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An unspecified ammunition exploded in the Libavá military training area, which is located in the Olomouc Region, on Monday before noon. One person died, eight people were injured. The incident is being investigated by the Military Police. Czech Defence Minister Read More …
Greece is negotiating a deal with Czechia to transfer ammunition to Ukraine. According to Greek media, Greece will supply Ukraine with 2,000 Zuni rockets, 180 anti-tank rockets, 90,000 projectiles, 4 million bullets, and 70 howitzers without depleting its own stocks. Read More …
With Thursday’s contribution of €140 million from Norway, the Czech Republic has secured enough funds to buy 800,000 artillery shells for munitions-starved Ukraine, Czech President Petr Pavel told journalists on Thursday. Overall, 18 countries have agreed to finance the purchases Read More …
Czech Republic will host the 15th edition of the biennial networking, expert panels and exhibition FUTURE FORCES FORUM (FFF) on 16 – 18 October 2024. Prague has been a long-time hub for international defence and security community networking within the FFF Read More …
On 18 December, Europol’s EU Internet Referral Unit coordinated a Referral Action Day (RAD) on terrorist online content. The operational action also involved special units from Czechia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Finland, Slovakia, Spain and the United Kingdom, and different units Read More …
Lithuania’s Chief of Defense Lieutenant General Valdemaras Rupsys and Major General Karel Rehka, Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces, have agreed on further cooperation, the Lithuanian military said on Tuesday. “We agreed to expand military cooperation Read More …
A plane travelling into the UK was diverted to an airport in Czech Republic after a suspected improvised explosive device was on board the aircraft. The flight was understood to be travelling from Krakow in Poland, to Bristol in the Read More …
This year’s edition will take place from 19 to 21 October at the PVA EXPO PRAGUE exhibition centre. The professional public, members of the Armed and Security Forces, representatives of the state administration, universities, research and development are cordially invited Read More …
NATO confirmed on Thursday that it will assist Qatar in security measures during the 2022 FIFA World Cup, as part of the bloc’s close cooperation with Doha. “The support will include training against threats posed by Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Read More …
An investigation by the Slovak National Crime Agency (Národná kriminálna agentúra/NAKA), the Slovak Military Intelligence (Vojenské spravodajstvo), the Slovak Police (Príslušníci / PZ SR), supported by the Czech National Organized Crime Agency (Národní centrála proti organizovanému zločinu/NCOZ), the US FBI, Read More …
Press Release Despite the recent COVID outbreak, the biennial defence and security exhibition, expert panels and networking FUTURE FORCES FORUM (FFF) will take place as scheduled on 21 – 23 October 2020 in Prague, Czech Republic. FUTURE FORCES FORUM links users of the latest technologies in military Read More …
“The senior ended up with injuries in the care of surgeons in the hospital. It was fortunate that nobody else was injured in such a busy place. The scene of the incident between the tram islands was closed to pedestrians. Read More …
H.E. Mr. Ivan Jančárek, the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Spain, visited the C-IED COE, Hoyo de Manzanares, Madrid, on 5th February 2019. He was officially invited by the Director of the C-IED COE after the Ambassador had showed Read More …
ANAKONDA 2018, a Polish-led multinational exercise, which began on 7 November, today completed its first week. The exercise involves around 12,500 troops in Poland and approximately 5,000 troops in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The exercise demonstrated the interoperability of the Read More …
The Czech Republic identified that the three Resolute Support service members killed by a suicide bomber during a patrol with Afghan forces in eastern Afghanistan, August 5, were from the Army of the Czech Republic. “The tragic death of our Read More …
AEastern European countries have approved the discreet sale of more than €1bn of weapons in the past four years to Middle Eastern countries that are known to ship arms to Syria, an investigation has found. Thousands of assault rifles such Read More …