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Defence Minister Dr Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi received a Japanese delegation at the Ministry of Defence on 7 September.Read more

Hungarian peacekeepers took part in spectacular tasks at EUFOR’s largest training event. During Exercise Quick Response 2026, conducted at numerous locations in Bosnia and Herzegovina between August 22 and September 3, the peacekeeping mission of the European Union practiced how to rapidly reinforce its in-theatre forces and respond in a coordinated manner to a rapidly changing security situation.Read more

Deep-water diving equipment, orientation tasks, mental math, day and night dives await Hungarian, Czech and Slovak military divers during the one-week Exercise Open Water organized at the Nyéki Lakes in Hungary. In the middle of the week, the participants put their professional knowledge to the test by making decompression dives in Debreczeni Lake.Read more

The Hungarian government reinforces the country’s participation in the European Union’s EUFOR Althea peacekeeping operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, government spokesperson Anita Köböl announced in Budapest. It was stated at the government press conference that the authorised strength of the reserve forces kept on standby in Hungary will rise from 150 to a maximum of 300 personnel, and that they may be deployed to the area of operations for up to 380 days instead of the previous 90 days, if necessary.Read more

“The issue of innovation has never before been as essential in military medicine as in our days” – noted General Zsolt Sándor, Chief of HDF Defence Staff in his speech delivered at the first NATO Medical Innovation Workshop held at Bálna Defence Centre, Budapest.Read more

Central European armed forces face similar challenges when it comes to reaching out to young people, recruitment and personnel retention, which is why it is important to learn about each other’s best practices and examine which of these can be applied in the Hungarian context as well – emphasized General Zsolt Sándor, Chief of the HDF Defence Staff, following the Central European Defence Cooperation (CEDC) Chiefs of Defence meeting held in Slovenia.Read more

Major Domonkos Balázs Pászthory, a soldier from the 1st Grenadier Battalion of the HDF 30th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, has completed his military postgraduate studies at Texas A&M University and has recently returned home from his posting lasting nearly two years.Read more

The military athletes of the HDF Sports Company return home from the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań with a splendid haul of medals. They won three gold and five silver medals in the individual events, one bronze medal in the pairs, and, as members of the fours, one gold and one silver.Read more

During Exercise Quick Response 2026 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the reaction times and crisis management protocols of the flight crews of Hungarian helicopters declared to the EUFOR reserve force are tested in the most unexpected situations. The aim is to ensure that, alongside other participants, airmen from the HDF 86th Helicopter Wing are also able to respond to any problem in record time.Read more