COM EUFOR, Major General Reinhard Trischak was joined today by the Ambassador of Romania to BiH, Mrs. Dana-Manuela Constantinescu at the Memorial Park within Camp Butmir. They were joined by members of the Romanian Armed Forces serving with EUFOR to lay a wreath at the Fallen Soldier Monument in […]

  Soldiers, airmen and sailors based at the EUFOR Headquarters and throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina received their deployment medal on a sunny autumn morning at Camp Butmir. The formal ceremony was presided by Commander EUFOR Major General Reinhard Trischak, who thanked the the troops on parade for their effort and […]

The first training was done on Monday evening by the football national team in Sarajevo in Butmir, after they gathered on the eve of the October matches within the barrages for placement in the Euro and the League of Nations. The selector Dusko Bajevic has 19 football players available, while […]

  EUFOR’s annual exercise to test the readiness of its quick-reaction forces receives 100 soldiers of the UK’s élite Parachute Regiment. After spending 2 weeks in isolation in the UK, the main body of A Company 3Para join up with their vehicles and equipment already delivered to EUFOR HQ at […]

  Lieutenant General Olivier Rittimann, the EUFOR Operation Commander, has given the green light for exercise Quick Response 2020 in June this year. The decision has been made after visiting EUFOR at Butmir witnessing first-hand the preparations and safety measures generated to make the exercise as safe and effective as […]

  EUFOR mine clearance experts based at Camp Butmir joined up with a team from the Federal Department of Civil Protection (FUCZ) to make safe some newly discovered devices. The mines were discovered near a hiking trail in a remote part of the Pašina Mountain where access by vehicle is […]

  Of the 20 nations that contribute to the make-up of EUFOR troops based at Camp Butmir, it was the first time this year that forces from Hungary and Turkey have combined to patrol together. The Turkish Liaison and Observation Team (LOT) base themselves in Livno, 100km west of Sarajevo […]

  Lieutenant General Olivier Rittimann, the EUFOR Operation Commander, has given the green light for exercise Quick Response 2020. The decision has been made after visiting EUFOR at Butmir witnessing first-hand the preparations and safety measures generated to make the exercise as safe and effective as possible. COM EUFOR, Major […]

  On 15 May 2020, in a Transfer of Authority ceremony held at Camp Butmir, Sarajevo, Brigadier General László Szabó relinquished his position of EUFOR Chief of Staff (COS) to his successor, Brigadier General Ernő Baráth, following the completion of a 13-month tour of duty. Addressing the parade, Brigadier General […]

    On 13 May 2020, COMEUFOR, Major General Reinhard Trischak, took part in a ceremony of remembrance at Camp Butmir in honour of the 23 Spanish soldiers who have lost their lives in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The service took place at the Spanish Fallen Soldiers monument in Camp Butmir’s […]