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Faster pace of modernisation of the Czech Army is a priority for the new Minister of Defence Jana Černochová

Faster pace of modernisation of the Czech Army is a priority for the new Minister of Defence Jana Černochová

Yesterday, Prime Minister Petr Fiala inaugurated the new Minister of Defence, Jana Černochová. She has replaced Lubomír Metnar as the highest representative of the ministry. Jana…

 19. 12. 2021
Czech soldiers will not go to Poland to help yet

Czech soldiers will not go to Poland to help yet

Yesterday, Defence Minister Lubomír Metnar decided, after a meeting with his Polish counterpart Mariusz Blaszczak, to suspend the process of approving the mandate for sending…

 14. 12. 2021
Interview with the Chief of the Military Police Gen. Murček not only about the evacuation of people from Afghanistan

Interview with the Chief of the Military Police Gen. Murček not only about the evacuation of people from Afghanistan

The Military Police (MP) has been mentioned in the media this year mainly in connection with the KAMBA unit, which played a key role in the recent evacuation of Afghan…

 10. 12. 2021
Government approves sending a Czech Army unit to help Poland

Government approves sending a Czech Army unit to help Poland

Today, Defence Minister Lubomír Metnar, together with Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhánek, submitted to the Czech Government for approval a draft mandate for a Czech Army unit to be…

 08. 12. 2021
2% of GDP on defence is an ambitious plan, but it is realistic, Jana Černochová says

2% of GDP on defence is an ambitious plan, but it is realistic, Jana Černochová says

Talks between the proposed ministers of the new Government of Petr Fiala and President Miloš Zeman should end at the end of this week. Among those who have already attended this…

 07. 12. 2021
What has been achieved under Defence Minister Metnar and what still needs to be completed

What has been achieved under Defence Minister Metnar and what still needs to be completed

Lubomír Metnar has been the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic since June 2018. In terms of modernising the Czech Armed Forces, he has managed to conclude…

 05. 12. 2021
The first pilots of the Slovak Air Force to fly the new F-16s were ceremonially inducted

The first pilots of the Slovak Air Force to fly the new F-16s were ceremonially inducted

The purchase of new F-16V Block 70/72 fighter aircraft for the Slovak Air Force is one of the largest modernisation projects of the Slovak Ministry of Defence. Although…

 03. 12. 2021
Will the Airbus A330 become the new reinforcement of the Czech Army?

Will the Airbus A330 become the new reinforcement of the Czech Army?

The Czech Army currently has insufficient air transport capacity. This fact was particularly evident in the recent need for immediate evacuation of people from a dangerous environment…

 30. 11. 2021
The logistics and transport capacities of the Czech Armed Forces are based on Tatra vehicles with a century-old tradition - but they also need to be renewed

The logistics and transport capacities of the Czech Armed Forces are based on Tatra vehicles with a century-old tradition - but they also need to be renewed

The Czech Army, like the Czechoslovak Army before it, is based on Tatra vehicles. Among the more than 3.5 thousand trucks that the Czech Armed Forces have at its disposal today, they…

 30. 11. 2021
Purchase of new tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicles for the Slovak Armed Forces - Rheinmetall builds a partner network in Slovakia

Purchase of new tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicles for the Slovak Armed Forces - Rheinmetall builds a partner network in Slovakia

This year, the Slovak Ministry of Defence has presented bold plans to modernise the equipment of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic (AF SR)…

 28. 11. 2021
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