By a government decision, connected with the contract for the first F-16 Block 70 fighter aircraft, an account has been opened at the US Federal Reserve in New York. Two similar decisions were made by previous governments in 2021 and 2022, but due to the fact that the previous parliaments have been so short-lived they have not been ratified and the country’s budget has lost USD 10 million.
Commenting on the matter, caretaker Minister of Defence Dimitar Stoyanov urged the current National Assembly to ratify the agreement between the Bulgarian Ministry of Defence and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. In Minister Stoyanov’s words, this will ensure returns from the money paid in advance under the 2019 F-16 agreement, amounting to USD 1.2 billion. Talking to the members of parliament, Dimitar Stoyanov stated that fighters from Spain would be joining the air policing mission in Bulgaria as of 1 November.
The Ambassador of Austria H.E. Andrea Ikić-Böhm visited the Bulgarian-Turkish border yesterday at the invitation of the Director of the Border Police Directorate General, the press service of the Ministry of Interior announced today. Together with the..
Bulgaria has become the first in the EU to have a high-tech artificial intelligence in its own language , created by a state-funded scientific organisation. The next-generation AI designed to work in Bulgarian was unveiled last night by the Institute..
The MPs failed to elect a speaker also at their fourth attempt . Of the four candidates, Raya Nazaryan, nominated by GERB - SDS, and Silvi Kirilov - nominated by "There is such a nation" - reached the second round of voting. Third unsuccessful..
According to an analysis by the Electricity System Operator, a shortage of electricity is expected as early as January and February next year. At a..
“It’s time to lift internal border controls now,” European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson believes. In an interview with RFE/RL she..
77 per cent of those employed in Bulgaria's secondary education system are ready to go out on strike demanding a pay rise in the sector, according to a..
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