Dr. Zsolt Kutnyánszky
08:02 January 22, 2024
Both Arms of the Armwrestler Staff Sergeant are Gold
14:07 August 29, 2024
The Hungarian national armwrestling team gave its best performance at the world armwrestling championship held in Chisinau, by winning 19 medals altogether, including 9 gold medals. Staff Sergeant Brigitta Kőváriné Ivánfi, a soldier of the HDF Military Training Centre, returned home from the championship with two gold and two bronze medals.
Members of HDF Sports Company Have Proven their Skills both as Olympians and Soldiers
13:59 August 29, 2024
Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky and General Dr. Gábor Böröndi, Chief of HDF General Staff, welcomed the military athletes participating in the XXXIII Summer Olympic Games at a ceremony held in the Ministry of Defence on Wednesday, 28 August.
EUFOR Reserve Company Activated
09:16 August 26, 2024
On 24 August, a company of Hungarian troops, an Over-the-Horizon Reserve Force of EUFOR arrived in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to join Exercise Quick Response 2024, the largest-scale training event of the European Union Force (EUFOR) Operation Althea. Force Commander (COMEUFOR) Major General László Sticz PhD received the company led by First Lieutenant Zoltán Ocsák at the Croatia–BiH border.
NATO Award for Hungarian Soldiers Serving in Kosovo
09:12 August 26, 2024
The commander of the Tactical Reserve Battalion of the NATO-led KFOR mission (KTRBN), Lieutenant Colonel Dávid Szent-Imrey recently presided over a Medal Parade ceremony in Camp Novo Selo to mark the end of the assigned personnel’s tour of duty.
Hungarian Air Force Day in the Balkans
18:03 August 21, 2024
The Day of the Hungarian Air Force was celebrated in Sarajevo with the participation of the EUFOR Helicopter Unit and air force troops.
Chief of Defence Staff on a mission tour
17:56 August 21, 2024
General Gábor Böröndi, Chief of Defence Staff of the Hungarian Defence Forces, Brigadier General Balázs Szloszjár, Commander of the Joint Operations Planning and Control Center of the Defence Staff of the Hungarian Defence Forces, and Command Sergeant Major of the Hungarian Defence Forces ensign Zoltán Kaszab paid a visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo in the past few days.
The pride of the Hungarian Air Force parade over the Danube River
17:51 August 21, 2024
After the military officers’ commissioning ceremony on 20th August, the air show has always been a much-awaited event, during which Hungary’s fighter planes, combat helicopters, and military transport planes can be admired in Budapest.
Hungarians want peace, soldiers are needed to protect the homeland
17:42 August 21, 2024
On the national day of the establishment of the Hungarian state, and the day of Hungary’s state-founding king, Saint István, the military officer cadets took their commissioned officer oath in front of the Houses of Parliament. On Kossuth Square, Minister of National Defence Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky said that the long line of previous generations could never enjoy complete peace, and there has never been a period of time when trained soldiers were not needed.
They have fought the good fight, they have kept the faith
11:30 August 13, 2024
The Hungarian Olympians returning home from Paris were received by a celebrating crowd in the Puskás Statue Park. The sportsmen arrived right from the airport to receive the first words of appreciation on home soil. Besides the soldiers of the HDF Sports Company, MoD State Secretary for Sport Dr. Ádám Schmidt was also present at the event.
Multinational cross-training in Kosovo
11:20 August 13, 2024
Extremely complex and realistic – this is how one could best characterize the multinational cross-training organized by the KFOR Tactical Reserve Battalion (KTRBN), which took place at two different locations and involved close to 500 personnel at the end of July.