A solemn rotation ceremony of the Multinational battle group, led by Italy and hosted by Bulgaria, took place at the Novo Selo training area. The battlegroup commander Colonel Michelangelo Genchi handed the command over to Colonel Mariano Scandurra...
"Bulgaria will not send a military contingent to Ukraine. No Bulgarian soldier will set foot there as long as the caretaker government is in power", caretaker Minister of Defence Dimitar Stoyanov said at the National Military University in Veliko..
On the Day of the Bulgarian Army, it became clear that the national military contingent will withdraw from Afghanistan by September. Outgoing Defence Minister Krassimir Karakachanov said the decision was in line with Bulgaria's US and NATO allies...