Bulgarian Army troops are holding a joint training exercise with border police units at Ilinden, a crossing at the country’s border with Greece, the Defence Ministry announced on Thursday.
Counter-intelligence and domestic security agency DANS is the body that will work in tight cooperation with NATO on crisis management and disaster response, the cabinet has announced.
Cooperation under the EU and NATO frameworks are on the agenda of Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev and his Romanian counterpart Mihnea Motoc during Nenchev's visit to Bucharest on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev will table to the Council of Ministers the draft for the acquisition of a new multi-purpose fighter jet in several days.
Bulgaria’s Defence Council has approved the investment project for acquiring new fighter jets for the country’s Air Force, public broadcaster BNR reported on Monday.
Border protection will remain assigned mostly to border police and riot police even after deployment of troops has been completed, Bulgaria's Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev has said.
Bulgaria has said it is ready to build a wire fence along its border with Greece to tackle a potential increase in migrant inflow after the Western Balkans route was practically closed.
Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev halted two public tenders for the delivery of armoured machines for use by the land forces and the military police worth more than BGN 50 M.
A joint exercise is to be conducted on Saturday in Southwestern Bulgaria, at the border with Greece and near the one in Macedonia, in light of potentially increasing migratory pressure.
The defence council to Bulgaria’s defence ministry is expected to meet on Tuesday to review the draft project for acquisition of a new warplane for the needs of the country’s air force.
Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev said on Sunday his institution will cancel some "less relevant" public procurement procedures to ensure a more efficient spending and transparency.
The Bulgarian parliament extended on Thursday the powers of the army, allowing it to guard the state borders.
The Bulgarian government has agreed to send troops as part of a NATO mission aimed at bolstering the defense of Turkey's airspace.
The Bulgarian parliament extended the powers of the army on Thursday, allowing it to guard the state borders.
Bulgaria ranks 67th out of a total of 126 countries worldwide in terms of military strength in the 2016 Global Firepower (GFP) list.
Bulgaria will provide training for servicemen of the Lithuanian air force, the government's press service informs.
Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev has said authorities are planning to develop a national strategy to counter acts of hybrid warfare.
Bulgaria spent BGN 23.
NATO Defence Ministers have agreed on an enhanced forward presence on the eastern flank of the Alliance, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday.
At their meeting scheduled to take place in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday, defence ministers of the member countries of NATO are expected to agree on enhancing the presence of the Alliance in the east.
The changes to Defence and Armed Forces Act approved on Friday make Bulgaria “a more reliable NATO ally”, Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev has said, referring to the Parliament’s approval of participation of allied aircraft in joint air policing missions.
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