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21st edition of NATO Days and Czech Air Force Days with visitors once again

23.9.2021

The last weekend offered an outstanding show for aviation and military fans. Contrarily to the previous edition, the venue at the Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava again roared with an enthusiastic applause of tens of thousands of spectators, who were up to an unforgettable parade of equipment used both by the Czech Armed Forces and our NATO Allies. It was one of a few events of this type in Europe accessible to the public.

The commander of KAMBA arranged the evacuation of local employees with the Taliban

2.9.2021

ʻIt was pure improvisation. No training can prepare you for such a situation’, says the member of the Military Police and commander of the KAMBA unit, regarding the evacuation of the employees of the Czech Embassy in Kabul and all Afghan colleagues from the list authorised by the Ministry of Defence. He negotiated their evacuation with the Taliban militants for six hours. During the four days, he only slept for 4 hours, almost no food and water. He and his men contributed greatly to the speed and success of the Czech evacuation.

Deputy Minister Havránek has started a new english-speaking podcast series

4.8.2021

Hosted by Jan Havránek, Deputy Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic, podcast RAVEN on air brings you expert insight into international relations, current defence issues, transatlantic partnership, and more.

Minister Metnar’s visit confirms Israel is among our closest partners

23.7.2021

A delegation led by Minister Lubomír Metnar took a three-day working visit to Israel on July 20 – 22.

Defence investments must not diminish, the security conference at the Prague Castle emphasized

2.7.2021

‘I firmly believe that both the new Parliament and Government will continue to appropriately resource the defence, strengthen capabilities and building our defence posture as a reliable, trustworthy Ally’ Defence Minister Lubomír Metnar said at the conference Our Security Cannot Be taken for Granted. This was the eighth edition of the prestigious event, this time taking place in the Ball Games Room of the Prague Castle.