Ministry of Defence

Hungarian commander at the helm of EUFOR
08:57 October 4, 2023
Hungarian Major General Dr. László Sticz will lead EUFOR – the European Union’s Operation Althea in Bosnia-Herzegovina – for a year starting from January 2024, announced Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky.

The Hungarian Defence Forces must be supplied with Hungarian-developed and -made equipment
12:06 September 22, 2023
We intend to supply the Hungarian Defence Forces with Hungarian-developed and Hungarian-made military equipment – stated Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky at the NATO DIANA Innovation Week.
The changed security environment has many challenges in store for the defence sector
10:43 September 19, 2023
NATO Innovation Week: the main bodies of NATO’s innovation ecosystem are holding their conferences in Budapest between 18–22 September.
Intensifying Hungarian-Portuguese cooperation
12:36 September 13, 2023
Mr László Hajnik, Deputy Secretary of State for Defence Policy at the Ministry of Defence of Hungary, paid a visit to Lisbon between 6th and 8th September – at the invitation of Major General Nuno Lemos Pires, National Defence Policy Director at the Ministry of Defence – in order to review the bilateral professional relations between Hungary and Portugal, as well as current issues related to NATO and the EU.

They were bound by their oath
11:22 September 11, 2023
The courage and tough endurance of our soldiers of the past should be an example and a guideline in our world today," stated Minister of Defence Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky at the inauguration ceremony of the Hungarian memorial erected at the Monte Grappa military memorial site in Italy. Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament László Kövér, and Parliamentary State Secretary Tamás Vargha, Deputy Minister of Defence, also took part in the commemoration.

Epochal change in the Hungarian Defence Forces
12:42 July 31, 2023
There is an epochal change going on in the Hungarian Defence Forces, and the development program enjoys social and budgetary support – emphasized Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on Friday, 28 July in Esztergom.

Hungary is a recognized and esteemed member of NATO
09:28 July 13, 2023
“At the two-day Vilnius NATO Summit, we worked out NATO’s new defence posture, in which Hungary has an important and indispensable role to play”, wrote Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky on his social media page on 12 July.

We are committed members of NATO
10:23 July 11, 2023
A good proof of our commitment is the Székesfehévár-based Headquarters Multinational Division Centre (HQ MND-C), an element of the NATO Force Structure that brings together soldiers from 11 countries and plays an outstanding role in connection with NATO’s eastern flank.

The most important task is to maintain peace and security
12:47 July 10, 2023
The soldiers of the Hungarian Defence Forces have taken an oath to defend those entrusted to them even at the cost of their lives, and this oath accompanies them in safeguarding the security of Hungary and the Hungarian people, as well as in performing the tasks required by international alliance systems.

Third airman involved in helicopter crash found in Croatia
18:31 June 22, 2023
According to information provided by the Ministry of Defence, the third crewmember of the helicopter that had crashed on Wednesday in the line of duty was also found under the wreckage of the helicopter on Thursday afternoon.