Kosovo

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Bulgaria’s Defence Minister Krasimir Karakachanov and the Chief of Defence General Andrey Botsev took part in the traditional videoconference with the national commanders of the Bulgarian military contingents participating in operations and missions in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Mali,…

PRISTINA, Kosovo (BulgarianMilitary.com) — Last week Kosovo voted to upgrade its armed security force and create an army and the decision was defined as “irreversible” by the country’s president on Sunday (16th December 2018). President Hashim Thaci also offered assurance that the decision will not threaten the ethnic Serbs living in the former…

PRISTINA, Kosovo (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The USA supports Kosovo's intention to create a National Army. That was revealed by the U.S. ambassador to Pristina on 6th December 2018, learned BulgarianMilitary.com The former Serbian province, Kosovo, declared its independence in 2008 and it is expected on 14th December 2018 to be voted whether the…

BLAGOEVGRAD, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Today (29th November) at a ceremony held at Macedonia Square in Blagoevgrad, the Bulgaria’s 37th military contingent was officially sent to participate in NATO mission in Afghanistan "Resolute Support". The official ceremony was attended by the Bulgarian Defence Minister Krasimir Karakachanov, the…

The government changed a decision from 14th November 2016 about dispatching servicemen from the armed forces of Bulgaria for a participation in a NATO operation in Kosovo (KFOR) in a composition of the intelligence and surveillance battalion. The increase of participation in the operation will be with two servicemen and will complete the…