Ministry of Defense

Mayor of Burgas Dimitar Nikolov issued an order late last night and announced a partial state disaster because of the fire between the villages Mirolyubovo, Banevo and Izvorishte. This was announced by the municipality on Sunday. Reports Mediapool.

Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada, a protégé of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who was once seen as having a chance to become the nation’s first female prime minister, announced her resignation Friday over a dispute involving peacekeeping operations in South Sudan.

Soldiers from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division conduct urban assault training at Hohenfels Army base during the multi-national training exercise, Combined Resolve II (U.S. Army photo by Capt. John Farmer, 1st BCT, 1st CD Public Affairs).

The military base at Kandahar Airport, Afghanistan, was once again undergoing a missile attack. The incident happened last night at 22:01 local time, the Ministry of Defense reported. Fortunately, no one of the Bulgarian soldiers there was injured, the office said.

The biggest multinational exercise in the Black Sea region called ''Saber Guardian 2017'' starts today at the Novo Selo military camp in Southern Bulgaria, reported BGNES.

In the period July 11-20, a total of 18 specialized exercises will take place under the leadership of the US Army Command in Europe on the territory of the three host countries - Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary.

Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin has met with US Ambassador Kyle Scott, to discuss "further continuation of defense cooperation between the two countries."

This is according to the Ministry of Defense, which said that while analyzing the previous period, the interlocutors on Wednesday "noted that the defense sector was the most developed part of the overall bilateral relations."

The Ministry of Defense has drafted legal changes that will allow foreign companies to own a stake of up to 49 percent in Serbia's defense industry companies.

This has been announced by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Beta is reporting on Tuesday.

An accident took place today about 12.30h local time with a helicopter of the Bulgarian Navy, reported BNR.

During performance of assignments from the Black Sea 2017 tactical exercise, a Panther helicopter fell into the water leaving the three crew members injured, the Ministry of Defense has said.

The Military Information Sevice at the Ministry of Defense has informed the Defense Parliamentary Committee on the current military and political situation in Southeast Europe and the implications for national security, according to BNR.

The Serbian Army (VS) plans to call up reservists for training exercises once every five years, since their military obligations end when they turn 65.

This is what Ministry of Defense spokesperson Jovan Krivokapic told the N1 broadcaster, stressing that training exercises "have nothing to do with the security situation or the migrant crisis."