Retirees account for more than 10% of the personnel of the Bulgarian armed forces. This is made clear in a written reply given by outgoing Defence Minister Dragomir Zakov to a question by Democratic Bulgaria MP Martin Dimitrov.
There are 4,107 pensioners serving in the armed forces of Bulgaria, 3,153 have been working in the army for over 5 years. 1,325 have active military ranks, the remainder work as civilian experts. The personnel of Bulgaria’s armed forces totals around 40,000 - the exact number is classified information – with around 20,000 directly employed in the army, According to the latest data made public by Minister Zakov, there are around 7,000 vacancies in the army, dnevnik.bg writes.
On Wednesday it will be mostly sunny with temporary increases in cloudiness. In some places in the mountainous and eastern regions, light rain can be expected. The highest temperatures will vary between 26° and 31°C; in Sofia –..
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