Hungarian Defence Forces

25/01/2016

Glorious Hungarian submarines – Historical overview

According to magyartudat.com, hardly anyone remembers that once a great number of Hungarians were fighting for the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy on the seas—and underneath. Proposed by the […]
22/01/2016

Fidesz confident of 2/3rds support for constitutional amendments – Update

Budapest, January 22 (MTI) – It appears the two-thirds parliamentary majority needed to pass a constitutional amendment that creates the conditions to handle a terrorist threat […]
18/01/2016

Socialists accuse Fidesz of wanting to build ‘loyal armed group’

Budapest, January 18 (MTI) – The sole aim of the government’s proposal to allow young people to take part in military training programmes would be to […]
17/01/2016

Orban: Mandatory military service not on agenda

Budapest, January 17 (MTI) – Hungary will not introduce mandatory military service, the issue is not on the agenda and will not be on the agenda, […]
14/01/2016

DK says Orban will use threat of terrorism to ‘seize total power’

Budapest (MTI) – The leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) party said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Viktor Orban will use the threat of terrorism to amend […]
13/01/2016

Government proposes amending constitution to define ‘state of terrorist threat’

Budapest (MTI) – The government has proposed amending the constitution to include a so-called “state of terrorist threat” among instances that mandate the mobilisation and, if […]
11/01/2016

International military exercise to start in Hungary

Budapest, January 11 (MTI) – An international military exercise dubbed Varpalota Challenge 2016 will start in western Hungary on Monday and run for over a month, […]
11/01/2016

PM advisor says no reason to bring back conscription

Budapest, January 11 (MTI) – The Hungarian government sees no reason to reinstate compulsory military service but does believe it is crucial to make sure that […]
11/01/2016

Jobbik to submit proposal for Hungarian volunteer army

Budapest (MTI) – The radical nationalist Jobbik party plans to submit a proposal to parliament on establishing a volunteer army with free basic training. Speaking at […]
09/01/2016

EU advisory mission to Ukraine ‘successful’, says head

Kiev, January 8 (MTI) – Kalman Mizsei, outgoing head of the European Union’s advisory mission aimed at supporting the reforms of Ukrainian non-military security organs, said […]
08/01/2016

Hungarian Gripens return from Baltic Air Policing mission

Budapest, January 8 (MTI) – More than eighty Hungarian soldiers and four JAS-39 Gripen fighter jets of Hungary’s air force have returned after successfully completing a […]
07/01/2016

Armed forces planned to be deployable in case of terrorist threat

Budapest, January 7 (MTI) – The defence minister will put forward a proposal next week on allowing the mobilisation and, if need be, the deployment of […]
05/01/2016

Defence minister calls for 5-party talks on security issues

Budapest, January 5 (MTI) – Defence Minister Istvan Simicsko has called a meeting of the five parliamentary parties next Tuesday to review issues around legislation concerning […]
05/01/2016

Dutch soldiers are coming to Hungary

Magyar Idők was informed that another international military field training exercise will take place in Hungary, in the central shooting range of the Hungarian Defence Force […]
02/01/2016

Defence minister: Hungarian soldiers stand ground in crises

Budapest, January 2 (MTI) – Hungarian soldiers have “proved in recent crisis situations that they can hold their ground and serve the homeland,” the defence minister […]
30/12/2015

Hungary to double defence spending by 2022

Budapest (MTI) – The government is set to double its defence spending as a percentage of GDP by 2022, Defence Minister Istvan Simicsko said on Tuesday. […]
22/12/2015

Soldiers’ wages to grow by 5 pc from January

Budapest (MTI) – Wages in Hungary’s armed forces will grow by an additional 5 percent from January next year and fringe benefits will also increase, the […]
09/12/2015

V4 countries will possibly help build Macedonia’s border fence

Budapest, December 9 (MTI) – Negotiations are ongoing between member states of the Visegrad Group on protecting the European Union’s external border by helping to build […]
09/12/2015

Possibility of terrorist act cannot be excluded in Hungary, says army official

Budapest, December 9 (MTI) – Many Islamic State fighters are returning to Europe, so the possibility of a terrorist atrocity in Hungary cannot be excluded, the […]
02/12/2015

US ambassador: Joint exercises strengthen NATO

Budapest, December 2 (MTI) – Little by little, every joint military exercise makes NATO a stronger alliance, US Ambassador Colleen Bell said as she inspected the […]