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About 6,055 migrants were rescued and 22 found dead on the perilous sea route to Europe on Oct. 3, one of the highest numbers in a single day, Italian and Libyan officials said. 

The Bulgarian defence ministry is planning to refit two of the frigates currently in service to the navy in order to fully restore their capabilities.

The refitting of Drazki and Verni frigates, both of which used to be in service to the Belgian navy, will be carried at the same time as the acquisition of two new multi-purpose patrol ships.

It's not only drones and driverless cars that may become the norm someday - ocean-faring ships might also run without captains or crews.

The Pentagon on Monday showed off the world's largest unmanned surface vessel, a self-driving 132-foot ship able to travel up to 10,000 nautical miles on its own to hunt for stealthy submarines and underwater mines.

Greek Defence Minister Panos Kmmenos sent a clear message to Turkey concerning its repeated provocations in the Aegean Sea and Greek air space during his visit on the navy frigate ‘Adrias’. Accompanied by Greek PM Alexis Tsipras, who exchanged festive greetings with the ship’s officers and crew, Kammenos stressed the Greek armed forces were ready to defend every inch of the country.

After their brief 2-day holiday escape’ to the luxury ‘Porto Hydra’ resort, from the day to day politics of running the country and amid the volatile outcome of the talks with the creditors, coalition partners Greek PM Alexis Tsipras and Defence Minister Panos Kammenos are returning to the ‘office’ grind.

Pirates have attacked a Turkish cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria, kidnapping six crew members in a region increasingly hit by piracy in recent years, the Nigerian navy said on April 11.

Two of Bulgaria's major state-owned arm companies, the producer VMZ-Sopot and the exporter Kintex, are to be privatized over the next three years, according to a mid-term economic forecast of the Ministry of Finance.

The privatization plan foresees selling VMZ-Sopot, which is the biggest arm producer in Bulgaria, in 2018, and Kintex in 2019.

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov stated that the Bulgarian army and border police are capable of guarding the country's borders on their own without the need for assistance from NATO.

Borisov said this after he attended the joint training of the navy and border police held in the bay of Burgas on Sunday.

A massive fire swept through a temple in southern India on April 10, killing more than 100 people after thousands gathered to watch an illegal fireworks display.
 
More than 280 others were injured in the fire that engulfed the Hindu temple complex in Kerala state, where crowds had built up during the night for a festival that boasted the fireworks show.
 

Bulgarian border police and navy will hold a joint training in the bay of Burgas on Sunday.

Bulgarian Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova and Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev are expected to attend the training which is scheduled to begin at 12 o'clock (EET).