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Romania to take over command of standing NATO group on Jan. 16

Published by Agerpres on Mon, 01/13/2020 - 14:10

Romania will take over on Thursday the command of NATO's SNMCMG - 2 Standing Mine Countermeasures Group 2, the Romanian Chief of Navy Defence Staff reported in a statement released on Monday. The SNMCMG-2 command, provided by Captain Commodore Valentin-Catalin Vlad, will be exercised, for six months from the Romanian Navy's Vice Amiral Constantin Balescu (PM-274) mine sweeper command ship.

The Greek government in a surprise move changed the three Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces

Published by Protothema on Mon, 01/16/2017 - 11:43

 

The new Army Chief of Staff is lieutenant general Alkiviadis Stefanis, until now commander of the NRDC-GR, the new Navy Chief of Staff is vice admiral Nikolaos Tsounis, until now Commander of the National Defense School, and the new Air force Chief of Staff is lieutenant general Christos Christodoulou, until now commander of Tactical Air Force Command.

 

Bulgaria's Govt Proposes Vice Admiral Eftimov for Temporary Chief of Defence

Published by Novinite on Wed, 01/11/2017 - 14:35

The government has proposed to the President of the Republic of Bulgaria to issue a decree appointing Vice Admiral Emil Eftimov as temporary chief of defence until a permanent chief is appointed, but for a period no longer than one year, reported the government's press centre.

At present, Vice Admiral Eftimov is deputy chief of defence.

Bulgaria Govt Nominates Constantin Popov as Next Chief of Defense

Published by Novinite on Wed, 02/03/2016 - 13:15

The Bulgarian government has proposed the name of Lt Gen Constantin Popov as the next Chief of Defense, the cabinet's press office has said.

A proposal has been sent to Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev under which Popov, currently Deputy Chief of Defense, is to take over from Vice Admiral Rumen Nikolov.