Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev has said that no Bulgarian soldiers will be sent to Ukraine and that NATO has no intention of sending troops there. Glavchev answered questions from the press and citizens during a live broadcast on Facebook. He..
Ukrainian optimism clashes with European scepticism ahead of the NATO summit, with divisions emerging over defence spending and how the war will end. These are the conclusions of a report based on a new survey by the European Council on Foreign..
The question is not whether Ukraine will join NATO, but when. The answer depends on the theatre of war and the ability to achieve a lasting peace, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said at the opening of The Economist's 28th Governmental Roundtable, held..
President Rumen Radev did not accept the Council of Ministers' proposal to lead the Bulgarian delegation to the NATO summit in Washington, the presidency said. Rumen Radev did not agree with certain provisions of the framework positions adopted..
The Government has approved a draft Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministries of Defence of Bulgaria and Romania on the establishment of a Headquarters Regional Component Special Operations Command (HQR-SOCC). The HQR-SOCC will provide..
Bulgaria will invest 2.18 per cent of its GDP in defence this year , according to documents released by NATO ahead of its July 2024 summit in Washington. The country's 2024 defence spending is expected to be $2.325 billion , up from $1.992 billion..
Eight of the Bucharest 9 (B9) Heads of State from Central and Eastern Europe and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met in Riga to discuss eastern flank defence and the situation in Ukraine ahead of the NATO summit in Washington in July. The..
According to a report by National Security Agency (SANS), 2024 will continue to see highly-intensive attacks by foreign special services against national security, malicious information campaigns and cyber attacks. The 2023 report notes that..
The deployment of Bulgarian soldiers to Ukraine has never been discussed, caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev said after meeting NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Sofia. "For me, this is a typical example of a hybrid attack and..
The NATO Intelligence Fusion Centre (NIFC) held the Spring Session of NATO's Senior Policy and Resource Committee in Sofia on Thursday. It was hosted by the Defence Intelligence Service (DIS). The meeting brought together nearly 50 representatives from..
