In a telephone conversation held on Friday, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and his Tuskish counterpart Binali Yildirim discussed the latest developments in both countries, the migrant crisis in Europe and the implementation of the agreement betwee
Bulgaria's largest ruling party, GERB, is in favour of keeping the professional army and is opposed to restoring the compulsory military service in the country.
For the time being, the plans do not foresee Bulgaria to make contributions to the four NATO battalions which will be deployed in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
At the summit, which began in Warsaw on Friday and is continuing on Saturday, the heads of state or government of the 28 member countries of NATO agreed to set up a Romanian-Bulgarian multinational brigade.
Bulgaria will likely assume the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU half a year earlier than initially scheduled.
The largest opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will negotiate with other left parties on the nomination of a joint candidate to contest the forthcoming presidential elections in the autumn.
Large queues of vehicles formed at key checkpoints along Bulgaria's borders with Greece and Turkey on Saturday.
The Bulgarian town of Kyustendil honoured Vladimir Dimitrov – Maystora (The Master) with a large-scale portrait of him drawn on the central square.
The British government rejected a petition signed by more than 4.
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