“Bulgaria’s defence industry has a huge potential, we have to promote it,” said Foreign Minister Georg Geigriev in an interview with bTV. “I believe the strategic partnership between the EU and the US must continue,” he said and added that..
In light of the EU's recently announced plan to rearm Europe, President Rumen Radev told journalists that he had always advocated a more responsible approach to security, both by Europe and by Bulgaria. "The modernisation of the Bulgarian Army and..
An American business delegation is visiting Bulgaria at the initiative of President Rumen Radev. Among the guests are representatives of leading companies operating in the defence, space and cyber industries and high technologies...
Currently, there is no legal possibility for Bulgaria to redirect funds from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan to defence and the armed forces. The funds are fully intended for the agreements set out in the plan, Deputy Prime..
The government has approved a new National Defence Strategy to prepare the army for modern challenges and implement new NATO requirements. The document states that the country’s defence “is carried out in the context of NATO’s..
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov will participate in a meeting of European leaders in Brussels today, at which aid to Ukraine and European defence will be discussed. Yesterday, March 5, Zhelyazkov announced that the government is..
Filling the large number of vacancies in the armed forces and improving their social status and motivation is the main objective of the Governance Programme for the period 2025-2029 in the "Defence" sector . Other expected outcomes of this programme..
An analysis of the state and preparedness of the armed forces in 2024 was presented during the Chief of Defence Annual Conference in Sofia. In their statements at the event, both President Rumen Radev and Minister of Defence Atanas Zapryanov..
We agree, Prime Minister, and look forward to continuing our successful cooperation in multiple fields, advancing our shared strength, security, and prosperity , the US embassy in Bulgaria wrote, in connection with yesterday’s brief meeting between..
It is too early to predict how the events in Syria would affect the war in Ukraine. This is what EU Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius said in a blitz interview with BNR - Horizont. The European Commissioner recalled that according..
