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Minister Metnar: the world is not safer, NATO membership is the best guarantee of defence

6.5.2021

Minister Lubomír Metnar welcomed the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, at the Ministry of Defence today. They discussed the security situation and current security threats which include, according to the Minister, terrorism and Russia.

Air Defence Conference 2021 Goes Online

21.4.2021

21st Air Defence Conference is organized by the University of Defence and the FUTURE FORCES FORUM under the auspices of the Czech Air Force Commander. Due to the pandemic situation, this year‘s conference with title “Advanced Technologies for Air Superiority” will be held in virtual form on 29 - 30 April 2021.

Defence Ministers of France, Estonia and Czech Republic in Mali

15.4.2021

From Wednesday 31 March through Friday 2 April 2021, Minister of Defence Lubomír Metnar visited Mali where Czech Armed Forces service personnel operate as part of EUTM Mali and, since the beginning of the year, also in Task Force Takuba in the French led Operation Barkhane.

V4 Defence Ministers met in a videoconference

17.12.2020

Chaired by the Polish Minister of National Defence Mariusz Błaszczak, a videoconference of the Visegrad Four Defence Ministers took place on Monday under the auspices of the Polish Presidency running from July earlier this year. Deputy Minister for Defence Policy and Strategy Jan Havránek represented the Czech Republic in the session.

Minister Metnar: The memory of war veterans will never be forgotten

11.11.2020

The Veterans Day remembrance ceremony at the Prague’s Vítkov Hill took place in a rather intimate atmosphere this year, without the ceremonial line-up of soldiers. The coronavirus epidemic claims special measures, and so Defence Minister Lubomír Metnar and Chief of General Staff General Aleš Opata solemnly laid a wreath in solitude.