• Austro-Croatian Defence Ministers’s meeting

    Croatian Defence Minister Ante Kotromanović on 12 May met with his Austrian counterpart, Minister Gerald Kluge, who was on an official visit to the Republic of Croatia. The meeting was an occasion to reiterate the traditionally good and …

  • 20th Anniversary of Operation “Lightning“

    The 20th Anniversary of the Police and Military Operation “Lightning“ was commemorated in Okučani on  1 May 2015. The ceremony was attended by the President of the Republic and the Supreme Commander of the Croatian Armed Forces, Kolinda Grabar …

  • The “ŠTIT 15″Air Target Shooting Exercise

    The «ŠTIT 15» international exercise engaged some 600 members of the Croatian Armed Forces and 70 members of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Slovenia. The main objective of the Exercise was to demonstrate the Air Defence units’ firing …

  • International Aerial Firefighting Conference – Zadar

    The conference is a regular aerial firefighter event and features a wide spectrum of relevant issues. Along with Croatia as host country, the Conference was attended by 20 countries and world’s leading firefighter equipment manufacturers. …

  • AVPD returns from mission

    The twelve members of the first Croatian Autonomous Vessel Protection Detachment  AVPD) last December embarked on the MSM Douro merchant ship moored in Djibouti, taking part in EU NAVFOR SOMALIA – OPERATION ATALANTA, as first-time Croatian …

  • The 14th generation of conscripts take oath in Požega

    The 14 generation of conscripts graduating from the voluntary basic military training (468 trainees, 49 of whom females) took their oaths in the Army Basic Training Centre in Požega on 14 March 2015. The oath taking ceremony, along with the …

  • Preparing for the EUBG

    As planned for the latter half of 2016, the Guards Motorised Brigade is tasked with generating and training an augmented motorised company-sized force for the EUBG.  The Brigade has been assigned with preparation and training of the motorised …