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The European Union called for an investigation to begin after the discovery of mass graves in the Libyan city of Tarhuna, which was under the control of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar

As the High Representative emphasized, “the European Union reiterates that it does not recognize and continues to condemn” the unlawful accession of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol to the Russian Federation.

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on September 2 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Saudi forces arrive in Yemen's Shabwa to defuse tensions Saudi troops have arrived in Yemen's Shabwa province to defuse tensions and support a ceasefire between southern separatists and government forces, Arab News reports. The…

SOFIA, (BM) - The Bulgarian Military District Prosecutors' Office is investigating the current and former heads of the Defence Information Service at the Ministry of Defence - General Plamen Angelov and General Svetoslav Daskalov, for unauthorized grant of access to classified information. Read more: Bulgarian Servicemen Participate in the…

BRUSSELS (BM) - The EU Council reported last week a rise in defense spending over the past two years. According to data for 2018, the increase in these expenses was 3.3 per cent, and this year is expected to reach 4.6 per cent, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Novinite. The Council invites EU countries to continue working towards better…

WASHINGTON, the U.S. (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The United States is forcing the European Union to rethink its intention to create a European military alliance that would exclude the US companies from arms contracts and would undermine NATO. This is said in a letter from two under secretaries of the Pentagon, Ellen Lord and Andrea Thompson, to the…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - From April 1st to 12th the Bulgarian pilots and equipment in the field of our military aviation will take part in courses in the European Program „European Course for Environment of the Tactical Training of the Air Force Aviation“ 2019-2 (ETAR-C 19-2), which will take place at Plovdiv airport, Bezmer…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The focus of the North Atlantic Council's morning session, which took place yesterday (14th February), within the meeting of NATO Defence Ministers, was the ongoing operations and missions in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Iraq, and NATO’s maritime operations. Speaking on the issue, Bulgaria’s Defence Minister…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) -The regular meeting of the Defence Ministers of NATO member states began yesterday (13th February), at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. The Minister of Defence Krasimir Karakachanov takes part in it, on the Bulgarian side, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. At the two-day forum, held on 13th and 14th February,…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) – The Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Defence Lieutenant General Atanas Zapryanov participated in the European Defence Agency's annual conference, held yesterday (29th November) at Brussels, which this year was devoted to unmanned and autonomous systems as a critical topic on the agendas of the national and…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) – The Bulgarian Navy project proposal for developing deployable modular underwater intervention capability package (DIVEPACK project) is among the 17 new projects under the permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) defence pact that the EU defence and foreign ministers agreed on, during their joint session in…

BRUSSELS, Belgium (BulgarianMilitary.com) — 17 new projects have been unveiled on Monday, 19th Novemeber 2018, by the European Union under its Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) defence pact, learned BulgarianMilitary.com Read more: Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Defence Partakes at Joint Session of the EU Defence and Foreign Ministers…

BRUSSELS, Belgium, (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Yesterday’s statement of European Commission concerning the latest French President’s calls for “real European army”, shows that the EU institution in general supports Emmanuel Macron’s view that there is such a need but finds it too early to be talked about a creation of EU armed forces, learned…

SOFIA (Bulgaria), May 4, 2018, Author: Galina Zdravkova (Bm), Photo: eu2018bg.bg   The Ministers of Defence of the EU member states meet in Sofia, announced from the Bulgarian Ministry of Defence. The two-day Informal Meeting starts today, 4th May 2018, and is part of the official calendar of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the…

(SOFIA) (Photo by Global Security Review) - Hybrid war is not declared. Instead, it is just fought. The countries under attack are quite often unable to understand that they fall victim to hybrid influence. This is first of all a war of perceptions and the main assault is directed at this juncture. The aim is to keep as long as possible a state of…