Bulgarian President calls for ‘transparency and openness’ in fighter jet acquisition
Bulgaria’s President Rossen Plevneliev, who as head of state is also commander-in-chief, has urged “transparency and openness” in the process
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Nato’s Vershbow on alliance troops in Eastern Europe: ‘We had no choice’
Nato had hoped for cooperation with Russia, but Moscow changed the paradigm by annexing Crimea, the alliance’s Deputy Secretary General,
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Nato to deploy battalions in Poland and the Baltics in early 2017
As of the beginning of 2017 year four groups of combat battalions will be stationed on a rotating basis in
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US Sixth Fleet’s USS Mount Whitney visits Bulgarian port of Bourgas
The United States’ Sixth Fleet’s command and control ship USS Mount Whitney visited the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Bourgas
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Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry may change criteria for jet fighter acquisition – reports
Officials at Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry have begun quietly proposing changing the criteria for assessing the tenders for the supply of
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Montenegro PM accuses Russia of financing anti-Nato campaign
Russia is pouring money into Montenegro’s election campaign in an attempt to derail the country’s progress towards joining NATO, the
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Bulgaria’s Ministry of Defence to negotiate directly to get 10 MiG-29 engines
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Defence will negotiate directly to get 10 engines for its ageing Soviet-made Mig-29 jet fighters instead of
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PM: Bulgaria to pull military out of Afghanistan if Brussels summit produces no solution
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on October 2 that he will propose to the National Assembly that his country
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UK to deepen defence relationship with Bulgaria to help tackle security threats in SEE
During the first visit to Bulgaria by a UK Cabinet member since the UK’s Brexit referendum, British defence secretary Michael
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