Infrastructure worth EUR 6 billion will be built in Bulgaria for NATO and civilian purposes, Bulgaria’s Minister of Defense Todor Tagarev said for bTV. The infrastructure will include roads, railways, oil pipelines, warehouses and accommodation buildings. NATO will deploy to Bulgaria multinational brigade combat teams comprising a total of 5,000 people. They will be from the United States, Italy and 5 other surrounding countries.
Minister Tagarev, who returned from the United States, said he had visited the factories where seven of the first eight F-16 Block 70 combat aircraft for Bulgaria are already being assembled. The tests of the fighter aircraft are expected to begin in the autumn, and the first two fighter jets will be delivered in early 2025. Shortly after, the first Stryker armoured fighting vehicles will be delivered to Bulgaria.
Minister Tagarev said that the state is trying to help the sailors captured by Yemen‘s Houthi rebels. Bulgaria will not participate directly in the Red Sea operation against the Houthis, but will send liaison officers based in Bahrain.
On Thursday, clouds will break over the country. After midday there will be short showers with thunderstorms in the Rila-Rhodope area. Minimum temperatures will be between 15 and 23°C, 15°C in Sofia. Maximum temperatures will be between 25 and 30°C,..
The Bulgarian folklore ensemble ''Rodina'', led by Rayna Stamatova, will represent our country at the annual European Union Cultural Festival, which will be held in Lansdowne Park in Ottawa on July 13, 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced...
"It is evident that the political crisis continues and its solution requires not only putting aside personal and party interests but also requires adequacy", President Rumen Radev said in Parliament after the MPS rejected the nomination of Rossen..
An orange code warning for dangerous precipitation has been issued for seven districts in Central Bulgaria. From midnight on Wednesday, precipitation and..
The exhibition "The Buckles – a Universe of Signs" by the Ruse Regional Museum of History is visiting Burgas. The exposition, which will be opened today..
Today, the National Assembly will vote on the new government proposed by GERB-SDS. On Monday, upon receiving the first exploratory mandate, the largest..
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