Section: Novinite (Bulgaria)
Bulgaria to Host 155-Strong US Marine Corps
A US Marine Crops unit will be deployed to Bulgaria this autumn, AP wrote late Thursday.The unit of 155 Marines will be stationed here for eighteen months.It will be equipped with four Abrams main battle tanks, six light armored vehicles and three howitzers, Brig Gen Norman Cooling is quoted by the Marine Corps Times as saying. The US marines...
NATO Reaffirms Support for Ukraine, Reveals Plans for Joint Exercises
Following the meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission on Thursday, the Alliance reaffirmed its support for Ukraine and revealed plans for holding joint exercises with its partner country. NATO Defence Ministers and their Ukrainian counterpart Stepan Poltorak discussed the security situation in the country and reviewed the assistance provided by...
NATO Centers in Eastern Europe to Open by End-2015
All of NATO’s coordination centers in Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, and the Baltics are due to be operational by the end of this year, the Alliance’s Secretary General has said.On the first day of talks held in Brussels by Defense Ministers of NATO members, Stoltenberg has explained each of the centers will have 40 employees and will...
Decrease in Russian, Ukrainian Tourist Numbers at 10-20% – Bulgarian Minister
The forecast dramatic 60-70% decrease in the number of Russian and Ukrainian tourists is proving to be a false alarm, with bookings indicating a 10-20% decline, according to Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova. In a Thursday interview for Nova TV, Angelkova underscored that bookings by German, Israeli, and Austrian tourists were...
Putin Extends Russia’s Ban on Western Food Imports by 1 Year
President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to extend the ban on certain food imports from the US, the European Union, Australia, Canada, and Norway by one year in response to the EU’s decision to prolong the sanctions against Moscow. The restrictions will be extended by a year starting June 24, 2015, according to reports of the TASS news...
NATO DefMins to Discuss Eastern Europe Deployment
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and other NATO countries’ defense ministers are set to meet in Brussels to work on plans for sending heavy weapons to six Eastern European states.The move is aimed at prevention against what the alliance sees as Russia’s potential “aggression” in Eastern Europe following the developments...
Romania Gives Green Light to Building 2 NATO Centers
Romania’s Parliament has passed a motion to authorize the construction of two NATO facilities in the capital Bucharest, in a move President Klaus Iohannis says is crucial to security in Eastern Europe. Approved overwhelmingly by MPs, the move is needed “within the context of the Ukraine crisis” and “the aggressive actions...
International Powers Discuss Minsk Ceasefire Progress in Paris
The Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia will be meeting Tuesday in the French capital Paris to hold talks on the Ukraine crisis, Reuters reported. The French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius stated on June 17 that the government representatives will be discussing the effective execution of the ceasefire deal that was Sergey...
EU Extends Sanctions on Russia
EU foreign ministers agreed Monday to back the extension of economic measures imposed on Russia until June of next year.This is a six-month addition to measures which would have otherwise expired at the and of January 2016. EU has extended economic sanctions against Russia until 31 January 2016, with a view to complete implementation of Minsk...
Two US Tanks Roll into Bulgaria
A pair of M1A2 Abrams battle tanks have arrived in Bulgaria by plane, the country’s Defense Ministry has said.The vehicles, flown into Bulgaria from the American Rammstein Air Base in Germany, are due to take part in the Power Shock drill at the Novo Selo military ground near Sliven.The exercises is part of NATO’s war games unfolding...
