The roadmap prepared by the Ministry of Health for medical evacuation by air of injured Bulgarian citizens includes the purchase of 1 helicopter with European funds and provision of national funding for the repair of 4 available Cougar helicopters, owned by the Ministry of Defense. This was reported by Minister Read more…
Some of the officers in the newly established police directorate for task operations and counterterrorism will take part in special training programs focused on shooting, checking and buildings’ securing skills as well as on detaining terrorists and releasing hostages. With the amendment to the Interior Ministry Act, they already are Read more…
Joe Biden‘s election is generating anxiety in Moscow that Russia‘s global ambitions will be more directly challenged. While President Trump focused on withdrawing American forces from Europe and avoiding embroilment in any new conflicts, the Kremlin fears that President Biden will reengage in disputed regions in pursuit of Western integration. The Read more…
Dozens of West Point cadets have cheated in one of the biggest exam scandals to hit the elite US military academy in decades, officials say. More than 70 students were accused of breaking West Point‘s Cadet Honor Code in a math test while studying remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic. Most of the cadets have admitted Read more…
Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev informed Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva of intelligence-gathering activities by a Russian diplomat on the territory of Bulgaria. The prosecutor’s office had evidence to prove it, the public prosecutor’s office said. After the signal of the State Agency for National Security the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office started pre-trial Read more…
United States Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has named Nancy McEldowney, a former US ambassador to Bulgaria, as her national security adviser. McEldowney served for over 30 years in the US Foreign Service, including as ambassador to Bulgaria, from August 2008 to July 2009, and as Chargé d’Affaires and Deputy Chief Read more…
The Court of Appeal in Varna on September 14 sentenced the Member of Parliament and leader of the right-wing Volya party, Veselin Mareshki, to four years in prison for extortion and blackmail. He was found guilty of seeking 10,000 lev (5,116 euros) in rent from businessman Asen Milanov for Read more…
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Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on June 22 that he has vetoed part of the bill of amendments to the Interior Ministry Act, specifically the provisions that would task a new ministry department with protection of senior state officials. Radev argued that the provisions he vetoed would “duplicate the protection Read more…
An emergency fund to combat domestic violence in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic has been launched in Bulgaria, against a background of eight women having been killed by their partners and a spike in reports of domestic violence after the State of Emergency was declared in March. “A silent Read more…