Hungarian Defence Forces

27/11/2015

Defence minister: Hungary to double defence spending by 2022

Budapest, November 27 (MTI) – Hungary plans to double its defence spending by 2022 in order to develop its armed forces, Defence Minister Istvan Simicsko said […]
27/11/2015

NATO conference in Budapest – House Speaker calls for solidarity with threatened NATO states

Budapest, November 27 (MTI) – NATO is united in strengthening solidarity among its members despite differences in their views on security policy and geo-strategies, Speaker of […]
27/11/2015

Hungary’s Gripens alerted mostly to Russian violations of Baltic airspace

Budapest, November 27 (MTI) – Hungary’s Gripen fighter planes protecting the airspace of the Baltic countries have been alerted mostly because of Russian planes, daily Magyar […]
22/11/2015

Socialists demand army reform, expansion

Budapest, November 22 (MTI) – The opposition Socialist Party has demanded that the government institute reforms to the Hungarian armed forces and boost the number of […]
05/11/2015

Minister of Defense: we could build quickly the Romanian border closure

The Hungarian Army, if necessary, would be able to build quickly the technical closing of borders at certain sections of the Hungarian-Romanian border – Minister of […]
15/10/2015

US troops arrive in Hungary to join NATO training

Budapest, October 15 (MTI) – A 100-strong unit of the US army has arrived in Hungary to take part in a joint military training with Hungarian […]
14/10/2015

Czech soldiers arrive in Hungary to help handle migrant crisis

Budapest, October 14 (MTI) – Soldiers from the Czech Republic have arrived in Hungary to provide Hungarian troops with logistics support in handling the migrant crisis. […]
12/10/2015

Experts inspect Drava border river with Croatia in light of illegal migration

Budapest, October 12 (MTI) – A team of soldiers, police officers, water management and forestry experts inspected a section of the Drava river and its embankment […]
10/10/2015

The Hungarian Special Force – VIDEO

The Hungarian Special Force (officially MH 34. Bercsényi László Különleges Műveleti Zászlóalj/ HDF 34th ’László Bercsényi’ Special Operations Battalion) serves as Hungary’s special unit.   Originally, […]
09/10/2015

NATO command centre to boost Hungary’s security, says defence minister

Budapest, October 9 (MTI) – The new NATO force integration unit (NFIU) to be built in Szekesfehervar, in central Hungary, will boost Hungary’s security without endangering […]
07/10/2015

Czech Republic sends troops and Poland sends a helicopter to help defending the Schengen border in Hungary

The Czech Republic sends 25 soldiers and technical equipment to Hungary to help defending the Schengen border. Later on, troop deployment can be expanded and may […]
07/10/2015

Service at the Hungarian borders – Video

The Hungarian Army has published a video about soldiers protecting the Hungarian borders. You can see the big vehicles going southward and the soldiers constructing fence […]
04/10/2015

More than 4,700 troops mobilised for border work

Budapest, October 4 (MTI) – More than 4,700 Hungarian soldiers are working along Hungary’s southern borders to build a temporary fence and support the work of […]
29/09/2015

Szijjarto: Hungarian troops to participate in training Kurdish fighters against IS

New York (MTI) – The Hungarian troops serving in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq will participate in training the Kurdish Peshmerga forces to fight the […]
27/09/2015

Chinese-Hungarian defense strategic dialogue annual meeting was held in Beijing

Secretary for Policy and Planning Péter Siklós led the Hungarian military delegation that visited China between September 21 – 23; this was the second meeting between […]
24/09/2015

Hungary borders protected by thousands of soldiers – PHOTOS

Budapest, September 24 (MTI) – Thousands of soldiers of the Hungarian army will be present with transport vehicles and tanks to protect the country’s southern borders, […]
24/09/2015

Hungary lays razor wire at Slovenian border – UPDATE

Budapest, September 24 (MTI) – Hungary has started laying a razor wire along its border with Slovenia, a local MTI correspondent reported on Thursday. Police and […]
22/09/2015

Army ready to manage migrant situation, says chief of staff

Budapest (MTI) – The Hungarian Armed Forces are ready to fulfil their duties pertaining to illegal migration, chief of staff Tibor Benko told MTI on Monday. […]
21/09/2015

Parliament extends police powers to soldiers managing state of crisis

Budapest, September 21 (MTI) – Hungary’s parliament on Monday granted authorisations similar to those of the police force to soldiers on duty in areas where the […]
21/09/2015

Ohio National Guard commander meets defence minister

Budapest, September 21 (MTI) – Mark E. Bartman, the commander of the Ohio National Guard, held talks with Hungarian Defence Minister Istvan Simicsko in Budapest on […]