Troops and equipment from the UK and Northern Ireland Armed Forces will be travelling on Bulgaria's national road network from Romania to Greece today and tomorrow as a multinational NATO exercise concludes in our northern neighbour, the Defence..
Major General Dragoş-Dumitru Iacob, commander of the Headquarters Multinational Corps Southeast in the town of Sibiu stated, that from now on Bulgarians and Romanians should feel safer, now that the new NATO command structure has become..
A representative survey conducted in 8 countries of Central and Eastern Europe by the Bratislava-based GLOBSEC has registered an increase in pro-western sentiments in the region. Bulgaria is an apparent exception in some respects. This was stated..
After the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, almost twice as many Bulgarians prefer the country to be in alliance with NATO and the EU - 45% , than those who chose an alliance with Russia - 22%. This is according to a nationally representative..
The Ministry of Defence has drafted a new defence strategy of Bulgaria, and the document has been published for public discussion. Bulgaria’s defence is pursued in the context of NATO’s collective defence and within the frameworks of the EU’s..
Fifty servicemen have been deployed to the Bulgarian-Turkish border to support 300 of their colleagues in response to a possible refugee wave as a result of the conflict in the Middle East, Military Minister Todor Tagarev said. "The army is helping to..
On 11 and 12 October 2023, Minister of Defence Todor Tagarev will participate in the regular meeting of the Ministers of Defence of NATO member states . The forum will discuss key decisions related to the Alliance's deterrence and defence capabilities..
Movement for Rights and Freedoms MP Delyan Peevski told journalists that his party will propose Bulgaria's membership in the EU and NATO to be enshrined in the Constitution. Thus, the country’s membership of the two alliances would not be subject to..
There are currently no Russian warships in the Bulgarian economic zone in the Black Sea . This was stated by Chief of Defence Admiral Emil Eftimov. In his words, the Russian forces have withdrawn after preventive actions of the Bulgarian Navy and NATO...
By 2025 the Ministry of Defense will build an entire small town, in which the soldiers of the NATO allies from the multinational battle group on the territory of Bulgaria will live. The estimated cost is at least 50 million euros..
