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Our security does not end on EU borders, experts agree
8.7.2022
A strong transatlantic partnership, adequate defence resourcing invested into capability shortfalls and improved strategic communication of our missions and operations – all those are essential for strengthening our ability to respond to crises. That was the primary takeaway from the discussions security experts from European and non-European countries, EU institutions, NATO and think-tanks, who gathered in Prague for the conference named Responsive CSDP: Navigating through Troubled Waters of Geopolitics. The first event organised by the Czech Ministry of Defence as part of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union took place in the National Museum in Prague on July 6-7, 2022.
Czech Defence Ministry to link European experts for discussing the future of European defence and security
6.7.2022
Organised by the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic, the conference named Responsive CSDP: Navigating through Troubled Waters of Geopolitics takes place in the premises of the National Museum in Prague on July 6-7, 2022. The conference is going to discuss the future course of the European Union’s security and defence policy with a view to the current geopolitical situation. The Strategic Compass, a new EU security and defence strategy, will be one of the key subjects.
MoD priorities for the Czech Presidency
1.7.2022
A ceremony held in the Litomyšl Chateau today starts the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The key goal for the Czech Republic in this semester will be to foster a safer and stronger Europe and the MoD priorities build on that endeavour.
Czech Armed Forces in command of EU Training Mission Mali for the second time
24.6.2022
On June 21, 2022, for the second time in its history, the Czech Armed Forces took over the command of European forces in Mali. Czechs were in the lead of the operation once before, in 2020. The EUTM Mali Force Commander is now Brigadier General Radek Hasala, who took over from Brigadier General Christian Riener of Austria. In the next six months, Czech Armed Forces service personnel will be in command of over 700 European service members from 25 countries.
Czechs and Slovaks shoulder-to-shoulder 80 years ago and today
24.6.2022
A jump of military paratroopers, commemoration function, remembrance ceremony with solemn wreath laying and all-day programme at Charles Square in Prague; all these events commemorated the heroism of people in World War II Operation Anthropoid. Seven Czechoslovak paratroopers, including those who carried out the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, succumbed to the more numerous Nazis in the Orthodox Cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius exactly 80 years ago. Their courage was remembered by distinguished guests including the Czech Minister of Defence Jana Černochová and the Slovak Minister of Defence Jaroslav Naď, who used the occasion to ask the Czech Republic for assistance with air defence of his country.