Until March 18, the house-museum "Tsar Liberator Alexander II" in Pleven will have on display an exhibition dedicated to the 143 rd anniversary of Bulgaria’s Liberation from Ottoman Rule. It presents 14 exhibits from the fund of the Regional Museum of..
Bulgaria holds between 60 and 70% of the export of so-called "non-standard weapons" to NATO. These are weapons that are produced according to the standards of the former Warsaw Pact. These are major agreements that go through US companies and are..
A large quantity of weapons, including machine guns, sub-machine guns and pistols, was seized in a Police operation in Bulgaria. The weapons were found in a private garage in Bulgaria's capital Sofia. The Bulgarian Police detained one person in Sofia..
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..
Rumyana Arnaudova, spokesperson for the Prosecutor General has confirmed that the prosecutor’s office is checking the legality of the operation of the arms factory in Lyaskovets, after Bulgarian arms were found in Aleppo. Meanwhile an expert..
Outgoing Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov stated that Bulgaria has not exported weapons to Syria since the start of the conflict in 2011 and has strictly been observing international standards. Minister Mitov made this statement following..
Six members of a criminal group were detained in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia over illegal possession and disposal of weapons in a joint operation of the Chief Directorate Combating Organized Crime and the Special Unit of the Prosecutor’s Office. The..
A 53-year-old man from Stara Zagora was killed last night in a blast in Bulgaria’s biggest military weapons maker Arsenal in Kazanlak. The signal about the incident was filed several minutes before 11 pm on Friday night. The man was working on a..
