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Tisza Party President and Prime Minister Designate Péter Magyar announced seven ministers of the incoming Tisza government at a press conference held after the first session of the parliamentary group of the party. The future head of government told the press that Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi would be the minister of defence.Read more

Imaginary mine explosion, passing through illegal checkpoints, continuous observation – all this happened not on the set of an action-packed war movie but during a complex patrol exercise of the 47th International Military Observers Course. Twenty-six students participated in this serious test of physical and mental strength.Read more

In the interest of skill retention and development, the Hungarian infantry company of the Hungarian-led multinational NATO Forward Land Forces Battle Group (FLF BG HUN) held a unit cohesion training event. During the training sessions, the company operating under the 2nd Grenadier Battalion of the HDF 30th Mechanized Infantry Brigade practiced how to react to various combat situations, conduct seize and hold operations and perform patrol duties.Read more

The HH-60W Jolly Green II combat rescue helicopters of the US 56th Rescue Squadron and 57th Rescue Squadron have arrived in Pápa, Hungary from Aviano Air Base, Italy.Read more

For many years, Hungarian servicemembers have been responsible for conducting Fire Phobia training for newcomers arriving in the Kosovo area of operations. This time, the 2nd Infantry Company of the 34th rotation of the HDF KFOR Contingent held a training session for the North Macedonian personnel serving under KFOR Regional Command-West (RC-W), during which Hungarian soldiers demonstrated the necessary techniques stepwise.Read more

In recent days, the military athletes of the Hungarian Defence Forces Sport Company won two silver and two bronze medals at the European Wrestling Championships in Tirana, Albania.Read more

The NATO Allied Joint Doctrine Development Course has been organized by Hungary already on the tenth occasion in Budapest. The HDF Transformation Command is hosting a five-day course that started on 20 April. Co-organized with the NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT) and the NATO Standardization Office (NSO), the course provides training for doctrine custodians and developers.Read more

More than one hundred EUFOR soldiers and local and international civilian employees gave blood on 14 April at the Institute for Transfusion Medicine of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo.Read more

On Thursday, 16 April, General Dr. Gábor Böröndi, Chief of HDF Defence Staff travelled to Lille aboard the Falcon aircraft of the Hungarian Defence Forces at the invitation of General Fabien Mandon, his French counterpart, in order to attend the Distinguished Visitors’ Day of the international Exercise Orion 2026.Read more