• Hungarian forint
  • Budapest
  • Police news
  • HelloMagyar
Defence minister: army officer corps must regain prestigeDefence minister: army officer corps must regain prestigeDefence minister: army officer corps must regain prestigeDefence minister: army officer corps must regain prestige
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Society
  • Sport
  • Culture
  • Special Hungary
  • News To Go
  • World
  • Contact Us
  • About us
  • About us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
✕
Important
  • This is how Hungary could be kicked out of the EU

  • BREAKING: Explosion at a family house, one policeman died in Hungary

  • Another airline to fly to Budapest for Christmas

Support us
DNH 2021 DNH 2021 · 21/08/2022
· Politics

Defence minister: army officer corps must regain prestige

Addressing a swearing-in ceremony of new officers on Hungary’s August 20 national holiday, Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky emphasised the importance of the officer corps of the Hungarian Armed Forces regaining its prestige.

Hungarian soldiers should be respected, the minister told the new officers, adding that they were starting their service in “troubled and historic times”.

“We are witnesses to the mass migration subverting European culture and there is a drawn-out merciless and brutal war going on not far from our borders, which has caused a global economic crisis,” Szalay-Bobrovniczky said. World powers are in conflict “and everyone will want to rely on the strength of their weapons for negotiation”, he added. “In other words, there is a new world order taking shape before our very eyes.”

The Hungarian government’s goal is to prepare its military for these changes, the minister said.

  • Read also: Hungary to strengthen its army with Turkish Bayraktar drones

The military’s procurement of the most up-to-date weapons systems, the upgrade of individual combat equipment, the introduction of the military career model and the new training model and the billions of forints spent on the military is proof that the Hungarian Armed Forces is on a path of development, Szalay-Bobrovniczky said.

The minister called on the new officers to embody virtues such as courage, honour, obedience, loyalty, discipline, comradery and self-sacrifice. He thanked the officers for deciding to serve their country, saying that “the homeland only exists as long as there are people to defend it.”

  • Read also: Hungarian Gripens got their first alert due to Russian aircraft!

‘Remembrance strengthens covenant with our ancestors’

“Remembrance is a way of strengthening our covenant with our ancestors,” Gergely Gulyás, the prime minister’s chief of staff, said in a speech marking the August 20 national holiday, commemorating the founding of the state of Hungary. “If we recognise that we are heirs and we have something to carry on, we will be able to discover the experiences of this millennium and all that is important to save for the future,” Gulyás said in Nagykanizsa, in southwestern Hungary, on Saturday.

Saint Stephen founded a state and built a country in turbulent and controversial times “which has stood the test of time”, Gulyás said. His laws form the basis of Hungary’s constitution and the county system he founded has always served local communities according to the spirit of the times, he said.

Gulyás highlighted Saint Stephen’s role in organising Hungary’s dioceses, building its churches and converting the country to Christianity. “We have him to thank for Hungary’s role in the creation of Christian Europe, which the country has been a part of for a millennium.” he said.

“When we come together to remember the founding of the country, Saint Stephen’s legacy means that we still belong together today and that this country is home to everyone who inherited it from their parents or chose it themselves,” Gulyás said.

Over the past millennium, Hungary was strong enough to survive occupations by Mongols, Turks and Soviets, the times when the fate of the country was determined elsewhere, as well as the Trianon Peace Treaty, he said. “Therefore we have good reason to hope that we will also overcome the hurdles presented by the difficulties of the present,” he added.

Source: MTI

If you would like to support the work of the Daily News Hungary staff and independent journalism,
please make a donation here
commemoration Hungarian government Hungary military National Day
Share

Hot news

  • Fidesz parl group leader: “we are waiting for explanation on Swedish film about Hungary”

  • Hungarian border protection cure for illegal migration

  • What happened today in Hungary? 21 September, 2023

  • Ferencváros started the European Conference League with a win

  • Hungarian opposition: WHO mustn’t be allowed to become ‘world government’

  • President Novák: Hungary ready to take part in any peace initiative for a lasting ceasefire in Ukraine

1 Comment

  1. Anonymous says:
    22/08/2022 at 08:32

    That is an oxymoron. It is not possible to regain something that never existed.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

SUPPORT US
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram

Must read

Subscribe to our newsletter

Sign up to receive daily updates, news & stories about Hungary!

Select your location below or enter your country so we can deliver our morning newsletters to you in time.

Thank you!

You have successfully joined our subscriber list.

.

Contact us

About us

Copyright rules

Privacy policy

Advertise with us

© 2023 DailyNewsHungary. All rights reserved! | Server and development by Svigelj Levente E.V
Fidesz parl group leader: “we are waiting for explanation on Swedish film about Hungary”

Fidesz parl group leader: “we are waiting for explanation on Swedish film about Hungary”

Read More
Hungarian border protection cure for illegal migration

Hungarian border protection cure for illegal migration

Read More
What happened today in Hungary? 21 September, 2023

What happened today in Hungary? 21 September, 2023

Read More
Ferencváros started the European Conference League with a win

Ferencváros started the European Conference League with a win

Read More
Hungarian opposition: WHO mustn’t be allowed to become ‘world government’

Hungarian opposition: WHO mustn’t be allowed to become ‘world government’

Read More
President Novák: Hungary ready to take part in any peace initiative for a lasting ceasefire in Ukraine

President Novák: Hungary ready to take part in any peace initiative for a lasting ceasefire in Ukraine

Read More
Michelin Guide Hungary 2023: Sommelier of the Year winner named

Michelin Guide Hungary 2023: Sommelier of the Year winner named

Read More
The Hungarian government would use EU money to build a bridge for military purposes

The Hungarian government would use EU money to build a bridge for military purposes

Read More
Attention! One of the biggest Hungarian banks is facing a shutdown for several days!

Attention! One of the biggest Hungarian banks is facing a shutdown for several days!

Read More

Hungarian FM: Global health-care cooperation must be totally depoliticized

Read More
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
Have you read it?