The caretaker government is working on the next aid package for Ukraine, caretaker Minister of Defense Atanas Zapryanov told BNR after the end of a meeting of NATO defense ministers. Asked to comment on the words of President Rumen Radev, who said he had requested a change in the declaration of the B9 Summit - that military aid to Ukraine should be optional and not mandatory, Zapryanov responded: "NATO does not want to escalate this conflict. It wants peace on fair terms, which means Ukraine should defend its territory. Therefore, the declaration to discontinue aid is really a present to Putin’’.
Minister Zapryanov agreed with President Radev, who earlier today demanded the introduction of compulsory military training for Bulgarian citizens. ''We are talking about the return of mandatory training for citizens, not conscription", Minister Zapryanov clarified.
The director of the Plovdiv customs, Miroslav Belyashki, has been detained. He was arrested for patronizing a new cigarette smuggling channel, linked to the so-called "cigarette king" Nikola Nikolov - Pascal, who has been on the run from justice in..
A delegation of the nationalist party "Vazrazhdane" has been on a visit to Washington for two days. It includes Stanislav Stoyanov - chairman of the European party "Europe of Sovereign Nations" and deputy chairman of the parliamentary group of the ESN..
In 2024, 93.3 million people in the EU (21.0% of the population) were at risk of poverty or social exclusion , according to data from the European statistical office Eurostat. According to this indicator, Bulgaria ranks first with 30.35%,..
Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev discussed ways to boost trade and investment between Bulgaria and Poland during a meeting with representatives of..
In an open letter to Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov and the Ministers of Agriculture, Finance and Economy, the Bulgarian Farmers' Union calls for new..
The second F-16 fighter jet is expected to arrive in Bulgaria within days, said Defense Minister Atanas Zapryanov during a lecture to students at the..
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