Military of Bulgaria

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com), 28 August 2018, Author: Boyko Nikolov, Photo credit: U.S. Army Photo

13 Т-72 tanks and 60 sights for them will be repaired in the next five years, and the repair will cost about EUR 5 million, decided the Ministry of Defence, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Dnevnik.

The most extensive teaching of Land Forces in Bulgaria in 2018 is held in Novo Selo. Today is the official, so-called VIP day. 700 soldiers from Bulgaria, the United States, and six other NATO member states and 100 combat teams demonstrate their capabilities at the joint Bulgarian-American Polygon. The aim is to increase interoperability among Allies in peacekeeping operations. 

SOFIA, July 30 (Xinhua) -- A multinational military exercise involving army units from eight countries kicked off in Bulgaria on Monday, the country's Defense Ministry said.

Parliament gave a "green light" for the purchase of new combat equipment. The two priority projects for the modernization of the army, proposed by a decision of the Council of Ministers were supported 151 MPs, 7 MPs were against, and 1 abstaining .

The Minister of Defense Krasimir Karakachanov believes that the Bulgarian Army performs its duties conscientiously, despite the lack of money.

Bulgarian and U.S. Armed Forces have completed a 5-day joint tactical exercise in Bulgaria. Bulgarian Armed Forces Lt. Col. Ivaylo Ivanov was Commanding Officer over the combined U.S. and Bulgarian soldiers.

The Bulgarian Defense Ministry chose the Russian MiG Aircraft Corporation to provide the Air Force with the integrated logistics service for its 15 MiG-29 fighters for the next 48 months, Jane's 360 reports.

Bulgarian Defense Minister Krassimir Karakachanov signed the agreement on March 6 after talks with the Russian company ended on February 16th.

 No Bulgarian medics were injured in today's terrorist attack in Mali, the press office of the Ministry of Defence said. The attack took place far from the base of the Bulgarian medics.

There is no direct threat to the area.

The team of four Bulgarian medics is in good health and performs its duties.

Parliament adopted the State of Defense and Armed Forces Report of the Republic of Bulgaria in 2016, reported BGNES.

The report was supported by 106 votes in favor, 61 against and 22 abstained.

It became clear that  the major problem of the Bulgarian army is the lack of financial funds. 

After visiting Serbia, Albania, Macedonia and Romania, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva is continuing her Balkan tour with a visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The principal objective of Minister Zaharieva's visit is to present the priorities in the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2018, reported the Bulgarian National Radio.