Issues of the strategic partnership between Bulgaria and the United States in the field of defence were discussed in Sofia by the Bulgarian Minister of Defence Georgi Panayotov and the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for European and Nato..
Minister of Defence Georgi Panayotov held a video conference call with Mara Karlin, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs on issues pertaining to the US' international security. Mara Karlin expressed gratitude..
As of July 1, 2021, Bulgaria will become the rotating chair of the SEDM process (South East Europe Defence Ministerial). In preparation for the adoption of the mandate, representatives of the current President of the Republic of Albania are visiting..
The Ministry of Defence has awarded public contracts without competitive tender designating the contractor directly. Despite the instructions by the Ministry of Finance to avoid pre-payment, 80% of the contracts were paid in advance, Defence..
57% of Bulgarians support NATO. 22 percent want the country to withdraw from the alliance, reads NATO's annual report presented by its Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg . Support for NATO in the member states is 62 percent, and 11% are opponents of the..
Bulgaria's Ministry of Defence has signed the contract for the construction of 2 multifunctional patrol ships. The contractor of the project is the German company Fr.Lurssen Werft "GmbH & Co. KG “With this project we actually took the second..
Bulgaria and the US have signed a roadmap for cooperation in the field of defence. This happened at a meeting at the Pentagon between Bulgaria's Defence Minister Krasimir Karakachanov and the US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper. The document confirms..
Bulgarian Minister of Defence Krasimir Karakachanov and Germany’s Minister of Defence Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer agreed there is need of a comprehensive analysis of the threats to Europe. “A comprehensive analysis is needed of the threats,..
At the NATO defence ministers meeting taking place in Brussels, Bulgarian Minister of Defence Krasimir Karakachanov reconfirmed this country’s commitment to meet the parameters of investments in defence, agreed in Wales in 2014. Under the plan..
At a meeting in Paris, the presidents of Bulgaria and France Rumen Radev and Emmanuel Macron defined defence, economy and education as key spheres in bilateral cooperation. President Macron stated that investments in both directions will increase in..
