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Bulgarian Defence Ministry completes summary of bids to supply new combat aircraft

April 24, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry said on April 24 that it had completed its summary of the proposals to supply the Air

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Bulgaria 

Karakachanov: Bulgaria’s new coalition government will include four deputy prime ministers and 17 ministers

April 23, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria elections 2017, Krassimir Karakachanov, Nato, Volen Siderov

The structure of the forthcoming Boiko Borissov coalition government is ready, and will include four deputy prime ministers and 17

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s military: Gaps in the ranks, outdated equipment and shortage of funds

April 13, 2017April 15, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Nato

Bulgaria’s armed forces have a critical shortage of military personnel, a systemic lack of money and are supplied with outdated

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Bulgaria 

Handing MiG-29 engine overhaul contract to Poland was better deal for Bulgaria than with Russia, Nenchev trial told

April 12, 2017January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Poland, Russia

The conditions offered by Poland to overhaul the engines of the Bulgarian Air Force’s MiG-29 fighter jets were better than

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Bulgaria 

Migration, Russia are major issues for political parties ahead of Bulgaria’s March 2017 parliamentary elections

March 15, 2017March 17, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Bulgaria elections 2017, Nato, Russia, Turkey

Concerns about an increased flow of migrants into Bulgaria, and relations with Russia, are among the key issues that have

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Defence Ministry receives three proposals to supply fighter jets to Air Force

March 14, 2017January 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry has received three proposals to supply the country’s Air Force with fighter jets, the ministry said. The

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Bulgaria 

General Andrei Botsev takes office as Bulgaria’s latest Defence Chief

March 8, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Nato, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s former land forces commander Andrei Botsev took office on March 8 as Defence Chief – the third officer to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission names former State Security people sent to Nato, other international bodies

March 4, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Dossier Commission, Nato

Bulgaria’s Dossier Commission, the body empowered by law to announce members of the communist-era secret services who went on to

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Bulgaria 

Political row erupts over proposed change of Bulgarian Defence Chief

March 1, 2017March 9, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgaria elections 2017, Nato, Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s former governing party and former defence minister have expressed outrage at the caretaker Cabinet nomination of a new Defence

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