30% are Bulgarians who would fight in defense of their country in the event of war. 42% are not ready, the rest are hesitant. In 2014, 25% of Bulgarians expressed readiness to defend their homeland. 47 percent said they would not defend the homeland.
In terms of their attitudes, Bulgarians are closer to Western Europeans, according to a Gallup International survey from the end of 2023, conducted in 45 countries and representative of more than half of the world's population.
None of the possible versions why the first Bulgarian F-16 fighter cannot fly has been ruled out. A version of possible sabotage also exists. This was what Gen. Spas Spasov, a former military pilot and chairman of the “Bulgarian Air..
Bulgaria has proven to be a true friend, the Israeli ambassador to Sofia, Yosi Sfari wrote on Facebook. "Israel faced a very difficult situation and the Bulgarian Prime Minister and the Ministers of Foreign and Interior Affairs..
On May 2, the Speaker of the National Assembly Natalia Kiselova will attend the celebration of 1,160 years since the adoption by the Bulgarian people and 1,170 years since the creation of the Bulgarian alphabet in Pliska. This was announced by..
GERB Leader Boyko Borissov and President Rumen Radev got into a dispute in the media over the country's new F-16 fighter jets, the first of which is..
16 EU countries will ask to be allowed to temporarily not apply the rules on budgetary stability in order to be able to make defense spending. Bulgaria..
In 2024, 93.3 million people in the EU (21.0% of the population) were at risk of poverty or social exclusion , according to data from the European..
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