Ministry of Defence

The Prime Minister Boyko Borisov signed orders for the appoint of 8 Deputy Ministers. The proposals comes from the Ministers, reported BGNES.

On May 6, Bulgarians celebrate St. George's Day, also honoured as Bravery Day and the Day of the Bulgarian Army. 

The Ministry of Defence is warning people not to use drons in the area of the military parade today because of the risk of adverse events, reported BNR.

''This year traditional military parade in Sofia on May 6 marking Bulgaria Army Day and the Day of Valour will feature 1,200 army servicemen as well as three Air Force MiG-29 fighters and three helicopters, one Mi-17 and two Cougars'', the Ministry of Defence said.

MOSCOW - The Serbian Armed Forces (SAF) want to take part in demining operations in Syria, including the city of Palmyra, but currently lack the capacities for this, Serbian Defence Minister Zoran Djordjevic said in Moscow Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Zoran Djordjevic on Monday met with US Senator John McCain, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, to discuss bilateral military cooperation.

BELGRADE - Both pilots were killed in Friday's crash of a Serbian Air Force Super Galeb G-4 training fighter jet, the Ministry of Defence has said in a statement.

The statement identified the pilots as Lt Col Nenad Culibrk from the Air Force and Air Defence Command and Capt Dejan Pandurovic from the 252nd School Training Aviation Squadron of the 204th Air Brigade.

BELGRADE - A Serbian Air Force Super Galeb G-4 training fighter jet crashed on Friday in the area of the Slatina village in the Ub municipality, central Serbia, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed.

The two-seater plane crashed at around 10.30 am during routine flight training.

Tanjug file photo, D. Goll

Security concerns have been raised about plans to carry out major servicing work on the UK’s new F-35 fighter jets in Turkey.

SNP MP George Kerevan is to call for an inquiry into the policy in the light of last year’s attempted coup in Turkey and tensions with its Nato partners.

Major repairs to RAF combat jets have previously been carried out in the UK.

NGOs and think tanks are urging Serbia's Defence Ministry to withdraw new regulations it proposes on research in the country, claiming it would jeopardise most forms of research.

Britain planned to plant a nuclear bomb inside the Channel Tunnel to blow up the transport link in a desperate bid to severe ties with Europe. Previously top secret papers have revealed that officials once plotted the collapse of the tunnel between the UK and France in the event of an emergency.