Jens Stoltenberg

Bulgaria's Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev and his Romanian counterpart Mircea Dusa on Tuesday discussed the creation of command and control elements that would be deployed in the two countries as part of NATO's Readiness Action Plan.

The Greek armed forces will observe three days of mourning following the death on Monday of two Hellenic Air Force pilots whose F-16 fighter jet crashed during NATO-led exercises in southeastern Spain, killing another eight personnel and injuring at least 13.

Following the Mariupol attack on Saturday, an extraordinary ambassadorial meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission took place in Brussels on Monday.

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has called a day of national mourning following a series of rocket attacks in the port city of Mariupol.

As many as 180 troops are to be deployed at the Bulgaria-Turkey border, Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev has said.

The soldiers will be in charge of providing logistic support to Border Police, the Interior Ministry subdivision in charge of safeguarding border security.

NATO building KSF capacity "within present mandate"

PRISTINA -- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday that he "saw progress in the security and political situation in Kosovo but much remained to be done."

PRISTINA - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday that he saw progress in the security and political situation in Kosovo but still much remained to be done.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited Kosovo on Friday to inspect the NATO mission and meet political leaders who briefed him on the current situation.

Bulgaria needs to update its defence spending in 2015 to meet its pledge to improve military capabilities made at NATO's Wales summit in September, President Rosen Plevneliev said on Thursday.

Bulgaria is strongly concerned by the instability in the Middle East and tensions in the Black Sea region and is doing its best to cope with the influx of refugees which could increase, Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev said on Thursday following talks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Sofia.