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Plevneliev: Bulgaria will play its part in Nato’s adaptation to changing security environment

May 6, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Nato, Rossen Plevneliev

As a member of the alliance, Bulgaria is determined to contribute to the implementation of agreed common solutions in Nato

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria may sign deal with Russian firm on repairs to two MiG fighters – defence minister

May 4, 2015May 7, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Having said earlier that Bulgaria would not extend a costly contract with a Russian firm to maintain the country’s ageing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to draft new plan for armed forces, but no defence budget update this year

April 27, 2015April 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Bulgaria’s cabinet should draft a new plan for the development of the armed forces, but there will be no update

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Defence Minister: I was offered a bribe, threatened to extend Russian MiG maintenance deal

April 24, 2015April 28, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Russia

Bulgarian prosecutors have begun investigating an allegation by Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev that he was offered a bribe and received

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria considering option of free second-hand jet fighters from US – defence minister

April 22, 2015April 24, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Nato

Bulgaria is considering the option of getting second-hand jet fighters free-of-charge from the United States, Defence Minister Nikolai Nenchev said

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Europe 

Nato reassures East European allies of its support

April 1, 2015April 1, 2015 VOANews Czech Republic, Nato, Romania

Nato’s supreme commander in Europe said that an armored vehicles convoy of US troops crossing eastern Europe is a “good

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Bulgaria 

Nato will not allow aggression against any ally – deputy commander Europe

March 18, 2015March 20, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Nato, Ukraine

Nato stands by the principles of collective defence and will not allow aggression by a state against any ally, the

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Europe 

Romania and Poland vow to join forces to beef up Nato’s Eastern flanks

March 13, 2015March 13, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Nato, Poland, Romania

Romanian president Klaus Iohannis and his host Polish president Bronislaw Komorowski agreed in a joint statement on March 12 that

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Perspectives 

View from Sofia: A difficult choice between Russia and the West

March 11, 2015March 11, 2015 Vessela Tcherneva Nato, Russia

The Bulgarian debate on sanctions, and on relations between the European Union and Russia more generally, has been coloured by

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