Bulgaria abstaining from joining European Intervention Initiative – Defence Minister
Bulgaria would abstain for the time being from joining the European Intervention Initiative, the country’s Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov told
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Bulgarian government coalition council held amid infighting produces ‘coalition is united’ pledge
A four-hour meeting of the Bulgarian government’s coalition council on the evening of September 3 – held amid tensions over
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Bulgarian nationalist minority party stops short of quitting governing coalition
Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov’s National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria (NFSB) party will remain part of the
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Defence Minister: Less than half of Bulgarian Air Force pilots ever fly
Of the Bulgarian Air Force’s 245 pilots, less than half ever take to the air, because of a lack of
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Bulgarian parliamentary finance committee greenlights fighter jet, armoured vehicle acquisitions
The Bulgarian National Assembly’s committee on the budget and finance approved on June 6 the 3.5 billion leva proposed projects
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Bulgarian parliamentary defence committee approves 3.5BN leva military modernisation projects
The Bulgarian National Assembly’s defence committee voted on June 5 to approve 3.5 billion leva military modernisation projects involving the
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Row in Bulgaria’s ‘United Patriots’ over meetings with leader of opposition socialists
The latest ructions in Bulgarian government minority partner the United Patriots – a grouping of ultra-nationalist and far-right parties –
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Bulgarian Defence Minister on overhaul deal with Russia: MiG-29s could be used to 2030
Bulgarian Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov has sought to justify a planned contract with Russia for that country to overhaul the
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Row in Bulgarian nationalist coalition continues after Simeonov refuses to apologise to Russian Patriarch Kirill
Tensions in Bulgaria’s United Patriots coalition, the grouping of nationalist and far-right parties that is the minority partner in government,
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