Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Bulgaria has exported weaponry to Saudi Arabia, India, USA and Iraq

Photo: EPA/BGNES

Last year Bulgaria exported weapons, munition and defence-related products amounting to 1.219 billion euro, which is 20 percent up on 2016.

The bulk of these exports were to Saudi Arabia, India, USA and Iraq. The total cost of the country’s imports of defence-related commodities is 247 million euro, mostly from Poland, Serbia and Romania, reads a report by the Interministerial Commission for Export Control and Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction with the Minister of Economy, adopted by MPs. 



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Rumen Radev in Vietnam

President Radev meets with Vietnamese citizens who studied and worked in Bulgaria during his Vietnam visit

Rumen Radev's visit to Vietnam began with a meeting with the community of Vietnamese citizens who have studied and worked in Bulgaria - representatives of the Vietnam-Bulgaria Friendship Association. Hundreds of Vietnamese citizens are members of the..

published on 11/24/24 5:00 PM
MP Nadezhda Yordanova from PP-DB

PP-DB MP Yordanova: There is no agreement with GERB for a governing majority and posts

The deputy from "We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria" Nadezhda Yordanova has denied the information that an agreement was reached with GERB - SDS for the formation of a governing majority , on the basis of which Atanas Atanasov from the..

published on 11/24/24 4:01 PM

Bulgarian AI chat BgGPT can be used for free by everyone

The Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski has made available for free use the latest generative artificial intelligence chat application BgGPT , available at bggpt.ai ...

published on 11/24/24 2:37 PM