259 result(s) for hungarian defence ministry
Year’s Largest Military Exercise Underway In Hungary
- 4 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A military exercise, the largest in Hungary this year, is under way with 1,700 local and foreign troops and 600 pieces of equipment involved, the defence ministry said. The exercise code-named Capable Logistician 2015 (CL15), the largest of its kind in logistics capabilities of NATO members and partner countries, is taking place from June 1 until June 26 in the Bakony Combat Training Centre in ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary Protests Against Holocaust Comments By FBI Director
- 23 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Népszabadság takes up the defence of FBI director James Corney who said that Nazis and their accomplices in many countries, including Hungary, thought they were doing the right thing. The left-wing daily says leading Hungarian government politicians have amply confessed Hungary’s war time sins.
Hungarian Govt In “Deep Shock” About Terrorist Attack In Kenya
- 3 Apr 2015 2:00 AM
- current affairs
The government rejects all forms of violence and terrorism, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said referring to Thursday’s terrorist attack in Kenya, which claimed 147 lives. Earlier, the foreign ministry learnt with “deep shock” about the attack at Garissa University, and expressed Hungary’s sympathy with families of the victims. The university was attacked by the al-Shabaab Islamic militia early ...
Hungary Asks Russia To Change 1956 Soviet Memorial Inscription
- 5 Mar 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has again indicated to Russia its request that the inscriptions on Soviet graves by the 1956 memorials at Budapest’s Fiumei street cemetery should be changed.
Hungary’s Ministry Signs Accord On Gripen Jets
- 29 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Defence Ministry has signed an agreement with Sweden on upgrading Hungary’s Gripen fighter jets. Under the agreement the ministry will be able to obtain equipment necessary for the technical servicing and maintenance of Gripen fighter jets outside of Hungary, thereby enabling Hungary to deploy the aircraft abroad as well.
Remains Of German Soldiers Found In Budapest
- 26 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The remains of two German soldiers were found next to a World War II bomb and other ordnance on Dísz tér in Buda Castle on Tuesday, the Defence Ministry revealed. It was established on the basis of the remnants of the clothes and various objects that the bodies are those of German soldiers, but there was nothing to identify them individually.
Hungary's Interior Ministry Downplays Report
- 18 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Authorities have initiated 1,200 criminal proceedings against foreign citizens who have tried to obtain Hungarian citizenship and passports with forged documents and by bribing officials since simplified citizenship was introduced in July 2011, Interior Ministry press chief Attila Samu told Népszabadság on Wednesday.
Hungary’s KFOR Contingent Ready For Peacekeeping
- 26 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s enlarged contingent dispatched to serve in Kosovo has been fully prepared to perform all peacekeeping-related tasks, according to the defence ministry. The Hungarian army has expanded the contingent to serve within KFOR missions in Pristina and Novo Selo at the request of NATO and Kosovo security forces, it said.
Europe’s Oldest River Battleship Inaugurated As Museum At Parliament Pier
- 21 Aug 2014 10:35 AM
- entertainment
The Lajta monitor, the sole remaining, fully restored river warship of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is now a floating museum on the Danube in front of Parliament. The river monitor was launched in 1871, and besides serving throughout the First World War, it played a part in the toppling of the short-lived Communist regime of Béla Kun in 1919.
Year’s Largest Military Exercise Underway In Hungary
- 4 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A military exercise, the largest in Hungary this year, is under way with 1,700 local and foreign troops and 600 pieces of equipment involved, the defence ministry said. The exercise code-named Capable Logistician 2015 (CL15), the largest of its kind in logistics capabilities of NATO members and partner countries, is taking place from June 1 until June 26 in the Bakony Combat Training Centre in ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary Protests Against Holocaust Comments By FBI Director
- 23 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Népszabadság takes up the defence of FBI director James Corney who said that Nazis and their accomplices in many countries, including Hungary, thought they were doing the right thing. The left-wing daily says leading Hungarian government politicians have amply confessed Hungary’s war time sins.
Hungarian Govt In “Deep Shock” About Terrorist Attack In Kenya
- 3 Apr 2015 2:00 AM
- current affairs
The government rejects all forms of violence and terrorism, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said referring to Thursday’s terrorist attack in Kenya, which claimed 147 lives. Earlier, the foreign ministry learnt with “deep shock” about the attack at Garissa University, and expressed Hungary’s sympathy with families of the victims. The university was attacked by the al-Shabaab Islamic militia early ...
Hungary Asks Russia To Change 1956 Soviet Memorial Inscription
- 5 Mar 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has again indicated to Russia its request that the inscriptions on Soviet graves by the 1956 memorials at Budapest’s Fiumei street cemetery should be changed.
Hungary’s Ministry Signs Accord On Gripen Jets
- 29 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Defence Ministry has signed an agreement with Sweden on upgrading Hungary’s Gripen fighter jets. Under the agreement the ministry will be able to obtain equipment necessary for the technical servicing and maintenance of Gripen fighter jets outside of Hungary, thereby enabling Hungary to deploy the aircraft abroad as well.
Remains Of German Soldiers Found In Budapest
- 26 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The remains of two German soldiers were found next to a World War II bomb and other ordnance on Dísz tér in Buda Castle on Tuesday, the Defence Ministry revealed. It was established on the basis of the remnants of the clothes and various objects that the bodies are those of German soldiers, but there was nothing to identify them individually.
Hungary's Interior Ministry Downplays Report
- 18 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Authorities have initiated 1,200 criminal proceedings against foreign citizens who have tried to obtain Hungarian citizenship and passports with forged documents and by bribing officials since simplified citizenship was introduced in July 2011, Interior Ministry press chief Attila Samu told Népszabadság on Wednesday.
Hungary’s KFOR Contingent Ready For Peacekeeping
- 26 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s enlarged contingent dispatched to serve in Kosovo has been fully prepared to perform all peacekeeping-related tasks, according to the defence ministry. The Hungarian army has expanded the contingent to serve within KFOR missions in Pristina and Novo Selo at the request of NATO and Kosovo security forces, it said.
Europe’s Oldest River Battleship Inaugurated As Museum At Parliament Pier
- 21 Aug 2014 10:35 AM
- entertainment
The Lajta monitor, the sole remaining, fully restored river warship of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is now a floating museum on the Danube in front of Parliament. The river monitor was launched in 1871, and besides serving throughout the First World War, it played a part in the toppling of the short-lived Communist regime of Béla Kun in 1919.