The EU General Affairs Council has decided to grant Ukraine and Moldova the status of candidate countries , reads a draft decision which will be approved by the EU leaders on June 23, Ukrainian news agency UNIAN reported. Russia is conducting..
More NATO countries are to join the battle group in Bulgaria, Defence Minister Dragomir Zakov announced after the NATO defence ministers meeting in Brussels. Sofia has an arrangement with Italy for it to take the command of the battle group as..
After the Russian aggression in Ukraine, NATO forces need to be deployed on Bulgarian territory as a precaution. The Alliance's previous presence has no alternative, according to a report on the state of defense and the armed forces submitted to the..
Bulgarian Minister of Defense Dragomir Zakov takes part in the NATO meeting, held on June 15 and 16 in Brussels. The defense ministers will attend a working dinner with representatives of Ukraine, Georgia, Finland, Sweden and the EU..
Russia's war against Ukraine requires adequate measures to ensure security in Eastern Europe and address the side effects of the crisis. This was what Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said at the B9 summit in Bucharest, Romania. At the meeting,..
A small twin-engine Beechcraft plane with two people on board flew low over Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria on the evening of June 8. The plane was intercepted by the Hungarian Air Force, the US and Romanian F-16s, the..
“Strength, unity and solidarity within NATO, as well as an economically strong EU, are the appropriate response to Russia's attempts to destabilize Europe and reformulate international order”, Bulgaria’s Minister of Defense Dragomir Zakov said at the..
There is no progress on the open issues between Sofia and Skopje, which is why there are no conditions for my visit to Paris to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron. This is what President Rumen Radev said after the opening of the 15th..
F-35 fighter jets of the United States Air Force have landed at Graf Ignatievo Air Base in Bulgaria. They will continue NATO's air policing mission in the country, NATO Allied Air Command informed on Twitter. The number of aircraft..
The mission of the Dutch F-35 fighter jets, which were deployed to Bulgaria for joint air policing, ends today, Bulgaria’s Minister of Defense Dragomir Zakov announced . According to Minister Zakov, there are various options for joint..
