"We need drones for aerial surveillance so we don’t have to use helicopters and airplanes to monitor the Bulgarian waters", said one of the commanders in the Mine Countermeasures Naval Group in the Black Sea in an interview with public service broadcaster BNT.
The Ukrainian army claims to have destroyed more than 100 Russian mines in the Black Sea. However, this is a constant struggle.Changes in seasons, weather and climatic conditions constantly bring up new mines, breaking them away from previously laid minefields. The danger of drifting mines in the Black Sea will persist for years after the end of the war in Ukraine, emphasized Captain 3rd rank Miroslav Dobrev.
Due to the war in Ukraine, the Bulgarian Navy is participating in mine-clearing operations in the Black Sea with its minesweeper "Struma", in collaboration with ships from Romania and Turkiye.
Bulgaria's Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov has invited King Charles III to visit Bulgaria again , the Council of Ministers announced. The two spoke at the royal reception organized on the occasion of the Berlin Process summit in London , which..
Legislative amendments banning individuals sanctioned under the global Magnitsky law from holding senior government or party positions will likely be submitted to Parliament as early as Thursday by the Vazrazhdane party, MP Petar Petrov told BNR...
The Renew Europe political group in the European Parliament has established a working group to examine instances in which the Bulgarian government may have acted against the rule of law. The move comes in response to what the group describes as..
The international scientific conference “Bulgarians in the Northern Black Sea Region” will be held in Sofia on October 27 and 28, 2025 in the Institute..
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