Capt. Gergő Kurucz

Medal Parade in Camp Slim Lines

2014. augusztus 6. 9:00

After six months of service, the mission of the 10th rotation of the HDF KFOR Contingent is nearing completion. The most conspicuous sign of the upcoming period of troop rotation was the medal parade held on July 28. At this event, the soldiers serving in the area of operations receive “For Peacekeeping” (Non-article 5) medals from NATO, with the word “Balkans” engraved on them, designating the mission area.

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Ready for Everything

2014. július 16. 6:24

On June 22, riots broke out on the bridge “Austerlitz” at Mitrovica, Kosovo, in the area of responsibility of the joint Portuguese–Hungarian KFOR Tactical Reserve Maneuver Battalion (KTM). The bridge separates the Serb population living on its northern side from the Albanian residents of the southern side.

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Open Day at the KFOR Headquarters

2014. július 5. 6:03

The KFOR Headquarters recently organized an open day with festival atmosphere for local civilian employees and their relatives in Pristina, the capital of Kosovo.

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Capability Demonstration

2014. június 30. 9:00

A delegation of key leaders from the German–Austrian Operational Reserve Force (ORF) Battalion declared for conducting combined operations in the Balkans Joint Operational Area (JOA, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo) recently visited Camp Slim Lines in Pristina, Kosovo.

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Fire Phobia Overcome

2014. február 26. 13:26

The Hungarian peacekeepers arriving in the area of operations with the tenth rotation of the HDF KFOR Contingent had only a few days to acclimatize and familiarize themselves with Camp Slim Lines in Pristina. In what followed, they were immediately “thrown in at the deep end” since the Portuguese troops – who are serving together with the Hungarians in the same battalion – organized in-theatre awareness training and exercise for them.

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