Preparations have started for a military exercise near the southern Bulgarian borders, the Ministry of Defense reported and added this was in relation to the current refugee crisis in Greece. The actual exercise starts on March 5 and it is to be held in the region of Petrich. The drill is called "Border 2016" and comes after a decision taken at a cabinet meeting earlier this week. The Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior, and the Bulgarian Red Cross will all take part in it. Border 2016 aims at "maintaining readiness for response in case of possible increased migratory pressure," the Bulgarian Ministry of Defence also said.
President Rumen Radev continues consultations with parliamentary groups for the formation of a new government, after meeting with GERB-SDS and PP-DB today . However, a meeting with DPS - A New Beginning led by Delyan Peevski is not scheduled. This..
At a meeting with caretaker Premier Dimitar Glavchev, National Assembly Speaker Natalia Kiselova reaffirmed her intention that the state budget for 2025 be adopted as soon as possible. Before that, however, the parliamentary committees are to..
The formation of a majority is a pretty challenging task in a highly fragmented parliament. I am glad that parliament is starting its work in substance, said President Rumen Radev at the beginning of his meeting with representatives of GERB/SDS at..
It is too early to predict how the events in Syria would affect the war in Ukraine. This is what EU Defense Commissioner Andrius..
Hundreds of miners protested outside the Council of Ministers while an extraordinary meeting of the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation was..
"I am addressing a question to the Prime Minister regarding information that on November 26 this year, a group of Bulgarian citizens was on trial in..
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