Military - Diplomacy & Trade https://dteurope.com Monthly in print | Daily on the web Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:10:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://dteurope.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-dt_favicon-32x32.png Military - Diplomacy & Trade https://dteurope.com 32 32 Hungarian Soldiers Return Home from Baghdad https://dteurope.com/military/hungarian-soldiers-return-home-from-baghdad/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 06:59:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=78629 The Hungarian soldiers serving in NATO’s advisory and training mission in Iraq have arrived safely and unharmed in the military base in Kecskemét, East Central Hungary. They were withdrawn from Baghdad along with soldiers from other nations after the North Atlantic Treaty Organization suspended the mission indefinitely due to the deteriorating security situation, the Chief […]

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]]> László Kaszab, NATO Command Senior Enlisted Leader https://dteurope.com/military/laszlo-kaszab-as-nato-command-senior-enlisted-leader/ Fri, 10 Oct 2025 14:48:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=75765 Chief Warrant Officer László Kaszab was appointed Command Senior Enlisted Leader (CSEL) at NATO's Allied Command Operations (ACO) in Mons, Belgium as the first Hungarian to receive that position at the NATO Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE). At an event marking his appointment, Hungarian Armed Forces Commander Gábor Böröndi told Hungarian journalists that Kaszab's […]

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]]> Commander of the Hungarian Defense Forces Relieved https://dteurope.com/military/commander-of-the-hungarian-defense-forces-relieved/ Thu, 27 Apr 2023 10:14:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=63765 On the proposal of Defense Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky, the President of the Republic Katalin Novák relieved – with immediate effect this Thursday – Lieutenant General Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, Commander of the Hungarian Defense Forces, from his post, the Ministry of Defense told MTI. It was also informed that the Minister of Defense proposes Lieutenant General Gábor […]

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]]> Hungarians Leave for Peacekeeping Mission in Iraq https://dteurope.com/military/ungarians-leave-for-peacekeeping-mission-in-iraq/ Wed, 14 Sep 2022 15:20:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=55566 A Hungarian military contingent, partly composed of reservists, begins its six-month duty in Iraq. The 139 soldiers were bid farewell on Wednesday in the main square of Nyíregyháza, NE Hungary, in the presence of their relatives and military leaders. This is the first contingent in the history of the Hungarian Defense Forces to be made […]

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]]> Hungarian Officer to Head Peacekeepers in Kosovo https://dteurope.com/military/hungarian-officer-to-head-peacekeepers-in-kosovo/ Wed, 25 Aug 2021 10:41:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=42905 It is a great recognition that a member of the Hungarian Defense Forces will be the commander of a NATO mission for a year, Major General Ferenc Kajári, who will be the head of the Kosovo Force (KFOR) from the autumn, told the state news agency MTI this Wednesday. At the Hungarian Army Peace Support […]

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]]> Last Hungarian Soldiers Return from Afghanistan https://dteurope.com/military/last-hungarian-soldiers-return-from-afghanistan/ Wed, 09 Jun 2021 07:17:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=41347 After the end of the mission in Afghanistan, the last nine soldiers of the last shift arrived in Hungary, at the 59th Szentgyörgyi Dezső Air Base of the Hungarian Air Force in Kecskemét. Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces, receiving the Hungarian flag from the headquarters in Afghanistan, said that the flag is […]

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]]> New Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces https://dteurope.com/military/new-commander-of-the-hungarian-defence-forces/ Sat, 05 Jun 2021 09:02:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=41275 Major General Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, the new Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces, received his appointment from President János Áder in the Dome Hall of Hungarian Parliament Parliament this Saturday. On May 26, President Áder relieved General Ferenc Korom, Commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces, from his post. Dr. Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, proposed as the new commander […]

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]]> Norwegian Loan to Modernize the Hungarian Army https://dteurope.com/military/norwegian-loan-to-modernize-the-hungarian-army/ Wed, 17 Mar 2021 11:56:47 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=33424 Hungary has concluded an agreement on favorable financing terms for the development of its military: EUR 348.5 million, i.e. about HUF 130 billion, will be provided by Export Credit Norway (ECN) and the Norwegian Export Credit Guarantee Agency (GIEK) to increase the country's combat defense capabilities. According to an announcement on Wednesday, the Ministry of […]

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