U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu spoke by phone about the incident with the downed U.S. drone in the Black Sea, Reuters and TASS reported. The conversation was held at the initiative of the United States. According to Sergei Shoigu “the flights of American strategic drones off the coast of Crimea are of a provocative nature, which creates prerequisites for an escalation of the situation in the Black Sea region”. For his part, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin emphasized that “the United States will continue to fly and to operate wherever international law allows.” Lloyd Austin urged Moscow to operate its military aircraft “in a safe and professional manner”.
The Council of Ministers has not discussed a new treaty between Bulgaria and Ukraine on the provision of military assistance, the government press service said. “Allegations that a new military aid agreement with Ukraine is under preparations are manipulative”, caretaker Minister of Defense Dimitar Stoyanov said.
Bulgaria is interested in increasing the capacity of its defence industry and welcomes the EU's support, but is in no way committed to providing arms to Ukraine, the cabinet said in a statement with regard to the visit of the Commissioner for the Internal Market (Thierry Breton) to Bulgaria.
On Monday the weather will be mostly sunny, in the afternoon there will be scattered high clouds. Almost quiet weather is expected. Minimum temperatures will be mainly between minus 3°C and 2°C, slightly lower in the valleys of western Bulgaria, in..
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..
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..
A quadripartite meeting of the interior ministers of Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria and Romania in Budapest on 22 November made it clear that Austria would..
Overnight it will be mostly clear. Winds will weaken and die down in many areas. In the morning it will be cold, with minimum temperatures between minus..
The planned annual maintenance of Unit 6 of Bulgaria's only NPP, Kozloduy, has been completed. The unit was connected to the national grid at 10:07..
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