Márton Navarrai Mészáros
Ten Medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Milan
15:14 August 28, 2025
Military athletes of the HDF 1st Sports Company performed outstandingly at the 2025 ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Championships in Italy, ending on Sunday: they won ten medals, as well as numerous ranking places.
Peace is not granted
16:48 July 9, 2025
“We are living in a decade where peace is not granted – it must be earned. Earned through strength, unity, and determination” – emphasized General Dr. Gábor Böröndi, Chief of HDF Defence Staf at the opening of the conference of NATO Allied Land Command (LANDCOM). The event is being held at Buda Castle Garden Bazaar, Budapest this week.
Praying for Peace in Lourdes
14:37 May 22, 2025
The 65th International Military Pilgrimage was closed with a Holy Mass in the underground Basilica of St. Pius X in Lourdes, Southwest France on Sunday, 18 May. According to Catholic Military Bishop Brigadier General Tibor Berta, participants of the pilgrimage in Lourdes convey the message of the Gospel.
Military Pilgrimage: The Way of the Cross Can Be Matched to Human Life
11:48 May 20, 2025
On the second day of the ongoing 65th International Military Pilgrimage, 17 May, Saturday, Catholic Military Bishop Brigadier General Tibor Berta told the military pilgrims starting the way of the cross that the two-kilometre uphill journey symbolises the last trials of Jesus’s suffering, but it can also be matched to our lives.
Lourdes: The Sanctuary of Prayer, Conversion and Penance
11:24 May 20, 2025
In the year of hope, let us renew our faith as the “pilgrims of hope” – called us upon Catholic Military Bishop Tibor Berta on the first day of the 65th International Military Pilgrimage on 16 May. The pilgrimage began with the participation of more than two hundred Hungarian soldiers in the underground Basilica of St. Pius X in the town of Lourdes in Southwest France, in the late evening.
Pilgrimage is the Force of Cleansing
11:55 May 16, 2025
More than two hundred Hungarian military pilgrims are participating in the 65th International Military Pilgrimage to Lourdes, Southwest France, said Brigadier General Tibor Berta, Catholic Military Bishop, at the holy mass held in the Chapel Notre Dame of the place of worship on 15 May.
War Must Be Ended
14:12 January 21, 2025
The Russo-Ukrainian War going on for almost three years must be ended, said Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky at the reception held in the honour of the members of the Budapest Military Attaché Corps (BMAC) in the Bálna Defence Centre on 20 January.
The Future is for the Youth
16:59 January 14, 2025
The Hungarian Defence Forces can offer an alternative to every life situation, declared Dr. Zsolt Kutnyánszky, MoD State Secretary for Armed Forces Development and Defence Policy at the 25th Educatio International Education Expo in Hall A, Hungexpo Budapest on 10 January.
Special Cooperation
11:13 November 13, 2024
The cooperation between the Army of North Macedonia and the Hungarian Defence Forces is being tightened, as it was said at the official meeting of Chiefs of Defence Major General Sashko Lafchiski and General Dr. Gábor Böröndi in the Balaton Street building of the Ministry of Defence, Budapest on Tuesday, 12 November.
NCOs Thinking in Community
13:50 July 18, 2024
The Hungarian Defence Forces NCO Academy held its International Conference of NCO Academies for the second time in Szentendre between 10 and 13 July.