Defence Staff
Discussing Issues of Regional Security
2015. október 9. 13:58
On 7 October an official Serbian–Hungarian border meeting took place in Sombor between Serbian Chief of Defence Gen. Ljubiša Diković and Hungarian Chief of Defence Gen. Dr. Tibor Benkő. Military-to-military relations between Serbia and Hungary are traditionally good, and are further strengthened through regular meetings.
DECI Member Countries Hold Discussions in Croatia
2015. július 5. 6:09
On July 1-2, a meeting of Chiefs of Defence from partner nations of the Defence Cooperation Initiative (DECI) took place in Brijuni, Croatia. At the event, the Hungarian Defence Forces were represented by Deputy Chief of Defence Lt.-Gen. Dr. Zoltán Orosz.
NATO Military Committee in Chiefs of Defence Session in May
2015. május 25. 9:18
Hungary was represented by Chief of Defence Dr. Tibor Benkő, Military Representative Maj.-Gen. László Domján and the designated staff of the HDF Office of the Military Representative at the NATO Military Committee meeting held in Brussels on May 20–21.
Central European Chiefs of Defence Conference
2015. április 7. 11:00
Chief of Defence Gen. Dr. Tibor Benkő attended a meeting of Central European Chiefs of Defence held between April 1–2, 2015 in Bucharest.
Discussing Peace Operations Conducted under the Aegis of UN
2015. március 31. 9:00
On Friday, March 27 – the last day of his visit to the United States – Gen. Dr. Tibor Benkő, Chief of Defence attended a UN Chiefs of Defence Conference for nations engaged in UN-led military operations.
Strategic and Operational Assessment of UN Peacekeeping Missions
2015. március 28. 10:02
Between March 23 and 28, Gen. Dr. Tibor Benkő, the Chief of the Defence Staff is paying an official visit to the United States, where he attends a conference to be held in New York for chiefs of defence from the member states engaged in UN peacekeeping activities.
Leaders of Multinational Engineer Battalion Meet in Kiev
2015. február 15. 11:13
The transfer of authority in the “TISA” Multinational Engineer Battalion (MEB) took place at a meeting held in Kiev on February 10–11. The Hungarian delegation was headed by Lt.-Gen. Dr. Zoltán Orosz, Deputy Chief of Defence. During the meeting, Hungary took over the lead nation role of the battalion.
Discussions between Hungarian Chief of Defence and Serbian Defence Minister
2014. november 28. 16:30
On the second day of his visit to Serbia, Gen. Dr. Tibor Benkő, Chief of the Defence Staff held discussions with the Serbian Minister of Defence, laid a wreath by the monument to the unknown hero in Belgrade and visited the land force brigade in Novi Sad.
Hungarian Chief of Defence Pays Tribute to the Memory of Troops Killed in Afghanistan
2014. november 23. 6:09
Nearing the end of the ISAF mission in Afghanistan, NATO is closing down – or transferring to the Afghan National Security Forces – more and more bases which earlier formed an organic part of the operations conducted in the Central Asian country. But the memorial sites in Afghanistan – created to commemorate soldiers killed in action – will not be left to their fate after the troop withdrawal.
Hungarian Chief of Defence Inspects Multinational Exercise in Slovenia
2014. augusztus 30. 9:36
Hungarian soldiers are also participating in Exercise Immediate Response 2014, a multinational training event held between August 17–30 in Croatia, Slovenia and at the United States Army in Europe (USAREUR) Headquarters in Germany.