Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Bulgarian research institutes become NATO test centers

Jens Stoltenberg
Photo: BGNES

Two Bulgarian scientific institutions - the Institute "Big Data for the benefit of the intelligent society" (GATE) at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski ”and the Institute of Defense “Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov” have been selected as NATO test centres for the development of new technologies in the field of big data and artificial intelligence. 

This was announced by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a press conference during the NATO ministerial meeting in Brussels, according to the press centre of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 

Test centres are a key element of the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA), set up by the Allies in 2021 to strengthen the Alliance's overall technological capacity to meet new challenges.



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

EU finds no competition violation in Botas deal

The European Commission's Directorate-General for Competition has notified Bulgargaz and Bulgartransgaz that the case on the agreements concluded between the Bulgarian companies and the Turkish energy company Botas has been closed and no competition..

published on 12/21/24 4:04 PM

Members of the Macedonian Patriotic Organization meеt at the Macedonian-Bulgarian Church in Youngstown, Ohio

Representatives of 4 clubs of the Macedonian Patriotic Organization (MPO) in North America met at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Youngstown. The host was the local society "Todor Alexandrov" from Ohio, which is now almost 90 years old. The president of..

published on 12/21/24 3:23 PM

Institute of Market Economics: Тhere will be no apocalypse if 2025 budget is not adopted

The state will continue to function normally even without the parliament voting on the state budget , according to an analysis by the Institute for Market Economics (IME) called "Without a Budget for 2025 and Without an Extension Law: What Next?".  The..

published on 12/21/24 3:17 PM