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PM: Bulgaria to prepare national plan for defence investments

June 25, 2025June 25, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

A national plan for defence investments will be prepared, which will go through all approval procedures, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rossen

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Europe 

Rutte: Nato Summit to approve raising benchmark for defence investment to 5% of GDP

June 23, 2025June 23, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Ukraine

Nato Allies will approve a their summit in The Hague on June 24 and 25 major new defence investment plan,

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Europe 

Bulgaria to participate in Nato multinational exercise Dacian Spring in Romania

April 17, 2025April 17, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Romania

About 4000 military personnel and 913 technical assets from 10 allied countries, including Bulgaria, are to participate in the Nato

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Bulgaria 

Poll: Two-thirds of Bulgarians think country should back EU if there are differences with US

March 7, 2025March 7, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia

Fifty-nine per cent of Bulgarians think that, if there are differences in the positions of the European Union and the

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Bulgaria 

Defence Ministry: Participants in Nato exercise to transit Bulgaria

February 21, 2025February 21, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Kosovo, Nato

From February 22 until March 20, participants in the Nato Steadfast Dart 2025 exercise will be relocated from the areas

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Bulgaria 

Deputy Defence Chief: Steadfast Dart exercise clear demonstration of adapting Nato’s deterrence capabilities

February 13, 2025February 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Nato’s Steadfast Dart 25 exercise demonstrates the Alliance’s intention to improve its procedures in order to shorten the time for

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Europe 

Nato chief Rutte: Investment in defence by Nato Allies in Europe and Canada rose 20% y/y in 2024

February 12, 2025February 12, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia, Ukraine

In 2024, Nato Allies in Europe and Canada invested $485 billion in defence, a nearly 20 per cent increase compared

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Bulgaria 

Romania has joined Nato Battle Group in Bulgaria

January 15, 2025January 15, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Romania

Starting January 2025, Romania augmented its troop and military equipment contribution to two more Nato Battle Groups operating in the

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Bulgaria 

Ten thousand Nato military personnel set for exercise in Bulgaria, Greece, Romania

January 13, 2025January 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Steadfast Dart 2025 (STDT25), Nato’s largest exercise for 2025 with a deployment of the Allied Reaction Force (ARF) formations, which

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