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Another parliament bites the dust. What did it accomplish?
The 48th National Assembly will be remembered for the laws it failed to pass rather than for any meaningful breakthroughs
Bulgaria tables another army modernization plan, but relies on allies to plug holes
Spanish aircraft and Italian ground troops to reinforce NATO’s flank in the country
The week: "Year Zero" for anti-corruption, new cabinet or new elections, the quick end of the Gemcorp memorandum
Captured state fights back, gas storage slowly fills up and a skyscraper that is not
Beating plowshares back into swords
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine might finally prompt the rearmament of Bulgaria’s military which has all but stalled in the past three decades
The second F-16 deal: late and more expensive
Despite political hopes that the second batch of 8 US-made fighters would be cheaper, the initial offer price stands at 1.7 billion USD - a third more than in 2019
The week: 100 days of hell, the missing half a billion and a mysterious crash at a large dam
A baptism of fire, a new port on the Aegean and an ambassador worth throwing out
F-16s delayed: What happened to the new fighters for the Bulgarian air force?
Supply chain issues and logistical problems have stalled the production of the Lockheed Martin jets, postponing deliveries by up to two years
The week: Call them by their names, planes to Skopje and Bangkok, and the Recovery plan is back
F-16 are not on the horizon, while trains are
Eagle Down: the systemic flaws that led to the crash of a MiG-29
Inadequate resources, an ageing fighter fleet, criminally few flying hours for pilots and poor training - just some of the problems plaguing the Bulgarian Air Force
The Great Patriotic Rearmament
Despite the pandemic, Bulgaria went on a military spending spree in 2020 – and pledges to continue
Bulgarian Air Force finally gets on a westbound flight
The parliament ratified a deal to purchase eight new F-16 US made fighter jets