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Bulgarian Parliament’s first step to other Nato countries guarding airspace

January 14, 2016January 15, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Bulgaria’s National Assembly has approved the first reading of amendments to the Defence and Armed Forces Act that will make

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to tender for six new MiG-29 fighter jet engines

January 12, 2016January 14, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Poland

Bulgaria will by the end of January 2016 announce a tender for six new MiG-29 fighter jet engines, Defence Minister

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Europe 

New Russian strategy document calls NATO a ‘threat’

January 6, 2016 VOANews Nato, Russia

On December 31, President Vladimir Putin signed off on a new national security strategy for Russia that unequivocally identifies NATO

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Bulgaria 

Year in Review: Bulgaria’s 15 newsmakers of 2015

January 1, 2016January 7, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, judiciary, Nato, Volen Siderov

In Bulgaria in 2015, some made the news and some had the news thrust upon them. Apart from those who

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Bulgaria 

MRF founder Dogan hits out at party leader over Turkey-Russia declaration ‘gaffe’

December 23, 2015December 24, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Ahmed Dogan, Nato, Russia, Turkey

Ahmed Dogan, founder of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms – the party led and supported in the main by

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Europe 

US missile defence system in Romania is fully operational

December 18, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Nato, Romania

Major military components of the Aegis Ashore Missile Defence System (AAMDS) in Romania, a key element in Phase II of

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Europe 

Bulgarian Parliament welcomes Nato’s invitation to Montenegro to join alliance

December 17, 2015December 17, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Montenegro, Nato

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted by a large majority on December 17 to express support for the invitation two weeks earlier

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Europe 

Montenegro invited to join NATO

December 2, 2015December 3, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Montenegro, Nato

NATO foreign ministers agreed on December 2 2015 to invite Montenegro to join the alliance, according to a note on

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Europe 

NATO wants to beef up security along Turkish borders

December 2, 2015 VOANews Nato, Russia, Turkey

NATO foreign ministers are looking at ways to beef up security along Turkey’s border a week after Ankara shot down

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