Defence Ministry

Albania held a ceremony on Tuesday marking a fresh milestone in the process of getting rid of hundreds of tons of deadly chemicals stockpiled by the country's dictator, Enver Hoxha.

The Defence Ministry has terminated again the public procurement order for the delivery of new and recycled buses, reported BGNES.

The decision was published on Monday. The order is for BGN 3 M with two suborders. One is for new buses for BGN 2 M but this suborder has been terminated due to the fact that there is only one suitable offer.

After 4 hours of negotiations between between Greece and its creditors that ended at 5.30am in the morning, the two sides were unable to reach an agreement. According to a government source, the main areas of dispute concerned a 600 million-euro difference in the the fiscal targets, while the impasse was sealed by their differing views on the labour matters.

Parliamentary Defence Committee approves BGN 1.6 B for modernization and filling vacancies at the Bulgarian army.

However, lawmakers in the Committee are still not sure that these funds will be enough to achieve their intentions, according to Bulgarian National Radio.

No Bulgarian military personnel from the contingent of the Bulgarian army participating in NATO's mission in Afghanistan Resolute Support have been injured in an explosion at the airforce military base Bagram, reported the press centre of the Defence Ministry.

The Defence Ministry has received nearly BGN 15.5 for the repair of the MiG-29 fighter jets.

The Regional Development Ministry has been provided with BGN 12 M in order to finish the construction of the 20-km road between Dolno cherkovishte and Golyam izvor in the Kardzhali and Haskovo municipalities.

There will not be a refugee camp in Varna and statements to that effect are not true, stated the head of the Protection of the Population Activities department of Varna Municipality Kupen Pavlov.

The site of 54 decares where the barracks are located has been transferred via a decision of the Council of Ministers from the Defence Ministry to Varna Municipality.

While Macedonia's Defence Ministry says it is still reviewing soldiers' demands for higher wages and better working conditions, the two trade unions representing the military say they are considering strike action as soon as next week.

Bulgaria's Parliament on Wednesday gave the green light to government plans to acquire new multirole warplanes as well as two multi-purpose patrol ships.

Bulgaria's Defence Ministry has warned against operating drones in the skies above Sofia and several adjacent areas next week to avoid collision with military aircraft flying low-altitude training missions in preparation for Army Day parade.