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Bulgaria plans to spend 4.4 billion levs ($2.64 billion/2.25 billion euro) on defence and security next year, figures from the 2018 draft budget proposed by the finance ministry showed on Monday. The planned expenditure represents 4.2% of the gross domestic product (GDP) projected for 2018, the ministry said in a statement. Budget draft 2018…

The Parliament approved the annual report on Bulgaria’s national security for 2016, according to bTV. The report concludes that general criminality decreased, while the effectiveness of investigations increased. The registered crimes in 2016 are 103 773, a decrease of about 7.4% compared to 2015. 49 460 crimes have been detected, with the…