The Defense Committee and the Budget and Finance Committee of the Bulgarian National Assembly will discuss today the proposal of the Bulgarian cabinet to start negotiations with the USA on the acquisition of F-16 Block 70 fighter aircraft. The debates in the two parliamentary committees will be held behind closed doors, because some of the documents contain classified information. The members of the Defense Committee and the Budget and Finance Committee are expected to support the proposal which is likely to be voted at the Bulgarian National Assembly by the end of the week. The Bulgarian cabinet asked the country’s Parliament for a mandate to negotiate with the USA for the acquisition of 8 fighter jets. The Bulgarian Socialist Party and Volya already announced that they will vote against. Ataka and NFSB which are part of the ruling coalition may not support the cabinet’s proposal either. GERB are expected to receive support by the Movement for Rights and Freedoms during the voting. MRF has announced that it would vote in favor of the Euro-Atlantic partnership.
Consumer confidence rose by 5.6 points in July, according to a survey by the National Institute of Statistics. According to consumers, the general economic situation in Bulgaria has been improving over the past 12 months, and expectations for the next..
Congressman Joe Wilson, Republican from the state of South Carolina, founder and co-chair of the Congressional Friendship Caucus for Bulgaria, addressed the House of Representatives on Bulgaria. This was announced by the Embassy of Bulgaria in the USA on..
The claims made by North Macedonia’s Premier Hristijan Mickoski, his Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Aleksandar Nikoloski and other responsible figures in Skopje regarding Corridor No. 8 are false and misleading. This was stated by the..
The forest wildfires during the past weeks endangered people and settlements, but also valuable natural habitats which are home to an enormous variety..
Around 2 , 120 military personnel from different land forces units have taken part in the efforts to put out wildfires in different parts of..
On Saturday the weather in Bulgaria will be sunny . Over Central and Eastern Bulgaria there will be temporary increases in clouds and in places it will..
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