Minister of Defense Stefan Yanev expects Bulgaria to join a NATO drill with a battalion of up to 1,000 people. An opportunity has been created for the Bulgarian army to develop through joint military exercises. Diplomacy is not over,..
All decisions, including measures to avoid negative economic effects that the government will take in relation to the Ukrainian crisis, will be according to the development of the situation. This was what Prime Minister Kiril Petkov..
National Assembly President Nikola Minchev is convening an extraordinary sitting of parliament this afternoon, at which the premier, the ministers of foreign affairs and of defence, and the heads of the special services will be heard out...
“There isn’t any build-up of NATO troops or other foreign troops on Bulgarian territory”, this country’s Minister of Defense Stafan Yanev announced during the sitting of the National Assembly Committee on Defense. “All citizens will be..
Bulgarian Prime Minister Kirill Petkov convenes the Security Council tomorrow to discuss tensions over Ukraine and NATO plans to strengthen the Alliance's eastern flank, the Council of Ministers' press office reported. Earlier today, the opposition..
NATO has confirmed that it was considering sending jet fighters to Bulgaria as part of its intention to strengthen the defense of Eastern Europe at a time when tensions over Russia's military build-up around Ukraine were growing. In the meantime, in an..
Talking to reporters after the official inauguration ceremony of President Rumen Radev and Vice President Iliana Yotova , Prime Minister Kiril Petkov stated that he does not believe in zones of influence. In his words, it is very important..
President Rumen Radev issued a position describing Russia’s demand for the withdrawal of NATO forces from Bulgaria as unacceptable and pointless. PM Kiril Petkov: We make our own decisions on what policy to pursue within the frameworks of NATO..
Regarding Russia’s demand that NATO withdraw its military forces from Bulgaria and Romania, PM Kiril Petkov made an official statement in the National Assembly. In his words, within the frameworks of its NATO membership, Bulgaria makes..
“Bulgaria is yet another element of the Kremlin's strategy to call into question the choice of Central and Eastern European countries to join NATO”, MP Hristo Ivanov said. “We are free to choose how to protect our national security”, the..
