Bulgarian Navy

Rear Admiral Christopher Grady, Commander of the Sixth US Navy and NATO Force, discussed co-operation in the field of maritime security with the commander of the Bulgarian Naval Forces Mitko Petev.

''The visit of one of our main warships Oscar Austin at Varna Port is a visible reminder that we have the engagement to fight together if we have to'', Commander 6th Fleet, Commander Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO Vice Admiral Christopher Grady said after the meeting with Commander of Bulgarian Navy Rear Admiral Mitko Petev, according to the Bulgarian National Radio.

French patrol boat Premier maître L'Her (F 792) is set to arrive to the Black Sea port of Varna, Bulgaria, for joint manoeuvres with the Bulgarian Navy, the French Embassy has said.

The arrival is part of Bulgarian-French naval cooperation. Manoeuvres are due on October 15, 2016.

The Bulgarian defence ministry is planning to refit two of the frigates currently in service to the navy in order to fully restore their capabilities.

The refitting of Drazki and Verni frigates, both of which used to be in service to the Belgian navy, will be carried at the same time as the acquisition of two new multi-purpose patrol ships.

A training exercise of Bulgaria's naval and border police forces will test their capabilities for joint action in response to a hypothetical increase in migratory pressure in the Black Sea, the Defence Ministry announced on Thursday.

A project to acquire two multi-purpose patrol ships with modular design for the Bulgarian Naval Force will cost BGN 820 M (EUR 419 M), the country's Defence Minister Nikolay Nenchev has said.

Bulgarian Defense Minister has ordered that the country's Air Force and Navy help rescue the crew of a ship sailing under a Turkish flag which is stranded off Bulgarian waters.

A tactical training involving military firing at the training area of the Bulgarian Air Force near the Black Sea town of Shabla began on Monday.

More than 750 servicemen from the Bulgarian Air Force, 460 troops from the Bulgarian Land Forces, 200 servicemen from the Bulgarian Navy, crews from the Military Police Service and Border Police will participate in the four-day drills.

Drazki, a torpedo boat that has functioned as a museum for nearly 50 years, has reopened to visitors in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Varna.

First ships participating in the international navy exercise ''Breeze 2015'' have already anchored in Bulgaria's Varna, as reported by BGNES.