The Bulgarian Army could soon acquire 150 "Patria" armored combat vehicles after the government approved a memorandum between Bulgaria and Finland on April 21st. The document was proposed 2 years ago by Helsinki, but the procedure was delayed due to the change of different governments in Sofia.
According to the daily newspaper "24 Chasa" the in-house contract will go to the Bulgarian plants "TEREM" without a competition. The approval of the order was requested by Dragomir Zakov, the new Minister of Defense in PM Kiril Petkov's cabinet. Currently, there are no funds for the deal in the budget for 2022, but at the end of June an update of government spending is expected.
The 33rd Summer Olympics will be officially opened in Paris today. On this occasion, Bulgaria's Head of State Rumen Radev is in the French capital to attend the opening ceremony at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron and IOC President..
A fire broke out in a fireworks warehouse complex between the town of Elin Pelin and the village of Gara Elin Pelin near Sofia, the BTA news agency reported. There was a series of explosions in the warehouses. The alert for the burning warehouses was..
On Friday morning, clouds will break and decrease over the eastern half of the country, but will close again in the afternoon, bringing rain and thunderstorms in places. Lows will be between 16 and 22°C, 16°C in Sofia. Highs will be between 27 and 32°C,..
The man injured in the explosions at a fireworks warehouse near the village of Elin Pelin has died. The doctors did everything they could, condolences to..
The Bulgarian state is planning to allocate significant funding for the new laboratory at the Bulgarian base in Antarctica , public service TV BNT..
From human error to ball lightning, there are different versions regarding how the fireworks warehouses near Elin Pelin caught fire. According to..
Clear