Bulgaria's Day of Courage: Honoring St. George and the Bulgarian Army
On May 6th, Bulgarians commemorate St. George's Day, a significant occasion intertwined with the nation's history and traditions
As of Monday, Bulgaria’s Armed Forces will assist police officers patrolling the border with Turkey in a bid to cope with the refugee flows increase.
At the beginning of the week, Deputy Interior Minister Filip Gunev and Deputy Defense Minister Dimitar Kuyumdzhiev will visit the Elhovo border crossing point to mark the official start of the collaboration between police and armed forces, according to the press office of the Interior Ministry, as cited by Sega daily.
The main responsibilities of Bulgaria’s Armed Forces will consist in the transportation of border patrol agents to places that are hard to reach and repairing equipment.
Although he was initially opposed to the idea amid concerns for the tensions that could be caused by the move in the sphere of Bulgaria’s relations with Turkey, Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev eventually approved the proposal for logistics support by the Bulgarian Army to the Border Police unit.
In end-January, Nenchev said that a total of 180 troops would be dispatched to the Bulgarian-Turkish border.
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I feel no moral guilt towards anyone. This was stated by Kiril Petkov, answering a question whether he would apologize to the Bulgarian people for violating the Constitution.
Head of the Military Medical Academy (MMA) Major General Prof.
The Ministry of Finance has revised its autumn forecast for economic development.
Bulgarian police arrested a Russian citizen and two Lithuanians on suspicion of exporting “sensitive information” from the Arsenal military plant in Kazanlak.
The government has changed its order requiring state-owned companies to pay a dividend to the budget.
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