Ágnes B. Halmos
Military diplomacy recognition
11:05 July 30, 2025
On the occasion of completing her military diplomacy service in Hungary, Minister of Defence of Hungary Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky awarded the “Service Medal for Military Diplomacy” to Colonel Feride Tosun, the military attaché of Türkiye accredited to Budapest. The decoration was presented to the colonel by MoD Deputy State Secretary for Defence Policy László Hajnik in the Ministry of Defence on 25 July.
Sharing Hungarian and German lessons learned in logistics
12:58 June 19, 2025
In many aspects, the German–Hungarian relations have outstanding importance, among others because a significant portion of Hungary’s defence industry procurements comes from Germany – declared Major General Zoltán Schmidt, Deputy Chief (Economic Management) of the HDF Defence Staff, who received Lieutenant General Gerald Funke, Commander, Bundeswehr Support Command on his two-day professional visit to Hungary.
The moment of shattering joy
12:09 May 21, 2025
The Falcon 7X aircraft of the Hungarian Air Force with registration 607 landed at 09:00 on 19 May 2025, carrying aboard the mortal remains of the organizer and General Captain of the Royal Hungarian River Guard Richard Wulff Olaf and his wife, Edina Losonczy, which had formerly been buried in Costa Rica.
The Security of Our Region is a Common Cause
11:51 February 25, 2025
“Strengthening military relations and constantly developing interoperability between the two countries’ armed forces is of strategic importance for both countries”, said László Hajnik, MoD Deputy State Secretary for Defence Policy, after the discussion with Defence Policy Director Nikolina Volf, Head of the Sector for Defence Policy and Planning, Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Croatia.
The Goal is Always the Podium
16:23 July 5, 2024
Hungary is a country full of sports talents and it can also be seen in the Hungarian Defence Forces as the parachuting team is among the best in the world, said Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence Tamás Vargha in Szolnok on 3 July.
Continuing development of the armed forces
12:59 April 29, 2024
“Since 2016, we have taken a huge step forward on the path of armed forces development, but this is not enough. The biggest challenge for us still consists in changing our way of thinking. Today, we spend more than 2% of our GDP on defence, therefore we have the political will and the financial resources available for transforming our armed forces”, said General Gábor Böröndi PhD, Chief of HDF General Staff at the forum of the April 26 conference.