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Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov expressed hope on December 14 that the offer to supply his country with US-made F-16s would be improved “because I’ve talked with the pilots and […]
Russian and Ukrainian naval forces have clashed in the Black Sea. Though the region lies on Nato’s weak southeastern flank, the alliance is unlikely to intervene in an area where […]
The European Union has called on Russia and Ukraine to “act with utmost restraint to de-escalate the situation immediately” while Nato has urged “restraint and de-escalation”, following soaring tensions over [&hellip ...
At an emergency meeting late on the night of November 25, the Military Cabinet passed a resolution to impose a martial law in Ukraine in the wake of an attack […]
Forty-one Bulgarian military personnel are taking part in Nato’s exercise Trident Juncture 2018, the main phase of which begins in Norway on October 25. The exercise is the largest of […]
Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry is again set to spend millions of leva on overhauling ageing Soviet-made military aircraft, offering a tender that envisages paying up to 82.51 million leva (about 42 […]
The July 2018 Nato summit is very important because it should demonstrate unity, solidarity and determination of all member states, but so far the questions outnumber the answers, Bulgarian President […]
Bulgaria welcomes the decision at the July 2018 Nato summit to open talks with the Republic of Macedonia on that country joining the Alliance, a crucial step in its Euro-Atlantic […]
Nato has officially invited Macedonia to initiate membership talks aimed at having the former Yugoslav republic join the Brussels-based North Atlantic alliance. The long-anticipated invitation was announced shortly after summit […]
The US president told a Montana campaign rally last week he’s coming to “tell NATO: ‘You’ve got to start paying your bills. The United States is not going to take […]
