Jan 10, 2025 · Close to 140 million leva (about 72 million euro) was spent in 2024 on improving the infrastructure at military bases in Bulgaria, the largest sum on readying the Graf Ignatievo air base for the F-16 fighter jets that the country is scheduled to begin receiving this year, caretaker Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov told Parliament on January 10.

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From January 9 2025, every traveller who wants to reach Terminal 2 by car will pass through barrier systems that register car numbers. The new system will also introduce the concept of a “Kiss & Ride”, an area specifically designed for short free of charge stays where drivers can drop off or pick up passengers without blocking traffic.

Dec 16, 2024 · On the same day, the EU also issued a statement condemning Russia’s intensifying campaign of hybrid activities. The December 16 listings include GRU Unit 29155, a covert unit within the Russian military intelligence agency (GRU), known for its involvement in foreign assassinations and destabilisation activities such as bombings and cyber-attacks across Europe, and some of its military ...

Jan 8, 2025 · Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF has resumed negotiations on a government, the coalition confirmed on January 8, but only with the Bulgarian Socialist Party – United Left and ITN parliamentary groups and not including Democratic Bulgaria.

Jan 6, 2025 · As The Sofia Globe reported on January 5 2024, the average annual temperature for 2023 in Bulgaria was 12.9 degrees Celsius, making 2023 at that point the country’s warmest on record since 1930.The year 2023 was about 0.4 degrees warmer than 2019, the second warmest, the meteorological bureau said at the time. The meteorological bureau said in its January 6 2025 report that 2024 was ...

Jan 1, 2025 · Celebrations and ceremonies marked the January 1 2025 full integration of Bulgaria and Romania into the Schengen visa zone, as the countries’ land borders were included, following the admission of their air and sea ports at the end of March 2024.

Jan 14, 2025 · A day before being due to be handed a mandate by President Roumen Radev to seek to get a government elected, Rossen Zhelyazkov of Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF coalition said that proceeding to nominate one would depend on whether the coalition receives support from the Ahmed Dogan loyalists of the Democracy, Rights and Freedoms parliamentary group.

Jan 13, 2025 · Steadfast Dart 2025 (STDT25), Nato’s largest exercise for 2025 with a deployment of the Allied Reaction Force (ARF) formations, which will be held on the territories of Bulgaria, Greece and Romania in the first quarter of 2025, Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry said in a statement.