Bulgarian Defence News

The restoration and maintenance of the integrated surveillance system on the Bulgarian-Turkish border in the section from the Lesovo border checkpoint to the Rezovska River will cost BGN 10,000,000 without VAT .

Bulgaria has given the green light to the Ministry of Defense to conclude a contract worth nearly BGN 1 billion with VAT for the construction of two new modular patrol ships with the German Lurssen

The value of the modernization program is BGN 984 million with VAT , which according to the investment project approved by the parliament must be paid within nine years.

Today, the Ministry of Defense opened the price offers of the selected participants in the mega-project for rearmament of the Land Forces with 150 NATO armored combat vehicles, learned BulgarianMilitary.com

It is also clear from the information of the prosecutor's office that the unregulated activity of the "sales representatives" has been carried out since 2016. At that time only Nikolashin was in Bulgaria, while Bikov arrived in Bulgaria last year.

The new ships of the Navy, which were bought "second hand" in the fall of last year from the Netherlands, arrived in Varna, BNR reports. They are loaded on a semi-submersible truck flying the flag of Curacao.

As well as that the talks focused on the use of joint facilities and their development and modernization in the future, as well as the prospects for cooperation between the ground forces of the two countries.

Another signal for continuing violations of the law and corruption committed by representatives of the executive and legislative branches was sent by EMCO EOOD to the Chief Prosecutor Ivan Geshev, learned BulgarianMilitary.com

The Bulgarian Ministry of Defense (MoD) begins negotiations with the German company Lursen for the construction of two modular patrol ships for the needs of the Navy, with the project costing nearly BGN 1 billion .

Bulgarian Minister of Defense Krasimir Karakachanov said that it is planned to sell MiG-29 fighters after arming F-16 Block 70 multi-role aircraft, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing Polish news agency Defence 24.

The military mega-project for the construction of two modular patrol ships for the needs of the navy is facing another obstacle after the lost Italian shipyard "FINCANTIERI S.p.A." blocked the procedure with a complaint to the Supreme Administrative Court

When it was privatized back in 2004, Dunarit was, in fact, a bankrupt company with an annual production and sales volume of BGN 1-2 million and debt of over BGN 30 million.

On Thursday, May 14, an explosion occurred in the workshop for the production of smoke grenades at the Arsenal Bulgarian arms factory near the city of Kazanlak, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing locla TV channel bTV

Bulgarian military company EMCO accused the Bulgarian Economy Minister Emil Karanikolov of trying to ruin the company's "another deal" and redirect it to circles of companies close to the government, learned BulgarianMilitary.com according EMCO statement.

Israel’s Rafael has offered Bulgaria to adopt its proven data gathering and analysis system in order to manage and take the Coronavirus epidemic in the country under control, learned BulgarianMilitary.com.