5,257 is the number of towns and villages in Bulgaria, National Statistical Institute data from 2021 show. Almost 5,000 of them are small settlements, but statistical data show that one village in the country “dies” every year after its last..
At Novo Selo training ground, President Rumen Radev attended the last day of the international military exercise Defensive Shield 23 Together with the Minister of Defense Dimitar Stoyanov and the Chief of Defense Adm. Emil Eftimov, Radev attended..
At a special briefing on May 10, Bulgaria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Kondov commented on the latest developments in the relations between Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia. Minister Kondov recalled that on May 6, Bulgarian MEP..
The Bulgarian MEP Andrey Kovatchev, who travelled to the Bulgarian military cemetery near Novo Selo on 6 May, was accompanied by persons known to the Interior Ministry in North Macedonia to pose a risk to public peace and security. Bulgarian MEP..
The MEP from EPP Andrey Kovatchev and President of the Bulgarian Memory Foundation Milen Vrabevski and three other people were denied entry to North Macedonia. They were supposed to participate in a memorial service commemorating the Bulgarian soldiers..
From April 5 to 7, military equipment will move through the territory of Bulgaria . Convoys will transit from Greece to Romania. Railway military convoys will follow the same route. Helicopter flights from the US Army in Europe from Romania to the Novo..
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has landed at the Bezmer Air Force Base. At the invitation of Bulgarian Minister of Defense Dragomir Zakov, Austin is on a two-day working visit to Bulgaria to discuss the prospects for the..
A joint Bulgarian-American military training has started at the Novo Selo training ground, which will last until June 30, 2022, the Ministry of Defense has reported. Forces and equipment of the Ministry of Defense, the structures..
From today until the end of the week, UH-60 "Blackhawk" helicopters from the US Army, relocating from Romania to Greece, will fly through the airspace of Bulgaria. This was announced by the Bulgarian Ministry of Defence. During the flights, the..
The final stage of the multinational training exercise Thracian Sword, 2018 starts today at Novo Selo training range near Sliven. Around 200 troops from the special army forces of nine countries of Southeast Europe, as well as aircraft from the..
