MOD Republic of Croatia

A two-day NATO conference titled "Smart Resourcing for the Future" was opened today, November 16, in Le Meridien Lav Hotel in Split.

During the evening on Monday, 14 November 2011, around 22.00 hours at a position near the island of Lastovo, CAF helicopter MI-8 MTV in a very challenging and complex operation took part in the rescue of crew from the Crystal Sereniti cruise ship.

9^th anniversary of the Support Command was marked today, 15 November 2011, in "Satnik Josip Zidar" barracks, in Velika Buna.

The film "Croatian Army" at this year's 22^nd International Festival of Documentary Military Films "Esercito e Popoli", held from 7 to 13 September in the Italian town Bracciano was selected among the top three film of the festival and won Special Jury Award - Plaque of the Speaker of the Italian Parliament.

A formal handover of responsibilities between the former director of the Croatian Military Academy "Petar Zrinski" Major General Mirko Sundov and his deputy and commander of the War College "Ban Josip Jelacic" Brigadier General Slaven Zdilar took place in the Officer's Club of the Croatian Military Academy today, 14 November 2011.

With the demonstration of engineering and logistics activities and driving military vehicles under field conditions and through the obstacles on the training ground "Glavica" in Pozega, the international military exercise IEL MILU 2011 was closed today on Friday, 11 November 2011.