The US Congress has approved the sale of eight F-16C/D Block 70/72 multirole fighter jets to Bulgaria, with support, for an estimated cost of USD 1.673 billion.
Within the next two weeks the American side is to submit a draft contract to the Bulgarian side. The expected cost of acquiring the aircraft, with the package of the combat capabilities necessary, will be within the bounds of USD 1.2 billion, the Bulgarian Defence Ministry has announced.
To begin with, Bulgarian parliament approved a sum of no more than USD 1.03 billion for the 8 new multirole jets, but later an annex was approved, allowing a variation from the above sum.
The regional governor of Dobrich, Rumen Rusev, has sent the decision to hold a local referendum on the construction of wind farms back for further discussion. The Dobrich Municipal Council had decided that the local referendum should be held with..
Twenty-eight parties and 11 coalitions have submitted documents to take part in the early elections on 27 October . Campaigning for the seventh parliamentary elections in four years begins on 27 September. The Central Electoral Commission registered..
Overnight, from west to east, the rain showers will stop and the clouds will break up and decrease. Thursday will be sunny in western and central Bulgaria . Visibility will be temporarily reduced and in the morning hours there will be low clouds in..
Bulgaria ranks second in the world in terms of bread consumption after Turkiey, reported BNT citing the Turkish news site Yenigün. According to the..
Before the start of the new school year, the ''Give a Book'' Foundation is collecting notebooks, plimsolls, pencil cases and backpacks filled with school..
The Commission for Consumer Protection has ordered the immediate withdrawal from the market of two products known as energy sniff, which are inhaled..
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