Budapest, August 17 (MTI) – A ceremony was held at the military air base outside Kecskemet on Monday in honour of the Hungarian contingent – four Gripen fighters and over 100 troops – that will join NATO’s mission in the…
Budapest, August 6 (MTI) – Hungarian general Ferenc Korom, head of the operational team of Hungary’s General Staff, will be deputy commander in the NATO-led international peacekeeping Kosovo Force (KFOR) for one year starting in October, daily Napi Gazdasag said…
Budapest, July 28 (MTI) – Hungarian Colonel Imre Porkolab has been appointed to NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT) liaison officer in The Pentagon effective July this year. “This is the first occasion for such a highly prestigious post to…
Bar, Montenegro, July 23 (MTI) – Montenegro’s NATO accession would serve both the economic and national security interests of Hungary, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said after talks with his Croatian, Polish and Romanian counterparts in Montenegro on Thursday. The aim of…
Budapest, July 22 (MTI) – Hungary considers Montenegro an ally already because soldiers from the two countries serve together in Afghanistan and Montenegro, which contributes to the region’s security, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said at a NATO foreign ministers’ meeting…
Budapest, July 15 (MTI) – The new NATO 3D radar went online in Medina, in southern Hungary, on Wednesday morning as planned, the defence ministry told MTI. The radar was inaugurated by Defence Minister Csaba Hende on Tuesday afternoon. The…
Budapest, July 6 (MTI) – Hungary is a strong NATO ally ready to do its part in strengthening the region’s defence capabilities, General Hans-Lothar Domroese, Commander of the Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum, said in Budapest on Monday. General Domroese…
Brussels, June 25 (MTI) – The performance of Hungary within NATO is “notably good”, Defence Minister Csaba Hende said after a meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels on Thursday. The minister said the meeting, held “half way” between last…
Budapest (MTI) – NATO must adapt to its new security environment and respond to its new security challenges, said Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on Sunday. Speaking after a meeting with NATO Deputy Secretary-General Alexander Vershbow, the foreign minister said it…
Budapest (MTI) – It is undeniable that Europe’s security has deteriorated greatly over the past several years, said Defence Minister Csaba Hende at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Budapest on Saturday. Addressing the defence and security committee’s session, Hende noted…
Budapest (MTI) – President Janos Ader presented a high state award to Karl A. Lamers, the former president of NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly, in his Sandor Palace Office in Budapest on Friday. Lamers was presented the Hungarian Republic’s Order of Merit,…
Budapest, February 1 (MTI) – NATO could establish a permanent military presence in Hungary as part of a “spearhead” rapid reaction force along the organisation’s eastern frontier, German weekly Frankfurter Allegemeine Sonntagszeitung said on Sunday. NATO will first establish the…
Warsaw, June 4 (MTI) – US President Barack Obama, meeting the heads of state of ten central and eastern European countries at a working lunch in Warsaw, underlined that all NATO member countries can count on the United States’ support,…