Cadets from the Croatian Military Academy "Dr. Franjo Tuđman" Doris Dasović, Luka Kirac, Vilim Đura, and Ilija Ivanović, led by English language instructor and senior advisor Maja Ivanović, MSc, from the Center for Foreign Languages "Katarina Zrinska", participated in the 7th Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) Olympiad in Budapest.

The scientific competition was held from July 1st to 5th, 2024, at the University of Public Service "Ludovika" in Hungary. The organizers were the European Security and Defence College from Brussels and the Hungarian Ministry of Defence, and the event was held under the Hungarian presidency of the European Union.

The competition covered topics in the field of the European Union's common security and defence policy. The cadets competed in three categories: essay writing, topic presentation, and individual and group knowledge competition.

Cadet Achievements
Cadet Senior Sergeant Luka Kirac, a naval military student, won first place in the individual competition on the knowledge of the European Union's common security and defence policy. He also won in the category of writing and defending a paper on the topic "Military Developments of Armed Forces in the European Union Caused by the War in Ukraine".

The Croatian Military Academy received a transitional plaque that will be presented to the winner of the 8th CSDP Olympiad in two years in Cyprus.

Team Competition Results
Cadet Sergeant Ilija Ivanović and his team won first place in the team competition category on the knowledge of the European Union's common security and defence policy. Cadet Corporal Doris Dasović and her team took second place.

Cadets from the Croatian Military Academy "Dr. Franjo Tuđman" won a total of five medals out of a possible 12 in this competition.

International Participation
In addition to the Croatian cadets and hosts, competitors from Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Greece, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, and Italy participated in the competition.

The Olympiad concluded with a closing ceremony and the distribution of certificates to the participants.