“A letter was sent to Lockheed Martin at the end of August asking for information, not a letter for starting a procedure for the initiation of negotiations on new fighter aircraft. The enquiry concerned availability, terms and prices of aircraft but also of three-coordinate radars. Information has been requested of the American side, but also of other leading companies and some have already answered,” said Minister of Defence Krasimir Karakachanov in Plovdiv.
“The government will only decide under what conditions the next fighters will be purchased after 2024 when the first 8 aircraft have been received. Parliament has approved the project for 16 planes, the next 8 will be on deferred settlement terms,” Minister Karakachanov said, the BNR reports.
The meeting of the Joint Multidisciplinary Commission of Experts on Historical and Educational Issues between Bulgaria and North Macedonia in Skopje ended without progress, BTA reported. On February 21 and 22, the Commission once again..
Police are searching for all those involved in the clashes in front of the European Commission building in Sofia on Saturday, February 22, Bulgaria’s Minister of Interior Daniel Mitov told public broadcaster BNT. ''Outrageous scenes in Sofia..
It will be cold with minimum temperatures between minus 14°C and minus 9°C, in places in the northeastern regions up to minus 16°C, for Sofia - around minus 9°C. On Sunday it will be mostly sunny. Before noon in some places in the plains and..
According to data from Eurostat, Bulgaria has met the final criterion for joining the eurozone, namely price stability, Minister of Finance Temenuzhka..
The Ministers of Agriculture of Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia have called on the European Commission to restore pre-war import quotas for..
Sofia has taken over the presidency of the most prestigious local government forum in the Balkans – B40. The capital’s mayor Vasil Terziev accepted the..
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