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Five Macedonian soldiers graduated from the Bulgarian Military Academy

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"The war that has been raging near our borders for a year and a half now is a clear reminder that defending national and allied interests will be more and more challenging and increasingly responsible task, President Rumen Radev said at the ceremony of conferring first officer ranks and awarding diplomas to the graduates of the "Vasil Levski" National Military University in Veliko Tarnovo.

The President awarded the first officer's epaulets to 113 graduates and 13 cadets of the National Military University. The outstanding student of the year is Cadet Sergeant Bogdan Ventsislavov Kenarov, graduated with a degree in Intelligence.

On 31 July the Minister of Defence Todor Tagarev and the Chief of Defence Admiral Emil Eftimov will award the diplomas to the graduates of the Military Academy "Georgi S. Rakovski". Among the 23 senior officers are five military officers from North Macedonia.



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