Nikolay Nenchev

Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev asserted on Thursday that funding for a "first installment" was included in next year's budget draft for the purchase of a new multi-role military aircraft.

Russian aircraft corporation RSK MiG has warned it would stop abiding by its maintenance obligations with regard to the MiG-29 jets in service with the Bulgarian Air Force.

The Bulgarian government approved at its regular meeting on Wednesday the intergovernmental agreement on the repair of the country's MiG-29 fighter jets by Poland.

Bulgarian Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev and his Polish counterpart Tomasz Siemoniak signed the agreement on the repair of the fighter jets on October 22.

During his two-day official visit to Poland, Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev and his Polish counterpart Tomasz Siemoniak signed in Warsaw on Thursday the agreement on the repair of Bulgaria's MiG-29 fighter jets.

Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev is in Poland on Wednesday and Thursday to finalize a deal for the repair of engines of Russian-made MiG-29 fighter jets.

Bulgaria will sign a deal for the repair of the engines of its Russian-made MiG-29 fighter jets with Poland on Thursday, the Defence Ministry in Sofia announced on Tuesday.

Members of the parliamentary committee for oversight of the security services backed on Tuesday the recent veto imposed by Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev on the controversial amendments to the Military Intelligence Act.

A tugboat began towing the 3000-tonnes Turkish Pazar ship, which has been stranded in the Black Sea off the Bulgarian coast since Saturday, towards the port of Varna minutes before midday on Sunday.

Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev assured on Sunday that the Bulgarian army has readiness to assist border police in guarding the country's frontier with Turkey against the influx of illegal migrants.

Nenchev said that it will be jointly discussed and decided with border police whether there is need to deploy additional troops and military equipment.

Russia will stop the maintenance of Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29s, if the government in Sofia signs a deal with Poland for the repair of their engines, Sergei Korotkov, Director General of the jets' Russian manufacturer MiG Corp., said on Friday.