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Bulgarian Defence Minister: PM, Parliament back introducing paid voluntary military service

January 16, 2018January 17, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Krassimir Karakachanov, Nato

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and the majority in Parliament support the introduction of paid voluntary military service, Defence Minister

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Bulgaria 

Head of Nato Military Committee praises Bulgaria’s contribution to the alliance

December 2, 2017December 4, 2017 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

The head of the Nato Military Committee, General Petr Pavel, has praised Bulgaria’s contribution to the alliance’s activities, missions and

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Europe 

Nato Foundation to hold conference on Western Balkans in December 2017

November 23, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Nato

At the beginning of December, Italy’s capital Rome will host a conference entitled “The Western Balkans at a crossroads”, organised

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Europe 

Nato apologises to Turkey for targeting Erdogan and Ataturk in training exercise

November 18, 2017November 18, 2017 Deutsche Welle Nato, Turkey

Nato apologised on November 17 for naming enemy targets in a military computer training exercise after Turkey’s beloved founder Mustafa

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Europe 

EU signs historic defence pact as Brexit, Trump drive bloc to co-operate

November 13, 2017November 13, 2017 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Brexit, Nato

Twenty-three member states of the European Union have signed a historic deal to co-operate more closely on defence. The pact,

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Bulgarian soldiers holding Kalashnikov semi automatic rifles
Perspectives 

Opinion: A small step toward a European army

November 13, 2017November 15, 2017 Bernd Riegert of Deutsche Welle Nato

An historic breakthrough or just another attempt doomed to peter out? The EU plans to coordinate EU members’ military capacities

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Europe 

Nato to beef up in face of ‘assertive’ Russia

November 9, 2017 Deutsche Welle Nato, Russia

Nato plans to update its command structure for the first time since the end of the Cold War to ease

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Europe 

Nato challenges Russia on scope of war games

October 27, 2017 VOANews Nato, Russia

Nato has accused Russia of misleading the Western military alliance about the military exercises it held last month with Belarus.

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Bulgaria 

Problems in process of overhaul of Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29 engines

October 20, 2017October 21, 2017 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Krassimir Karakachanov, Nato

The Bulgarian Defence Ministry has accepted only two of 10 new and overhauled MiG-29 fighter jet engines because of insufficient

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