“If you ever find yourself in Zhrebichko at “shanuvane” time, you would never know what you are seeing is young men about to go off to the army, you would think it was some kind of strange wedding,” says Prof. Ilia Peev. Mandatory military..
The caretaker Minister of Defence Dimitar Stoyanov has commented that there are gaps and ambiguities in the decision adopted by the last parliament on the modernization of the Bulgarian army by 2032. No financial security has been envisaged, he claims...
Retirees account for more than 10% of the personnel of the Bulgarian armed forces. This is made clear in a written reply given by outgoing Defence Minister Dragomir Zakov to a question by Democratic Bulgaria MP Martin Dimitrov. There are 4,107..
The ministers of "BSP for Bulgaria" have left the meeting of the Council of Ministers, where the offer received from the USA for a second batch of eight F-16s and the progress of the negotiations were discussed. The news was reported to..
Days before the NATO summit in Madrid at the end of June, four Bulgarian foreign ministers and six military officials called on the Bulgarian authorities to declare a stance on providing arms and ammunition to Ukraine. The ten also insisted on..
On the Day of the Bulgarian army, May 6, attractive flights were held at Graf Ignatievo Air Base near Bulgaria's Plovdiv . Air combat and ground support with MiG-29 and Su-25 aircraft were shown. Dutch F-35 aircraft also took part. The crews of Mi-17..
For the third year in a row, the Day of the Bulgarian Army (May 6) is being celebrated without the traditional military parade in Sofia . But the army demonstrated combat capabilities at the Graf Ignatievo, Novo Selo and Tsrancha military bases. In..
The headquarters of a multinational brigade under Bulgarian command on our territory will be established in response to security threats, said the Chief of Defense Adm. Emil Eftimov, who together with the Chair of the NATO Military..
150 soldiers and 20 vehicles of the Bulgarian army have joined the protection of the Bulgarian-Greek and Bulgarian-Turkish borders . The servicemen, who are members of the Centre for Specialist Training, from the 2nd and 61st mechanized brigades,..
The Council of Europe has announced it is suspending Russia’s rights of representation in the organization, BTA reports. Earlier t he Ukrainian army announced that armoured vehicles are entering the capital city Kyiv to defend it from the..
