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2025 Will Be the Year of Breakthrough in the Hungarian Defence Forces as well
14:52 February 26, 2025
The Hungarian Defence Forces’ rearmament is a huge strategic task that can be measured on a decades-long scale, declared Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky in his speech at the annual conference of Hungarian defence, military and air attachés on 25 February.
Operation and training with a new German-Hungarian joint venture
13:01 February 21, 2025
From now on, Leopard Hungary MRO Ltd, a new German-Hungarian joint venture with Hungarian majority holding is responsible for the operation of the Hungarian Defence Forces artillery and armor fleet and the training of Hungarian experts – the Hungarian managing director of the company in Munich told Hungarian news agency MTI on Thursday, 20 February, following the signing of the company’s founding document.
Headquarters Multinational Division Centre reaches Full Operational Capability
12:52 February 11, 2025
“Strength is reflected not only in weapons and numbers, but also in the readiness and will to defend what we value highly” – emphasized Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on Monday, 10 February, in relation with the Székesfehérvár-based Headquarters Multinational Division Centre (HQ MND-C) reaching Full Operational Capability (FOC).
We must act today for the peace of the future
17:50 January 20, 2025
The establishment of the SOF barracks in Szolnok will be one of the biggest development projects, not only in Hungary but also in Central Europe – announced Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky at the groundbreaking ceremony of the new military complex planned to be built in the place of the old barracks on Thököly Street, Budapest.
Logistic support for this year’s largest-scale NATO exercise
12:14 January 20, 2025
The Hungarian Defence Forces are prepared for receiving NATO forces, and by supporting the transit of Alliance forces, they are actively contributing to this year’s largest-scale NATO exercise” – announced Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky.
The Right of Smaller States
13:31 November 27, 2024
The long-debated European sports model is also on the agenda at the Tuesday meeting of the Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council (EYCS) in Brussels, said Secretary of State for Sports Dr. Ádám Schmidt in his press release.
Hungary is an important and valuable member of NATO
10:35 November 8, 2024
Our common interest is to ensure that Europe is able to preserve its own defence and does not lose even more of its weight in world economy. It will not be up to us, Hungarians – wrote Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on his social media page.
Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky: agreement reached with Sweden on joint development of Gripen fighters
12:57 October 17, 2024
The agreement concluded with the Swedish defence minister on the joint development of Gripen fighter aircraft can be called historic – this was what Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky announced in his video published on his Facebook page on Wednesday.
There can be no peace without a strong defence industry
11:47 September 23, 2024
Europe needs peace, and the strengthening of the defence industry is indispensable to achieving it, said Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky at a defence and military industry conference held at Ludovika – University of Public Service in Budapest on Friday, 20 September.
NATO is needed more than ever
10:12 September 23, 2024
Strong sovereign states make NATO stronger – said MoD State Secretary for Defence Strategy and Human Resources Policy Zsolt Kutnyánszky in Budapest on Thursday, 19 September.