Ministry of Defence
Special Squad of Land Forces Disarms Corroded Artillery Shell Found near Bus Station in Sofia
A special squad of Military Formation 28 610 - Gorna Banya of the Land Forces was activated at 12:30 noon to dispose of ammunition found in the grassland opposite the South Bus Station in Sofia, said the Ministry of Defence.
Bulgaria Transfers Full Amount for Purchase of F-16 Aircraft and Associated Equipment and Weapons
The Bulgarian Department of Defence has transferred the entire amount of USD 1.2 billion under the international government procurement contracts for the purchase of eight F-16 Block 70 aircraft and associated equipment and weapons, the Ministry of Defence said in a press release.
Haradinaj lied to Brnabic; Vulin, General and Colonels banned from entering Kosovo
It has been proved again that Ramush Haradinaj lied, the statement says, adding that the delegation was not allowed to visit Clinical Medical Center in Kosovska Mitrovica.
Canadian Paratrooper Dies During Military Exercises in Bulgaria
The accident in which a Canadian paratrooper died happened during a parachute jump on Monday evening near the village of Cheshnigirovo, close to Plovdiv in central Bulgaria, the Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday.
The three survivors have been hospitalised at the Sveti Georgi University Hospital in Plovdiv and have no life-threatening injuries, the ministry added.
Croatia Celebrates Return of Yugoslav Deserter’s Fighter Jet
Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic told the ceremony at the Ministry of Defence building in Zagreb on Sunday that the MiG-21 fighter plane was one of the main symbols of Croatia's 1991-95 'Homeland War'.
Plenkovic said that its return after 28 years of quiet diplomacy and government efforts was a mark of honour for all Croatian veterans and their families.
The 38th Bulgarian Contingent of the NATO Leaves For the International Resolute Support Mission
Deputy Minister of Defence Atanas Zapryanov and Deputy Chief of Defence Lieutenant General Dimitar Iliev will take part in today's send-off ceremony of the 38th contingent of the Armed Forces that will participate in NATO's Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan, learned BulgarianMilitary.com.
Romanian-American Joint Committee convenes to discuss schedule of bilateral, multinational exercises
A schedule of bilateral and multinational exercises, including within NATO, planned to take place during the current year and in 2020 on Romania's soil was one of the main topics for discussion at a meeting of the Romanian-American Joint Committee in Bucharest on Wednesday.
Kosovo Hikes Defence Budget to Fund New Army
Kosovo's Defence Ministry will have six million more euros to spend in the 2019 budget than it had last year - after the country's parliament voted to expand the competences of the current lightly armed Kosovo Security Force, KSF, and start its transformation into a regular army.
The budget planned for defence in 2019 is 58.7 million euros; the previous year it was 52.3 million.
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Iohannis, Stoltenberg about allocating 2pct of GDP to army endowment
President Klaus Iohannis said Thursday that Romania is committed to spending 2 percent of GDP on defence and is ready to carry out the army's endowment programs, but said that, not having enough the exercise of wide-scale strategic endowment programs, things move somewhat slower.
Bulgaria's President Gives an Overview of his Second Year in Office
It was a year of illusory stability and growing lawlessness and erosion of democratic achievement, Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev said on 28th of January in a conference in which he gave an overview of his second year in office, reports BNT.
In his words, the presidential institution was often the last barrier to lobbying legislation.