Zsolt Barthel-Rúzsa
20:09 April 29, 2023
The French EU presidency has started
10:23 January 14, 2022
On 12–13 January, defence ministers of the European Union met in Brest, France at an opening event of the French EU presidency to discuss threats to Europe and the further strengthening of European defence. Hungary was represented at the meeting by Defence Minister Tibor Benkő.
Hungarian–Egyptian defence cooperation may expand
09:39 January 7, 2022
On Thursday, 6 January Defence Minister Dr. Tibor Benkő received in his office H. E. Mohamed El Shinawy, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Budapest. At their meeting, besides discussing current security issues, the two sides reviewed the possible areas of defence cooperation between the two countries.
Responsibility and cooperation
19:55 December 23, 2021
Hungarian Minister of Defence Tibor Benkő and Lt. Gen. Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces received Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov and Lieutenant General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, at the Ministry of Defence in Budapest on Tuesday, 21st December.
Tibor Benkő Meets with Ukrainian Minister of Defence
19:45 December 23, 2021
Minister of Defence Tibor Benkő met with Minister of Defence of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov, and Lieutenant General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, military honour at the Ministry of Defence, on Tuesday, 21st December. At the talks the security situation in the region, the crisis in eastern Ukraine, the possibilities of military cooperation, and the situation of the ethnic Hungarian minority in Transcarpathia were discussed among other things.
Tibor Benkő Meets with Ukrainian Minister of Defence
19:36 December 23, 2021
Minister of Defence Tibor Benkő met with Minister of Defence of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov, and Lieutenant General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, military honour at the Ministry of Defence, on Tuesday, 21st December. At the talks the security situation in the region, the crisis in eastern Ukraine, the possibilities of military cooperation, and the situation of the ethnic Hungarian minority in Transcarpathia were discussed among other things.
Ongoing coordination for regional security
10:37 December 22, 2021
Issues related to Headquarters Multinational Division – Centre (HQ MND-C) were discussed by Lieutenant General Ruszin-Szendi Romulusz, Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces and Major General Denis Tretinjak, Commander of HQ MND-C on 21 December in Budapest.
Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces received in UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon
17:00 December 20, 2021
Major General Stefano Del Col, Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), received Lieutenant General Romulusz Ruszin-Sendi in Beirut. During his visit, the Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces also met with the Hungarian soldiers serving in the UNIFIL mission.
Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces visits soldiers serving in Mali
16:47 December 20, 2021
During his visit, Lieutenant General Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces, consulted with the Commander-in-Chief of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and visited the base of the European Union Training Mission Mali in Bamako. The visit was attended by government commissioner responsible for defence development Gáspár Maróth as well.
Ambitious, not impossible – challenge, not obstacle
17:21 December 17, 2021
“We have taken tremendous steps this year to achieve in the near future initial and in 2023 full operational capabilities”, started Major General Denis Tretinjak, commander of the Headquarters Multinational Division – Centre (HQ MND-C), who, with Command Sergeant Major Mario Mateljic, Command Senior Enlisted Leader, addressed the personnel of the headquarters via Skype on 17 December in Székesfehérvár, in the barracks of Alba Régia.
Multinational charity and love locked in boxes
12:22 December 17, 2021
For the second time, the Headquarters Multinational Division - Centre became an active participant in the Christmas donation campaign of the Hungarian Baptist Aid. The boxes – assembled, decorated and filled with gifts by the soldiers – were handed over on 15 December by Major General Denis Tretinjak, commander, Brigadier General Ernő Péter Siposs, deputy commander and Chief Sergeant Major Mario Mateljic, command senior enlisted leader to Norbert Király, director of logistics in the relief organization’s logistic center in Pákozd.