Bulgaria Denounces Russian Presidential Elections in Occupied Ukrainian Territories
Bulgaria has taken a firm stance against the recent Russian presidential elections held in the illegally occupied territories of Ukraine
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Bulgaria might opt to send its old MiG-29s to Poland for refurbishment, a defense news website has suggested.
In a text on Bulgaria, Defense Industry Daily points to the fact that carrying out hardware updates of MiGs in Russia is "awkward" nowadays for Eastern Europe with NATO's moves in the region.
It reminds that in 2011 Poland used its own state-owned Wojskowe Zaklady Lotnicze facility in Bydgoszcz to start processing 16 of its MiG 29s, in a move aimed at getting a squadron in the air until 2030.
"So it makes perfect sense that Bulgaria would think about contracting with Poland's WZL to refit," the website notes. It points out that Sofia, " aside from the awkwardness and the very real threat of sending their hens to be repaired by the fox, understands the inherent problems in dealing with Russian service providers."
At the same time the text hypothesizes that Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev's move to discuss acquisition and repair options on TV "could be a negotiating ploy to get a better deal with the Russians' RSK MiG, whose maintenance contract runs out in September."
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Brazen Bulgarian gangs "terrorise the elderly and rob them over their life savings with increasingly aggressive phone scams nettling millions of euros," according to an AFP story.
The prospect of US President Donald Trump's moving closer to Russia has scrambled the strategy of "balancing East and West" used for decades by countries like Bulgaria, the New York Times says.
Bulgarians have benefited a lot from their EU membership, with incomes rising and Brussels overseeing politicians, according to a New York Times piece.
German businesses prefer to trade with Bulgaria rather than invest into the country, an article on DW Bulgaria's website argues.
The truth about Bulgaria and Moldova's presidential elections is "more complicated" and should not be reduced to pro-Russian candidates winning, the Economist says.
President-elect Rumen Radev "struck a chord with voters by attacking the status quo and stressing issues like national security and migration," AFP agency writes after the presidential vote on Sunday.
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