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Minister of Defence held talks in Paris
Ministry of Defence, January 24, 2011 7:52 AM
Minister of Defence Dr Csaba Hende has paid an official visit to Paris to have talks with the Minister of Defence of France, Alain Juppé. During the meeting priorities of the Hungarian EU Presidency, Common Security and Defence Policy issues and bilateral military relations have been discussed.
Remembering plane crash victims in Hejce
Ministry of Defence, January 21, 2011 7:57 AM
Minister of Defence of the Hungarian Republic and Slovak Minister of Defence Lubomir Galko paid tribute to the memory of the victims crashed in Hejce five years ago. “The soldiers have made every effort to establish peace in a broken, war-ridden country,” Dr Csaba Hende said.
Commemorating the War Heroes
Ministry of Defence, January 19, 2011 12:43 PM
The Hungarian soldiers killed at river Don in World War II were publicly commemorated for the seventeenth time at the Memorial Chapel in Pákozd.
Developments in the land of the Taliban
Ministry of Defence, January 19, 2011 12:40 PM
The troops of the Hungarian PRT will face great challenges in the next few weeks. The allied forces have completed their operations and banished the insurgents. The CIMIC and PSYOPS teams have been doing their best to improve the living conditions of the people in the region.
MRAPs on the frontline
Ministry of Defence, January 19, 2011 12:38 PM
Hungarian Defence Forces have taken the delivery of ten new US-made armoured vehicles at Camp Pannonia. The MRAPs will be used by the troops in Afghanistan.
Our goal is common security
Ministry of Defence, January 19, 2011 12:31 PM
Minister of Defence of Hungary has had talks with High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security of the European Union.
New MRAPs arrive in Afghanistan
Ministry of Defence, January 19, 2011 12:27 PM
The troops of HDF National Support Element Afghanistan have started to take over and deliver the American armored fighting vehicles to Mazar-e Sharif.
Norwegian - Hungarian ministerial talks
Ministry of Defence, January 18, 2011 12:13 PM
Norwegian Minister of Defence Grete Faremo paid a two-day official visit to Budapest.
Changing of the guards
Ministry of Defence, January 3, 2011 2:19 PM
A Volunteer Reserve System was established in Hungary on 1 January, 2011. At fifty-seven barracks and military establishments of the HDF security guards have been replaced by reservists. The Hungarian Defence Forces have started to set up a Volunteer Reserve Force with the authorization of the Parliament.
No army without reservists
Ministry of Defence, January 3, 2011 2:18 PM
Fourteen soldiers took the oath at the barracks of HDF 5th ‘Istvan Bocskai’ Infantry Brigade on January 2. After the Changing of the Guard Ceremony the reservists took over service. The event was opened by Brigadier General Gábor Böröndi, Commander of HDF 5th Istvan Bocskai Infantry Brigade.