President Rumen Radev convenes a meeting of the National Security Advisory Council over threats to national security and the current state of the armed forces, the presidential institution's press office has reported. The meeting is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, February 15. The topic is "Risks and threats to the national security of the Republic of Bulgaria. State of the Armed Forces. Necessary measures." A special report by the Chief of Defense, Admiral Emil Eftimov, is expected.
The convening of the council comes a day after Minister of Defense Stefan Yanev acknowledged that the build-up of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine also threatened Bulgaria's national security.
Due to force majeure and a planned national holiday on Tuesday, flights FB 407/408 on the Sofia – Brussels – Sofia route have to be cancelled at Brussels Airport. Bulgaria Air announced this on its Facebook page, citing an official statement issued by..
A joint research laboratory of LB Bulgaricum and the Japanese company Meiji will be opened in the first half of 2026 . It will develop new products and study the benefits of traditional Bulgarian yogurt. This was announced after the Minister of Economy..
Candidates for EU membership must abide by the criteria and conditions they have agreed to themselves . This was stated by Bulgarian Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev after a meeting in Sofia with his German counterpart Johann Wadephul, BGNES..
Matan Angrest, who holds Bulgarian and Israeli citizenship, was among the twenty hostages released by Hamas in the Gaza Strip , the Israeli Ministry of..
Education Minister Krasimir Valchev is set to propose a public debate on banning social media for children under 15, reports BNR correspondent Nezabravka..
An initiative committee led by the historian Georgi Markov, has proposed that a monument to Khan Asparuh, the founder of the Bulgarian state, be erected..
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