The National Assembly adopted the report on the state of defence and the armed forces in 2019.
The main conclusion is that the state of the defence capabilities of the Bulgarian armed forces allows them to perform their duties, though with limitations on time and volume. The factors which have a negative effect on the army’s defence capabilities are the outdated armaments and technology, as well as under-recruitment. For the first time in 2019 the tendency has been checked of an increase in the number of job vacancies in the army. It is recommended that defence spending remain at 2% of the GDP in the period from 2020 until 2024.
Despite the commitment of the state, emergency doctors in Bulgaria still do not have real-time access to information about free beds in hospitals and are forced to go around hospitals until they find a medical facility for their patient, warns Dr...
Bulgarian Vice President Iliana Iotova has opened the new school year at the Bulgarian Sunday School "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" in Barcelona . She congratulated the students for their diligence in attending classes on weekends after a full week at a..
Today, t he Rozhen Monastery "Nativity of the Theotokos" will celebrate its patron saint's day with a procession with the miraculous icon of "Theotokos – Portaitissa" and a blessing of the sacrificial (kurban) meal. The monastery lost its..
From today until September 15, Sofia's Vitosha boulevard and the park in front of the National Palace of Culture are transformed into a huge open-air..
It is 80 years, on 9 September, since the communist coup d'état which put an end to the Kingdom of Bulgaria. Talking about the communist past is..
Over a hundred participants in the voluntary teams of the Bulgarian Red Cross for disaster and crisis action, as well as representatives of the..
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