th Mechanized Infantry Brigade was assisted by soldiers of the HDF 14th Engineer Regiment and the Ohio National Guard.Read more

Colonel Mauro Bruschi, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations of NATO’s Kosovo Force (KFOR), received the Partnership Medal of Merit from Colonel Gábor Hangya, the senior Hungarian national representative to KFOR, in Pristina.Read more

Congratulations to Colonel Imre Szücs on officially assuming the role of Chief of Staff (COS) at NATO Headquarters Sarajevo.Read more

Reservists of the HDF 4th Territorial Defence Regiment are intensively preparing for the upcoming international Exercise Platinum Wolf 2026.Read more

Soldiers and combat vehicles of the Hungarian-led multinational NATO Forward Land Forces Battlegroup (FLF BG) crossed the Danube by ferry at the Meszes–Gerjen ferry site near Kalocsa. Personnel of the HDF 14th Engineer Regiment and the Ohio National Guard, taking part in Exercise Szentes Castle, helped the multinational battlegroup in carrying out the task requiring coordinated teamwork on 11 May.Read more

The Hungarian JAS 39 Gripen fighter aircraft (also) dashed on the spotter day of the multinational flying exercise NATO Tiger Meet, held at the Araxos Airbase, Greece.Read more

“This week the Hungarian Defence Forces are conducting training events together with foreign partners on multiple locations around Hungary in the interest of developing joint operational and reaction capabilities” – said Chief of HDF Defence Staff General Dr. Gábor Böröndi. The general told us that hundreds of Hungarian servicemembers were exercising together with their Italian, American, Slovak, Slovenian and Serbian comrades during these training events organized within NATO and bilateral frameworks.Read more

On Tuesday, 12 May, in Budapest, President of Hungary Tamás Sulyok appointed the ministers of Péter Magyar’s government, so the new cabinet has been formed. Hungary’s new Minister of Defence is Dr. Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi.Read more