Bulgarian army

President Rumen Radev  with Acting US Ambassador to Bulgaria Hero Mustafa in the presidency at Dondukov 2.

On 6th of May, Bulgaria celebrates the Day of Saint George the Victorious.

The public holiday is also known as Gergyovden and is one of the most celebrated name-days in the country.

St. George is the patron saint of shepherds and roasting a whole lamb is part of the tradition on this day.

For the term of the government from May 4, 2017 to the end of 2019, various types of defense products and related services were provided to the Bulgarian Army with grants from the US Government to the total value of $ 87,237,534. This was announced by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Krasimir Karakachanov in parliamentary control.

Bulgaria's defence minister has hit out at "unreasonable" Greek plans to build a camp near their border to shelter asylum seekers amid a migration surge from Turkey, AFP reported, quoted by various media including Focus News Agency.

A Bulgarian government official has expressed Sofia's displeasure at Greek government plans to build a closed migrant center near the border between the two countries, saying that the idea is "absurd."

The Bulgarian army should not be used for political purposes, this country's Minister of Defense Krasimir Karakachanov said, BNR reported.

Sources from the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense have reported that a tender for the delivery of drones for the army was announced in the last days of 2019. The value of the contract would be about 13 million euros. Invitation for participation in the contest has been sent to 24 companies from the USA, Israel, Italy, Bulgaria and other countries, BNR reported.

July 2020 will be the busiest month with 23 working days. The month with most holidays is expected to be May, when the working days are only 18.

The upcoming 2020 is a leap year and there are 366 days - 250 of them are working, ie. we expect 2000 working hours. 16 days are official holidays.

See all the day-offs below:

● New Year's Day on January 1st (Wednesday)

"National security lies in the foundation of every prosperous state, and it is not only the responsibility of the shooters, but of the entire society."

With these words, Head of State Rumen Radev addressed the students at the Military Academy "G. S. Rakovski ", whose graduation ceremony was honoured by the President today.

Prime Minister Boyko Borissov attended the ritual of taking a military oath by freshmen at the National Military University "V. Levski" in Veliko Turnovo.
"The government has allocated BGN 16 million to repair your buildings," the prime minister said. In his speech, he stressed that this year nearly BGN 4 billion will be spent on defense.