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Plevneliev: Bulgaria hopes Montenegro will be invited to join Nato by end-2015

July 9, 2015July 9, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Montenegro, Nato, Rossen Plevneliev

Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev has expressed hope that Montenegro will get an invitation to join Nato by

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Bulgaria 

30 naval vessels, 1700 military from Nato countries, join Bulgaria’s Breeze 2015 exercise in Black Sea

July 3, 2015July 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Varna

Thirty combat and support ships and about 1700 military personnel from Bulgaria, the United States, Turkey, Greece and Romania are

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian cabinet mandates Defence Minister to negotiate purchase of jet fighters

July 1, 2015July 3, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev said on July 1 2015 that the cabinet had given him a mandate to negotiate

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister slams ‘hysteria’ over weapons deployment

June 24, 2015June 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

The stated intention of the United States to deploy military equipment in Bulgaria is within the framework of agreements at

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Defence Minister: No formal proposal yet from US on heavy weapons deployment

June 24, 2015June 26, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Nato

Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev has said that he has had talks with US ambassador Marcie Ries at her request

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian cabinet could face new fighter jet proposal

June 23, 2015June 26, 2015 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Nato

If Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev keeps to his stated intention, the scheduled cabinet meeting on June 24 could see

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Bulgaria 

Plevneliev: US has made no proposal to Bulgaria on deploying military equipment

June 15, 2015June 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Rossen Plevneliev

The United States currently has made no proposal to the Bulgarian government about deploying military equipment in the country, President

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Europe 

Russia begins major air force exercise

May 27, 2015 VOANews Nato, Russia

Hundreds of Russian warplanes and thousands of troops began a major military exercise Tuesday, coinciding with Arctic maneuvers by NATO

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s defence minister: Proposal on jet fighter acquisition to be put to cabinet by June 30

May 22, 2015May 25, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

A proposal on the acquisition of 16 new Western-made jet fighters, to cost an estimated close to 1.5 billion leva,

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